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Technical Director

2 months ago


Leamington Spa United Kingdom Third Kind Games Full time

As a Technical Director, you will be highly innovative and have a strong passion for the development of inspiring and creative games. You will work with a cross-functional team and take responsibility for setting the high-level vision and work closely with all disciplines to deliver on the overall game.

Third Kind Games - a Virtuos Studio, is a world-class co-development games studio. Third Kind Games was founded in 2016 by a team of nine former Activision veterans and became a Virtuos Studio in 2024.

Our studio is based in Royal Leamington Spa and we also have remote studios in Poland and Spain. Our three studios have been built on the same original spirit and values since our beginning.

We work with some of the biggest names in the games industry such as Blizzard, Amazon, Microsoft and Mythical Games. We're proud of our track record working on critically acclaimed games and franchises. We are also setting new benchmarks for creativity in the games industry, driving technical expertise in programming alongside creative innovation.

What is it like to be a Third Kinder?

We are a diverse team of people. We are collaborative, open-minded creatives who embrace ideas and knowledge from everyone in our team, with the aim of developing and inspiring ourselves, our projects and our games.

Work life balance and flexibility are very important to us and our team. At TKG we offer a place where our team can be their most creative, imaginative and confident selves. We want all of our team to feel valued, appreciated, and free to be who they are at work. TKG recently received a GOLD Award in Mind Charity's Workplace Wellbeing Index, recognising our dedication to our team's mental health and wellbeing.

Role Overview

You enjoy:

  • Being responsible for the entire programming team, working across client titles and our own IP within Unreal Engine, Unity, and bespoke engines.
  • Directly managing and supporting a small dedicated team of lead programmers across our projects. Your lead programmers shall manage the day-to-day activities and workloads of their individual programmers.
  • Being responsible for defining all processes and tools used by the team, and the career development of all programming team members.
  • Understand our consumer needs and ensure the technical vision is understood by our teams and partners so the game delivers great player satisfaction and maximum enjoyment.
  • Being responsible for delivering the overall technical direction of the games by collaborating with and inspiring our teams to achieve this and meet key quality and time targets.
  • Leading by example and developing high programming standards with the team.
  • Communicating and evangelising your vision to both internal and external stakeholders at all levels to ensure the features and visions for the games are delivered.

What we're looking for from a Third Kinder

You would:
  • Lead and foster a culture of innovation and collaboration, motivating our cross-functional Directors and managers to develop unique games with an engaging player experience.
  • Understand the technical and production elements to ensure a practical concept is delivered and exceeds the customer expectations.
  • Lead and encourage our technical planning sessions, scrums, and retrospectives and help us drive the development of our projects and the team.
  • Be naturally inquisitive and keep up to date with the games market, emerging technologies and industry trends and cascade to your team.
  • Lead and motivate programmers and designers to prototype, develop, and refine unique features.
  • Talk and present enthusiastically about technical ideas, championing their potential.
  • Be highly adaptable and a great problem solver.

Skills you need
  • 5+ years of industry experience in leading a high-performing programming team.
  • 10 + years of programming experience in C# and/or C++.
  • 10+ years of engine experience with Unreal and/or Unity.
  • Expert in software design practices including architecture, software design patterns and algorithmic solutions.
  • A realistic, pragmatic and commercially aware approach to game development.
  • Proven ability in creating and launching AAA games with fun gameplay concepts, new ideas and features that keep players wanting more.

Skills it would be great to have

Experience with:
  • Other engines such as Lumberyard or bespoke engines.


If you think this is the role for you please send us your CV and an introductory email, which helps us to get to know you better. We aim to respond to your application within 2 working days.

Usually we will conduct a telephone interview, prior to any face to face or virtual interviews.

If you experience an error submitting your application, please email us at recruitment@thirdkindgames.com.