Technical Director

Role Overview

You have the unique opportunity to join a well-invested, rapidly growing mobile game studio, based in London, looking to appoint an experienced Technical Director, to take lead on the release of several games just this year! They are building a best-in-class mobile game studio from the ground up, hiring incredibly talented people, who are passionate about their specific area of expertise, and who want to leverage their experience to play a key role in shaping the wider studio and have an unrivalled impact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work alongside the executive team to plan, challenge and implement the technical and business strategy.
• Provide line management of the development and technical delivery leads.
• Be accountable for the company’s technical solutions, familiar with designing and operating large-scale solutions with high availability and sub-second response times.
• Be an escalation point between technical delivery leads (Frontend, Server, and Platform).
• Set the culture for the entire technical team, promoting growth opportunities, and inspiring the technical teams across the business.
• Support the recruitment process for future talent and plan the growth of the technical team.
• Ensure best practices are maintained across the technical teams.

Key Skills:

• 10+ years’ experience in Software Development.
• Excellent proficiency in understanding well-structured C#, .NET, and Unity code, adhering to Object Orientated Programming and Unity best practices.
• A deep knowledge of game programming beyond development, such as gameplay, graphics, UI, tools, etc.
• Expert understanding of distributed systems deployed into public cloud infrastructure.
• A proven track-record in leading technical teams and developing mobile games.
• Ability to review team members code and ensure quality standards are maintained.
• Experience with high scales of concurrent usage.
• A deep understanding of client/server communication.
• An influential and effective communicator and leader.