Lead Technical Producer

Epic Games; Montreal; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Lead Producer on the Fortnite Core Tech team. In this dynamic role, you will partner with talented individuals to drive stability and performance in game development. Your expertise in managing technical projects and large team roadmaps will be crucial as you oversee complex initiatives and ensure quality outcomes. This innovative firm values collaboration and creativity, offering an inclusive environment where your contributions will directly impact the gaming community. If you're passionate about technology and game development, this is the perfect opportunity to make a difference.

Benefits

100% Coverage for Employee Benefits

Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match

Mental Well-being Program

Telemedicine Services

Critical Illness Coverage

Life and AD&D Insurance

Long Term Disability Insurance

Short Term Disability Insurance

Qualifications

• Experience managing large team roadmaps and technical initiatives.
• Deep experience working with programmers on technical projects.

Responsibilities

• Drive stability, performance, and engine development for Fortnite.
• Manage Tech-Platform and Tech-Perf production teams.

Skills

Game Development

Technical Project Management

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Understanding of Complex Systems

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Experience in Game Development

Tools

Game Engines

Backend Systems

Rendering Tools

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.

PRODUCTION What We Do

Whether it’s driving a vision from start to finish or collaborating with teams to inspire and deliver projects of Epic quality, Epic’s production teams take pride in consistently delivering world-class products and experiences.

What You'll Do

We are looking for a Lead Producer to join us on the Fortnite Core Tech team. In this position you will partner with the broader Fortnite org to help drive stability, performance, and engine development. Our team of producers focuses on platform, rendering, performance, server, game architectures, and our build pipeline. We’re looking for individuals who excel in multitasking, thrive in chaos, great communication skills, and are comfortable managing roadmaps and schedules of R&D initiatives. Ideal candidates have experience in game development or hardware frameworks, and have directly worked with programmers and the systems they develop.

In this role, you will

• Partners with the FNTech programming Director to define strategies and initiatives for the vertical. Develops a roadmap feedback loop for the vertical which can speak to health, risk progress, and roll that up to the broader org.
• Helps scale the team org and operations to support the broader Metaverse vision
• Directly manages the Tech-Platform and Tech-Perf Prod Lead, their production org, and their initiatives. Responsible for individual growth plans and progress, that we hit quality bars for each release, and that their initiatives achieve the desired outcomes.
• Will own some complex initiatives that needs senior direction - for example Lighthouse, UEFN
• Operates 50% at a high level and 50% in the details managing technical initiatives

What we're looking for

• Deep experience working with programmers and on technical projects
• Able to drive high level goals/vision and also dig into technical details. Need to manage outcomes for the vertical but also directly own some initiatives
• Understands how complex systems work, what they do, and why. Wants to know how everything works.
• Strong skills in organizing unstructured work and managing multiple competing needs
• Experience with game engines, platforms, rendering, tools, backend systems is highly desired
• Deep experience managing large team roadmaps, rallying individual teams around common goals
• Experience in managing/growing team orgs to scale for demand
• Experienced working with strong personalities and still achieve the desired results

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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