Lead Technical Director
Job Summary
Job Description
Penrose Studios is seeking a Lead Technical Director to build a platform for a new artistic medium, immersive stories, and worlds. The responsibilities include managing engineering projects, coordinating internal teams, implementing and maintaining new systems, overseeing development teams, monitoring system performance, ensuring security compliance, managing software development projects, designing strategies for future projects, adapting content for various VR and AR devices, collaborating with the content team, and hiring engineers. The ideal candidate will lead the team to success and ensure the long-term stability of the codebase.
Must have:
- 5+ years of software engineering experience.
- 2+ years of software engineering leadership experience.
- Strong knowledge of at least one game engine.
- Strong knowledge of C++, Python, C, C#, Java, or Rust.
- Collaborative mindset and ability to communicate effectively.
- Strong debugging, profiling, and run-time analysis skills.
Good to have:
- Experience with iOS and Android development.
- Experience with SDKs and writing plugins.
- Experience developing cross-platform software.
- Experience in developing blockchain applications.
8 skills required
Job Details
Penrose Studios crafts ground-breaking immersive stories and worlds, and needs your help building a platform for this new artistic medium. We seek a passionate and experienced lead engineer who is excited about guiding a talented team. You will work in frontier technologies such as blockchain, AR and VR, and you will be responsible for ensuring a clean codebase that is scalable and built for the long-term.
Responsibilities
- Managing engineering projects end-to-end
- Coordinating internal teams, including security, IT and developers
- Implementing and maintaining new systems
- Oversee front-end and back-end development teams and their projects
- Monitor reliability and performance of all internal systems to suggest improvements
- Ensure compliance with security regulations
- Manage software development projects by setting requirements, goals and timelines
- Design strategies for future development projects based on the company’s overall objectives and resources
- Help determine ways of adapting content for a large list of VR and AR devices
- Collaborate with the content team to develop plans for releasing material on numerous platforms
- Hire engineers and coordinate their training
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience in games, visual effects or related field
- At least two years of software engineering leadership experience
- Strong knowledge of at least one game engine
- Strong knowledge of C++, Python, C, C#, Java, or Rust
- Collaborative mindset and ability to communicate effectively
- Strong debugging, profiling, and run-time analysis skills
Preferred
- Experience with iOS and Android development
- Experience with SDKs and writing plugins for third party applications
- Experience developing cross-platform software
- Experience in developing blockchain applications
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About The Company
Penrose Studios is at the forefront of virtual reality as a storytelling medium. We’re a group of artists, engineers and storytellers, and we’re looking for an eclectic mix of talented individuals who are fast learners with driven personalities.
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