Technical Director
Job Description
- Lead technical direction, ensuring alignment with studio goals and creative vision.
- Oversee architecture and system design, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and efficiency.
- Manage, mentor, and inspire engineering leads and developers, cultivating technical excellence.
- Drive best practices in source control, build systems, and deployment pipelines.
- Collaborate with designers, artists, and production to balance creative ambition with technical feasibility.
- Proactively identify and mitigate technical risks across projects.
- Evaluate, implement, and optimize core technologies, tools, and pipelines.
- Champion code quality, performance, and sustainable development practices.
- Strong Unreal Engine expertise with proven experience in complex game development.
- Demonstrated team leadership ability, managing and mentoring technical teams.
- Proficiency with Perforce for version control and workflow management.
- Excellent communicator and collaborator, aligning diverse disciplines behind a shared technical vision.
- Passion for creating tools, systems, and workflows that empower teams.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, fully remote environment with a global team.
- Fully remote
We’re VOID Interactive, the kick-ass team behind the best-selling FPS game Ready or Not, which has sold over 12 million copies across all platforms. We’re a fully remote, 70+ person studio made up of seriously talented individuals from all over the world who love games and creating exceptional experiences for players. We’re seeking a talented and inspiring Technical Director to lead the technical vision for our projects and empower our development teams to deliver exceptional, world-class gameplay. In this role, you’ll guide the engineering team, oversee core systems, and ensure our technology pipelines are streamlined, scalable, and future-ready. You’ll work closely with our leadership and creative teams, translating ambitious game design into robust, sustainable technical solutions. Your leadership will be key in fostering a collaborative, high-performance environment that supports creativity and innovation.
What you’ll do:
- Lead the technical direction of projects, ensuring alignment with studio goals and creative vision.
- Oversee architecture and system design, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and efficiency.
- Manage, mentor, and inspire engineering leads and developers, cultivating a culture of technical excellence.
- Drive best practices in source control, build systems, and deployment pipelines, with a focus on Perforce workflows.
- Collaborate with designers, artists, and production to balance creative ambition with technical feasibility.
- Proactively identify and mitigate technical risks across projects.
- Evaluate, implement, and optimize core technologies, tools, and pipelines—ensuring the best use of Unreal Engine capabilities.
- Champion code quality, performance, and sustainable development practices across teams.
What We’re Looking For:
- Strong Unreal Engine expertise, with proven experience in complex game development.
- Demonstrated team leadership ability, with a track record of managing and mentoring technical teams.
- Proficiency with Perforce for version control and workflow management.
- Excellent communicator and collaborator, able to align diverse disciplines behind a shared technical vision.
- Passion for creating tools, systems, and workflows that empower teams to work smarter and faster.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, fully remote environment with a global team.
