Director, Programming

Epic Games; Montreal; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Epic Games, a leader in interactive entertainment, is seeking a Director of Programming for an innovative collaboration with Disney. This role involves leading programming teams, shaping product vision, and pushing game development boundaries. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in AAA games and live services, ready to drive success in a creative environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits for employees and dependents

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Robust mental well-being program

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in the game industry.
• Proven experience leading AAA games with live services.
• Deep expertise in software architecture and design principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of programmers and set project vision.
• Mentor programming leads and contribute to key decisions.
• Collaborate with leadership to shape product direction.

Skills

Communication

Technical Leadership

Collaboration

Agile Mindset

Tools

Unreal Engine

C++

Job description

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

PROGRAMMING - GAMES What We Do

Unreal projects have been leading the pack of real-time entertainment with our constantly growing team of programming experts. We’re always improving on the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.

What You'll Do

The Walt Disney Company and Epic Games are collaborating on an all-new games and entertainment universe.

In addition to being a world-class games experience, this new persistent universe will offer a multitude of opportunities for consumers to play, watch, and engage with content, characters, and stories from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, Avatar, and more.

Players, gamers, and fans of all kinds will be able to create their own stories and experiences, express their fandom in a distinctly Disney way, and share content with each other in ways that they love. Come join us in creating the future of interactive entertainment.

Epic Games is seeking an experienced Director of Programming to join this team. This person should be a gaming industry veteran with strong hands-on experience to join our programming team. As a part of the team, you will be representing and leading one of our main games programming groups, helping it to grow, improve, plan, and prioritize work. At the same time, you will become a part of the leadership group, where you will set and plan product vision, actively participate in decision-making, and message the big picture across multiple groups. Our ideal candidate is a passionate individual with experience working on AAA games with live services. Someone who is excited about pushing the limits of what’s possible through applying state-of-the-art technology and best programming practices to build gameplay that will transform how games are made.

In this role, you will

• Lead a team of programmers, to whom you will be communicating vision, setting priorities, and mentoring
• Regularly both manage and mentor programming leads and individual contributors
• Work hands-on with programming groups across different departments, brainstorming, architectural solutions, helping in decision making, and similar
• Work closely with the leadership group, building and shaping product vision
• Play an active role in proposing, setting up, executing, and delivering on new initiatives
• Be a point of contact for cooperation with other Epic teams and initiatives
• Provide inputs into the product road map, including milestone schedules and deliverables

What we're looking for

• 10+ years of experience in the game industry
• Experience shipping a AAA product with live services in a leadership-based position
• Experience leading large teams distributed across multiple countries and time zones
• A technical leader who excels at giving feedback and has demonstrated capabilities facilitating team success
• Deep expertise in the product lifecycle for games, such as generating detailed technical requirements, assembling capable teams, executing said requirements, and building robust support systems to manage them
• Strong programming background, with an advanced understanding of software architecture, design principles, data structures, and algorithms
• Great communication skills, verbal and written, with experience working in a fast-paced environment with cross-disciplinary teams
• Experience working with Unreal Engine
• Advanced knowledge of C++
• Agile and product-oriented mindset

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.

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