Technical Director, Gaming
Hired RecruitersSan Francisco, California, United States • Austin, Texas, United States
Posted April 16, 2021
Full Time
About the Company
Hired Recruiters, now part of LHH Recruitment Solutions, specializes in technology-focused talent acquisition, offering end-to-end recruitment, staffing, and career mobility services for companies ranging from startups to enterprises. Leveraging LHH's long-standing tech practice, Hired delivers expertise across software development, IT infrastructure, data, and business systems, while also providing leadership development, outplacement, and executive career advisory solutions. The integrated platform combines traditional recruiting with strategic career consulting, enabling clients to navigate the evolving talent landscape with agility and precision. Hired's commitment to customer success and a deep network of engineers and developers sets it apart as a trusted partner for organizations seeking to build high-performing teams.
Job Description
You will lead and grow highly-skilled developers with technical vision and mentoring, delivering a top-notch training platform to hundreds of thousands of players everyday. Initially, the applicant is expected to spend a significant portion of their time contributing as a lead C++ developer.
Requirements
- Experience developing in, extending, and modifying Unreal Engine 4
- 8+ years professional development experience in the games industry
- Experience bringing multiple game titles to ship and beyond
- Exceptional management and communication skills
- Fluency in C++
- Fantastic debugging skills
- Solid background in Git or Perforce
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, complexity, and system design
- Competent running development using Jira/Agile-Scrum
- Basic game math fundamentals (vectors, matrices, physics, projections, camera space, tangent space, object space)
- Solid understanding of software design patterns
- Good working knowledge of source control, including best practices (branching/streams)
- A practice of code instrumentation, tools, and development KPIs
- Bachelors in CS, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
