Technical Director/Director

7 days ago


Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Build A Rocket Boy Full time

Build A Rocket Boy is conducting a search for an experienced and highly qualified Technical Director who will be accountable for the technical ownership, decision making and execution within strategic projects.

This role is a forward-looking technology leader and will be a recognized expert within AAA games. Within team, this role innovates and pioneers design, process, workflow, metrics, planning and architecture.

Your influence will span several technical subsystems and the ideal candidate will have a breadth of mastery including but not limited to graphics engine, core and platform dependent systems, editor development, animation, audio, physics systems and network architecture.

We are a team of passionate developers that highly values open-minded collaboration, direct feedback, and the eagerness to grab and drive game development quality.

As the project's technical director, you will inspire and align the team around a technical vision that results in best-in-class game experiences.

By directly managing a team of lead engineers and collaborating with project directors, you will set strategic initiatives and break down clear and achievable goals.

When particularly hard problems arise, you'll draw upon the team's collective creativity to finalize a technical vision that meets the project's needs.

Additionally, the candidate will possess an exceptional ability to inspire large teams and pitch/evangelize ideas as part of a larger-scale creative framework.

By blending your mastery of engineering, design, and creative direction, you will rally and align teams around building epic, memorable experiences.

Accountable for overall code quality within assigned teams; Collaborate across a diverse cross-discipline team to ensure that performance, memory, storage, bandwidth goals and engine and tools features and goals are clearly defined.


  • Partner with all departments to create new features, systems, and tools that meet the project's needs.
  • Identify technical risks on projects and develop contingency plans to put into place with your team.
  • Partner with technical leadership and senior engineers across the organization to promote cross-team shared code initiatives.
  • Responsible for all technical process and technology within assigned teams and their related needs across a Business Unit and/or Studio.
  • Remain current on industry trends, including new game genres, new game development technology and techniques, and trending audio visual excellence.
  • or higher) degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
  • At least ten years of AAA game programming experience; shipped multiple AAA titles with at least one in leadership position.
  • Proven experience shipping games on multiple platforms such as PC, console, and mobile in engine development area.
  • Proficiency in C++.
  • Strong data structures and algorithm skills with a firm understanding of linear algebra, statistical methods, and design patterns.
  • Strong knowledge of software engineering practices.
  • Expert-level understanding of multithreading, optimizations, graphics, physics, and animation.
  • Broad understanding of performance optimization of game servers.
  • Ability to direct, collaborate, and speak critically on all aspects of technical development, art, gameplay, and content creation.
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