Technical Director
Job Summary
Job Description
- C++ Programming
- Game Development
- Technical Direction
- Engineering Leadership
- Game Engine Architecture
- Code Reviews
- Team Management
- External Vendors
- Hybrid Work
- Growth Opportunities
5 skills required
Job Details
Responsibilities
- Technical Direction
- Coordinate with Creative Director, Art Director, Senior Producer and other project leadership to identify team needs, set team goals and feature specifications.
- Implement and oversee the technical direction of game projects, guiding the creative process to achieve high-quality output.
- Develop high-level strategies and translate them into actionable plans and team capacity.
- Oversee real-time game, tools/infrastructure and team workflow.
- Determine team policy and practice with all technical matters - specs for art and design, code standards, code reviews, etc. within the framework of overall company best practices.
- Leadership & Management
- Lead and mentor engineers through the complete development cycle, collaborating with Game Director, Lead Producer and other project leadership and external vendors.
- Manage leads and managers to ensure high-quality deliverables.
- Help build the engineering team, including interviewing, hiring and developing engineering talent.
- Hands-on coding as appropriate
Requirements
- You have 10+ years of professional and relevant experience in a game development environment with 2+ years’ experience leading an engineering team within a game project.
- Shipped multiple PC or console games as a Lead or above.
- You have extensive experience leading several engineering teams through a complete development cycle in partnership with co-development or outside vendors or specializes in set-up or release phase of development.
- Proven track record of managing multiple technical disciplines and guiding teams through various game development cycles.
- Broad understanding of all major facets of large-scale game engine architecture.
- Excellent skills in C++ programming and object-oriented architecture
- Sound technical judgement in estimating task complexity.
- Strong personal communication skills.
- Leadership experience directing other engineers
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About The Company
About Skydance Media
Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film, television, and interactive platforms. Its feature films include Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Annihilation, LIFE, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Star Trek Beyond, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Terminator Genisys, World War Z, Star Trek Into Darkness, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Jack Reacher, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and True Grit. Skydance’s upcoming film releases include Top Gun: Maverick, Gemini Man, The Old Guard, 6 Underground and the nwe untitled Terminator film. In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance Television launched in 2013. Its current slate includes Emmy-nominated Grace and Frankie on Netflix, Altered Carbon on Netflix, Jack Ryan on Amazon, and Condor on AT&T Audience Network. Skydance Interactive launched in 2016 to create and publish original and IP-based virtual reality experiences and video games. Skydance Interactive recently debuted its first original title – Archangel, a story-driven VR shooter.
About Skydance Interactive
Skydance Interactive creates and publishes original and IP-based virtual reality games. The division of Skydance Media was launched in 2016 through the acquisition of The Workshop Entertainment. Skydance Interactive’s first VR offering is Archangel, launched on July 18th 2017. Skydance Interactive in 2017 partnered with Skybound Entertainment to develop a number of original virtual reality video games based on the expansive world of The Walking Dead universe. The Walking Dead VR game will be the inaugural co-developed title from both companies. The studio is located in Marina del Rey, CA.
About Animation
In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance’s first three animated features are Luck, Split (working title), and Powerless (working title). Luck, directed by Alessandro Carloni (Kung Fu Panda 3) and written by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger, is a comedy that pulls back the curtain on the millennia-old battle between the organizations of good luck and bad luck that secretly affects our daily lives. Split, directed by Vicky Jenson (Shrek) and written by Linda Woolverton, tells the story of Elian, a teenager who comes of age using her magical powers to defend her family when the opposing forces of light and darkness threaten to divide her kingdom. Nathan Greno (Tangled) is set to direct Powerless. The studio is located in Los Angeles, CA.
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