Technical Director, R & D

Skydance Games, a division of Paramount, is seeking a Technical Director, R&D to lead game-related research and development. This role focuses on developing new technologies for immersive storytelling in games, working with technical leadership across multiple projects to build a feature exploration roadmap. The director will also grow a team of engineers to deliver these new technologies, contributing to best-in-class games.

Must Have

• Strong technical leadership skills, able to architect plans and solutions to drive technology development
• Extensive collaboration and communication skills, both with engineers and cross-discipline
• Deep understanding of the game development process, encompassing current technical challenges and ideas for future development
• Experience shipping multiple titles using Unreal Engine
• Several years of experience building and managing engineering teams
• Experience developing new game related technologies

This role is for a technical leader to drive game related research and development, with a focus on developing on new tech that enables the next generation of immersive storytelling in games. This role will include working with technical leadership across multiple games to build a roadmap of feature exploration, as well as growing a team of engineers to deliver new these new technologies.

Requirements

• Strong technical leadership skills, able to architect plans and solutions to drive technology development.
• Extensive collaboration and communication skills, both with engineers and cross-discipline. Able to articulate complex technical challenges to non-technical colleagues.
• Deep understanding of the game development process, encompassing both current technical challenges face by developers, and having ideas for future development features / pipelines.

Qualifications

• Shipped multiple titles using Unreal Engine.
• Several years of experience building and managing engineering teams.
• Experience developing new game related technologies, both to support development and to provide new features for games.

The annual salary range for this position is $230,000 – $250,000. The salary offered may vary based on the candidate’s location, qualifications, experience and relevant expertise, among other factors. The range indicated is for base salary only and does not reflect the total compensation package, including bonus, benefits, etc.

We realize that skills and expertise can come from many different experiences and paths, and we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements as written in the job description.

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