The Gearbox Entertainment Company is an award-winning creator and distributor of entertainment for people around the world. Gearbox Entertainment develops and publishes products through its subsidiaries, Gearbox Software and Gearbox Publishing. Gearbox Entertainment has become widely known for successful game franchises including Brothers in Arms and Borderlands, as well as acquired properties Duke Nukem and Homeworld. Gearbox’s ambition is to entertain the world and its key driving objectives include the pursuit of happiness for our talent, partners and customers, the prioritization of entertainment and creativity and a measured respect for profitability. For more information, visit www.Gearbox.com .
Gearbox is on the lookout for a talented Technical Director to help us build a team around a new, original IP-- Come help us define the future of Gearbox Entertainment franchises! This is a rare opportunity to help build a team for a new initiative from the ground up. In this role you will be asked to build a strong, collaborative, engineering team capable of creating an exciting new, AAA, franchise, and then managing that team through the lifecycle of the project.
Responsibilities:
- Build a high functioning engineering department from the ground up, set it up for continued success
- Work your peers in other departments to assemble, lead, and motivate a large team consisting of all aspects of game development; this person sets the example as a leader
- Create and maintain a positive culture across the engineering team and promote a healthy work/life balance
- Investigate, build consensus, and decide on foundational technology architecture
- Understand and articulate the tradeoffs of technical choices in AAA game
- Proactively identify and resolve project risks of all flavors (technical, product, team health, etc.) and manage tradeoffs in technical quality, scope, and schedule
- Collaborate with central technology teams, operations teams, and external partners – maintaining strong relationships, priority alignment, and technology alignment
- Motivate, mentor, supervise and support team of engineers with clear and consistent direction
- Assist in maintaining milestone and general engineering schedules with production team
- Responsible for quality of all milestone & deliverables as they relate to the engineering department
- Not afraid to roll up your sleeves and be hands-on with engineering tasks, where needed
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of game development experience, 5+ years of engineering department leadership
- Shipped one or more AAA title(s) with a Lead or Director credit
- Deep understanding of the Unreal Engine, with at least one title shipped on it
- Able to translate broad product and business goals into sound technical solutions
- Able to operate at multiple abstraction levels, from high level discussions with non-technical customers to understanding and assisting with deep tech challenges
- Comfort collaborating with a team of leads in all aspects of the creative and technical process.
- Excellent C++ and OOP skills, and knowledge of scripted game engines
- Experience in the design and architecture of game systems
- Experience with developing multiplayer games
- Passion for cultivating healthy teams who are creatively empowered
- Excellent communicator and team player -- here at Gearbox we thrive on collaboration and working together to meet our project engineering goals
- A proven ability to express your ideas and vision through technical documentation in a clear and concise manner
- Be able to relocate to Austin, Texas area to join the Gearbox team
Bonus Points For:
- A passion for family friendly, cooperative, games
- Computer science or related degree
- Experience developing for multiple platforms
Gearbox Entertainment believes that all team members should be able to enjoy a work environment free from all forms of discrimination and harassment. We are committed to reflecting the diversity of the world we strive to entertain. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we provide fair and equal treatment to all team members and applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy or maternity, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law.