Technical Director – Austin, TX, USA
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Manage and mentor Lead Programmer and programming team
• Assign programming tasks and perform code reviews
• Provide technical leadership to maximize innovation and production quality
• Identify technical problems early in pre-production, present solutions, and assist programmers and artists in solving them by utilizing best technical management practices.
• Author Technical Design Documents (TDD) and establish game architecture with Lead Programmer
• Help Producers and other team leads evaluate project risks (both technical and organizational) and formulate solutions.
QUALIFICATIONS
• Exceptional math skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• Ability to effectively and professionally present information and respond to questions from management, development partners, and employees.
• Minimum of five years of related experience including professional game programming experience.
• Recent programmer or technical lead responsibility on at least one previous game published project for the current consoles
• Experience in C programming, assembly language programming, multiple hardware platforms, 3D graphics, research and development, and management
• Must have a strong foundation in Data Structures, Math and Algorithms
EXPERIENCE AND ADDITIONAL SKILLS
• Bachelors degree in computer science
• Master’s degree preferred
• Gen3 experience