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Senior Technical Director (Game)

Posted: about 1 year
Production
Full-Time
Senior
Created by Monsters. Built for gamers.™

Truly Likeable Monsters (TLM), is a world-class video game company focused on development for some of the biggest games in the industry. Our mission is to break down barriers in the video game industry and make game tech available to all game developers regardless of size.

We are looking for good humans with incredible talent to make great games. 

Position Summary: Senior Technical Director 

  • Must have AAA game development experience - at least three (3) shipped title
  • 100% Remote position & other cool benefits
  • Working with an international team on AA or AAA games in an Unreal Studio 
  • As a Sr. Technical Director you are a subject matter expert for other engineers to rely upon
  • You have mastered any of the following areas: Physics, Rendering, AI, Engine & Systems, Pipeline & Tools, Networking, as well as SDK development supporting your area(s) of expertise 
  • Define technological initiatives and and participate in their architecture, planning, development and review
  • A hands on leader and mentor to engineers, team leadership, and technical leads
  • A trusted advisor to the executive staff, comfortable interacting with C level executives
  • Facilitate communication between clients, internal teams/management, and individual contributors
  • Full-time, 100% remote
  • Best-in-class benefits & work flexibility
  • Reports to: CTO

Responsibilities
  • Work with the other technical directors and studio leadership developing code for global development projects involving infrastructure for online gaming architecture for multiple platforms/games/consoles
  • Design recommendations and solutions for existing architecture to improve performance, security and reliability
  • Architect, develop, maintain, and optimize the middleware, SDKs, internal libraries, and everything in between
  • Contribute to the company standards for coding, reviews and documentation
  • Support production teams to manage feature breakdown, estimates, technical risks and mitigation
  • Interface between Client partners and TLM Partners
  • Interface with other departments providing development, documentation, influence strategy and overall direction 
  • Learning is one of our core values, as such, mentor others within your team and/or across departments
  • Lead from a place of mentorship, teaching, and career progression

Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of education and experience 
  • Minimum 10+ years of game development experience, including on recent Microsoft and/or Sony consoles
  • Experience managing teams of software developers
  • Strong C/C++, optimization and debugging skills
  • Well-versed in PC and Console game development techniques and best practices
  • Great with lateral thinking and motivation to work independently and on a team as well as the ability to work directly with teams across multiple territories and time zones
  • Ability to create and maintain technical documentation from the beginning of a project through completion
  • Dedication, teamwork and professionalism
  • Great interpersonal skills

Desired Qualifications
  • 15+ years experience in the games industry 
  • 8+ years of experience leading teams
  • Previous experience in the role of Technical Director, Director of Engineering, or similarly leveled positions
  • Systems and Network Engineering a plus
  • Familiarity with current and next console SDKs, Steam, Epic Game Store,
  • Familiarity with common game industry tools & middleware
  • Expertise in Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, Mathematics, Physics, Graphics, or Audio a plus
  • Experience working within Microsoft, Sony, EA, Take Two, and utilizing publishers best practice a bonus
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About TLM

TLM is a world-class digital entertainment company comprising 3 divisions dedicated to breaking down barriers in the video game industry. Our first…TLM Partners is our professional services team of developers that boasts ‘follow the sun’ development work that includes best-in-class crossplay technology, middleware, physics, engine-level tools, and more! Secondly, TLM Labs is the center of our company where new game technologies are being developed and documented daily. TLM Games is our very own development studio where we create our own games using the very technology we created for our AAA partners.

Created by Monsters. Built for gamers.™


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