Technical Director, Tools New Montréal, Quebec, Canada

2K Games, Inc.; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

2K Games, Inc. is seeking a Technical Director to lead the Tools organization, owning architecture and the technical design of our internal tools portfolio. You will ensure tools slot into studio pipelines at scale and bridge gaps between production needs and platform strategy.

As a hands-on leader, you will mentor leads, set engineering standards, and evaluate new technologies and APIs. The role demands experience shipping titles and empowering developers across studios.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience building scalable AWS solutions in a leadership role.
• Shipped multiple titles in lead or technical director roles.
• Experience creating and deploying centralized tools and products that improved dev and business insights.
• Strong understanding of architecture and design patterns across multiple domains.
• Ability to influence technical direction across independent studios without direct authority.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex systems to non-technical partners.
• A passion for building tools that increases developer productivity and efficiency.
• Some experience integrating AI solutions and familiarity with multiple foundation models.
• Bachelor of Computer Science or relevant engineering field.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design products and tools across a breadth of domains, including game engine, pipeline, DCC, and web tools.
• Act as a domain expert for technical feasibility and risk management.
• Collaborate with studio leadership to identify common technical needs and drive adoption of shared tools.
• Perform technical due diligence and high level project estimation for new initiatives.
• Offer technical direction and mentorship to leads across the organization.
• Evaluate new technologies and APIs to ensure our platform and products remain sustainable and efficient.
• Define engineering standards for the organization and hold leads accountable.

Skills

Excellent communication

Influence technical direction

Architectural design

Leadership

AI integration

Dev productivity tooling

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science or relevant engineering field

Tools

AWS

Job description

Technical Director - Tools

Who We Are

2K is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios responsible for developing 2K’s portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms, include Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber, 31st Union, HB Studios, Gearbox, and 2K SportsLab. Our portfolio of titles is expanding due to our global strategic plan, building and acquiring exciting studios whose content continues to inspire all of us! 2K publishes titles in today’s most popular gaming genres, including sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment. Our team of engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data scientists, producers, thinkers and doers, are the professional publishing stewards of 2K’s portfolio currently includes several AAA, sports and entertainment brands, including global powerhouse NBA 2K, renowned BioShock, Borderlands, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization and XCOM brands; popular WWE 2K and WWE SuperCard franchises, TopSpin 2K25, as well as the critically and commercially acclaimed PGA TOUR 2K

At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work! We encourage ALL applicants to explore our global positions, even if they don’t meet every requirement for the role. If you're interested in the job and think you have what it takes to work at 2K, we encourage you to apply!

What We Need

An experienced Technical Director to act as the primary architect and domain expert for our internal products and tools portfolio. You are a high level individual contributor responsible for architecture oversight and technical design. You provide the technical foundation that allows our tools to slot into studio pipelines at scale. You are an expert at navigating complex technical environments with integrity and can bridge the gap between studio needs and platform strategy.

What You’ll Do

• Architect and design products and tools across a breadth of domains, including game engine, pipeline, DCC, and web tools.
• Act as a domain expert for technical feasibility and risk management.
• Collaborate with studio leadership to identify common technical needs and drive adoption of shared tools.
• Perform technical due diligence and high level project estimation for new initiatives.
• Offer technical direction and mentorship to leads across the organization.
• Evaluate new technologies and APIs to ensure our platform and products remain sustainable and efficient.
• Define engineering standards for the organization and hold leads accountable.

What Will Make You A Great Fit

• 2+ years of experience building scalable AWS solutions in a leadership role
• Shipped multiple titles in lead or technical director roles.
• Experience creating and deploying centralized tools and products that improved dev and business insights.
• Strong understanding of architecture and design patterns across multiple domains.
• Ability to influence technical direction across independent studios without direct authority.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex systems to non-technical partners.
• A passion for building tools that increases developer productivity and efficiency.
• Some experience integrating AI solutions and familiarity with multiple foundation models.
• Bachelor of Computer Science or relevant engineering field.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.

Please note that 2K Games and its studios never uses instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews and when emailing, only use 2K.com accounts.

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