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Game Technical Director
5 years ago
Virtually Live is looking for Game Technical Director to join our offices in sunny Malaga. His/her mission will be to lead and shape the engineering team, with a close relationship with other leaders and directors, to ensure wise decision making and maximum quality in the development of the company's games.
Responsibilities
- Supervises and participates in all aspects of projects from staffing to technology/tools
- Works closely with other departments to define the technical requirements and restrictions for projects
- Provides expertise in design, programming, debugging, optimization
- Offers exceptional analysis and problem-solving skills
- Programs different game modules
- Creates, or supervises development of, the necessary tools for other teams
- Recommends solutions and approves schedules
- Manages the programming team including employee performance evaluation and code reviews
- Actively participates in recruitment
Requirements
- Degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science, or equivalent experience
- 5-10 years experience in game systems programming
- Expert knowledge of 3D programming
- 5+ years of recent experience in the video game industry on AAA games
- Advanced experience in core engine development, networking, mobile development, gameplay, and tool development
- Shipped multiple games as Lead Developer or Lead Programmer
- Must have released at least one game on a current-generation game console
- Knowledge of the technical pipeline and all the processes needed to make a game
- Exceptional leadership, communication and team management skills
- Able to optimize code size and speed to take full advantage of the capabilities of current generation of game platforms
- Lifelong personal interest in video games with a solid knowledge of the field
- All qualified candidates will have a technical assessment as part of the interview process for this position
Nice to have
- 5+ years of experience working with Unity
- Experience working with Perforce / Jenkins
- Experiencie working with VR platforms
- You ❤ Racing Games
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