TECHNICAL DIRECTOR / ARCHITECT

Tuque Games is looking for a video game engineering leader with a broad knowledge of game systems (MP/Online, networking infrastructure, 3D/rendering, AI, animation, game mechanics, tools) who is at ease in organizing teams of technical developers and content creators throughout the production cycle.

They will have a degree in Computer Science (or equivalent) and have a minimum of 10+ years of game programming experience with recent experience as a Lead or Technical Director/Architect.

They have strong C++ programming skills, plus solid experience in low-level programming and debugging and in integrating complex systems. They also have experience in using automated testing, unit testing, and Configuration Management processes.

Responsibilities

• Define the long term strategic goals for engine, technology and processes and build sound architectures to support them
• Research and develop new technology directives to support the team's development and set the technical roadmap to build industry leading systems
• Optimizing and maintaining the software architecture of the game, technology, pipeline and tools
• Provide technical direction for all gameplay, engine, tool, runtime, pipeline, networking etc systems
• Support and lead a team of programmers both internally and externally throughout the phases of the project
• Work with other disciplines, such as game design, art, animation, audio to determine team and game code needs
• Collaborate with the team of engineers to guide technical designs, establish code framework and standards, check-in process, code reviews etc
• Audit development plans, including engineering designs, processes, resource use, task assessments, quality and risk of technical completion
• Ensure the quality, performance, and stability of technical deliverables
• Improve team efficiency through identifying bottlenecks and proposing solutions
• Defend standard software development processes and best practices against requirements, design, implementation and testing
• Maintaining the programming backlog (in JIRA), keeping track of the project scope for programming and working with other discipline leads to find solutions to scope issues
• Represent the programming team as a studio lead and report to the studio's leadership team

Qualifications

• 10+ years software development experience
• 5+ years of technical leadership experience as a technical director or architect in the production of large, high-quality games
• Excellent 3D math skills
• Experience with multi-threading
• 10+ years of C/C++ (UE preferred)
• Shipped at least 3 AAA titles, on PC & Consoles, including 1 recent title on UE4 as TD / Senior Engineer (with direct reports)
• Extensive UE4 experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• Solid knowledge of game technology domains, spanning client (rendering, animation, AI, cameras, controls, asset management), server and infrastructure; deep knowledge of at least one client domain
• Constantly innovating on how to improve product quality as well as group productivity
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Analytical and proactive problem-solving skills
• Excellent proactive decision-making capabilities
• Ability to quickly learn and apply new concepts, principles, and solutions
• Collaborative problem solving between multiple teams

Tuque Games commits to offer equal working chances to every individual, without regards based on the followings : age, sex, sexual orientation, physical disability, race, religion, citizenship, native country or any other possible particularities. We sincerely believe in a respectful and open-minded work environment, in which everyone can fully contribute to the organization's development.