Technical Director (Online Services)

mustardFX are teaming up with a world-class digital entertainment company, breaking down barriers in the video game industry. Focusing on "Follow The Sun" Development, our client works on some of the biggest games in the industry Internally and as a Co-Dev Studio.
Looking for good humans with incredible talent, the studio is looking for a Technical Director of Online Services to lead engineering teams for a number of AAA Game Projects across PC & Consoles. Operating in an Unreal Engine Studio, you'll execute as a leader, ensuring that code quality, reusability, and documentation are always prioritized.
Job Title - Technical Director (Online Services)
Location - US/ Canada (Fully Remote)
Responsibilities:
Leading a team of dedicated engineers, creating and supporting online/backend game services
Expertise in multiple game engines, backend game architectures (P2P, dedicated servers, authentication, entitlements, etc.), and how they relate to system design
Understanding the differences and similarities between supported game platforms (Steam, EGS, Playstation, Xbox, etc.)
Driving ongoing performance evaluation and optimization on supported game platforms for both customer projects as well as TLM’s internal tech.
Working closely with other team leads as well as customers on technical goals, features and development.
As a leader, ensuring that code quality, reusability and documentation are always prioritized.
Owning the customer facing relationship for your engineering team.
Experience/Skills:
10+ years of game development experience, including recent generation consoles
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of education and experience
3+ shipped AAA titles, with at least 2 as a lead/senior/TD
Strong understanding of C/C++, performance analysis, optimization and debugging
Background with parallel programming and multi-threaded engine systems.
Comprehensive understanding of PC and console architecture, memory systems and best practices for cross-platform game development.
Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical teams
Experience with technical design documentation
Please get in touch with me, Ben McKenna-Smith if this position sounds of interest. I am a consultant at mustard with a specialist approach to creative recruitment.
For more info on this role or to chat about other options call me on 01174200015 or the office on 0117 929 6060. You can also email me at #####
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