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Assistant Technical Director (Gameplay)

2 Months ago • 8 Years + • Game Design

Job Summary

Job Description

The Assistant Technical Director (Gameplay) at Virtuos Chengdu manages and guides Art, Design, Sound, and QA teams, ensuring alignment with technical design. Responsibilities include overseeing the Software Engineering (SE) department, guaranteeing optimal performance and high-quality programming deliverables. This role involves recruiting, training, and evaluating SE staff, maintaining client communication on project progress and technical aspects. The ideal candidate possesses advanced C++ skills, familiarity with other languages (C#, Java, Lua, etc.), and expertise in UE4/UE5 development. Strong game development knowledge, technical design capabilities, project and people management skills are essential, along with excellent communication skills and at least 8 years of AAA title development experience.
Must have:
  • Advanced C++ and other programming languages
  • UE4/UE5 expertise and technical design
  • Game development knowledge (3C, AI, combat)
  • Excellent communication and people management
  • 8+ years AAA title development experience
Perks:
  • Work with industry veterans
  • Multicultural team
  • Contribute to AAA games
  • Customized training
  • Flexible working hours
  • Gaming corners
  • Comprehensive healthcare
  • Relocation support
  • Career mobility opportunities

Job Details

Responsibilities

  • Communicate, Direct and Assist Art, Design, Sound and QA to ensure everyone involved works within the Technical Design managed by you
  • Manage the SE department and ensure the optimum performance according to the instructions of Technical Director
  • Ensure the quality of Programming deliverables
  • Participant to recruitment and training of new talents; Involvement in evaluation of System Engineer staff
  • Manage communication with clients in terms of SE project progress and technique matters
  • 沟通、指导与协助美术、策划、音效和质量保证团队,确保所有相关人员在你管理的技术设计框架内工作,确保各团队之间的协作顺畅,共同达成项目目标。
  • 管理程序部门,根据技术总监的指示,确保程序部门的最优绩效,推动团队高效运作并达成既定目标。
  • 确保编程交付物的质量,对编程成果进行严格的质量把控,确保其符合高标准和技术要求,支持项目的顺利推进。
  • 参与招聘和培训新人才,参与开发工程师职位的招聘过程,并负责新员工的培训;同时,参与现有员工的工作表现评估,促进团队整体能力提升。
  • 管理与客户的沟通,就程序项目的进展和技术问题与客户保持密切沟通,确保信息透明,及时响应客户需求,维护良好的客户关系。

Qualifications

  • Advanced understanding of C++ and knows other programming languages like C#, JAVA, LUA, Unreal Script or Python, OO Design/Programming (SOLID, Design Patterns), Memory and Performance, Algorithms and Data-Structures, Multi-Core and –Threading
  • Good knowledge of game development, development tools, game engines as well as core gameplay system such as 3C, AI, combat, etc.
  • Specialized in UE4, UE5 development and be able to do technical design for UE5 development.
  • Be able to work together with Artist director, designer director or other stakeholders to come up with standard working pipeline and make sure the production team is on track.
  • Able to see a project from a high-level as well as low-level and anything in-between. Can see risks, priorities and the complexity of elements in a project
  • Good people management skills and project management knowledge
  • Bachelor and above degree with major in IT, computer science, software academy
  • Good communication skills in English including documentation and presentation
  • Minimum 8 years programming experience with several AAA title shipped
  • 深入掌握C++,并熟悉其他编程语言如C#JavaLUAUnreal ScriptPython;具备面向对象设计/编程(SOLID原则、设计模式)的深入理解;精通内存管理和性能优化;掌握算法和数据结构;了解多核和多线程编程。
  • 具备良好的游戏开发知识,包括开发工具、游戏引擎以及核心游戏系统(如3C:相机、控制、角色;AI;战斗系统等)。
  • 专注于Unreal Engine 4Unreal Engine 5的开发,并能够为UE5开发提供技术设计方案。
  • 能够与美术总监、策划总监或其他利益相关者合作,制定标准工作流程,确保生产团队按计划推进项目。
  • 能够从宏观到微观全面审视项目,识别风险、确定优先级,并评估项目的复杂性元素。
  • 具备优秀的人才管理和项目管理知识,能够有效地领导团队并确保项目按时完成。
  • 计算机科学、软件工程或信息技术等相关专业本科及以上学历。
  • 具备良好的英文书面和口头沟通能力,包括文档编写和演示文稿制作。
  • 至少8年编程经验,并参与过多个AAA级别游戏项目的开发和发布。

About Us

Founded in 2004, Virtuos is one of the largest independent video game development companies. We are headquartered in Singapore with over 3,500 employees across 22 offices in Asia, Europe, and North America. Specializing in full-cycle game development and art production, we have delivered high-quality content for more than 1,500 console, PC, and mobile games. Our clients include 23 of the top 25 gaming companies worldwide. Visit  to find out how we can make games better, together. 
About Our Team
Virtuos Chengdu was the second studio ever to be founded by the Virtuos Group back in 2008. As a full-stack game development studio, it’s capable of handling all aspects of the production pipeline, from the first brief to the final product, entirely in-house. To facilitate this, the studio is staffed by a multicultural team of experts ranging from art to engineering, constantly hard at work on the biggest titles on the horizon.
The studio has come a long way from its humble beginnings to becoming one of Chengdu’s game development powerhouses, due mainly to the fact that it was one of the first to pioneer AAA game development focusing on console titles in the region.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Work alongside industry veterans in different fields
• A multicultural crew comprising 9 different nationalities
• Contribute to the world’s biggest AAA games
• Customized training programs and regular workshops
• Group fitness, wellness activities
• Flexible working hours
• Gaming corners with consoles and canteens on every floor
• Comprehensive medical healthcare provided for all staff
• Relocation support provided
• Career and international mobility opportunities with Virtuos Internal Mobility Program
People matter. Diverse opinions and experiences matter. At Virtuos, our talented teams are the cornerstone of our success, and we recognize that fostering and advocating for inclusivity is at the center of what we do best - we make games better, together. Virtuos is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity of thought, expression, culture, and backgrounds.

Job Info

  • Job Function Identification 998
  • Posting Date 01/16/2025, 03:44 AM
  • Locations China, Chengdu
  • Job Function Schedule Full time
  • Linkedin Tags #LI-JY1

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