CDI Technical Director H/F

Virtuos; Cergy; Sur place; EUR 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Virtuos in Île-de-France seeks a Technical Director to oversee versatile teams delivering AAA games for PC, Xbox Series and PS5 using Unreal Engine 5 or proprietary engines.

You will establish development strategy, guide lead developers, and steer architecture and tooling decisions to ensure top-quality outcomes. The role includes mentoring, risk assessment, and ensuring compliant, efficient workflows across local and remote teams.

Qualifications

• Responsibilities listed in the ad.

Responsabilités

• Establish the development strategy and the staff plan for the entrusted project proposals, under validation by the studio technical director.
• Manage, guide and mentor the lead developers reporting to you.
• Steer the development strategy of the assigned projects, in agreement with the studio technical director and the producer of each project, in order to guide the lead developers and their team.
• Define, for the most complex technical problems, the development solutions to be adopted that are the most appropriate for each situation.
• Assess the technical risks raised and their implications in production and propose appropriate mitigation plans.
• Advise the development teams on a daily basis on the best choices to adopt to achieve the objectives of the projects and maximize the safety of productions.
• Ensure that work methods are applied in a compliant manner.
• If necessary, participate in the development of the project, in particular for the implementation of critical functionalities.
• Exchange information useful for the smooth running of the project with other development, design or artistic production teams, whether local or remote.
• Propose improvements to existing features, for the sake of the final quality of the game.
• Ensure that the result of the performed work reaches the required quality.
• If necessary, write out technical documentation explaining how an existing or future system works and is used.
• Report regularly to the studio technical director on the status of the projects entrusted to you.

Description du poste

For our ongoing and unannounced projects, we are looking for a Technical Director motivated by overseeing versatile talented teams in order to develop AAA games for PC, Xbox Series and Play Station 5 platforms, with Unreal Engine 5 or proprietary engines. Depending on the mission, the ownership can cover topics such as game architecture, feature implementation guidance, tool chain design, cutting-edge tech innovation, graphics system improvement, optimization strategy and DevOps streamlining.

Responsibilities

• Establish the development strategy and the staff plan for the entrusted project proposals, under validation by the studio technical director.
• Manage, guide and mentor the lead developers reporting to you.
• Steer the development strategy of the assigned projects, in agreement with the studio technical director and the producer of each project, in order to guide the lead developers and their team.
• Define, for the most complex technical problems, the development solutions to be adopted that are the most appropriate for each situation.
• Assess the technical risks raised and their implications in production and propose appropriate mitigation plans.
• Advise the development teams on a daily basis on the best choices to adopt to achieve the objectives of the projects and maximize the safety of productions.
• Ensure that work methods are applied in a compliant manner.
• If necessary, participate in the development of the project, in particular for the implementation of critical functionalities.
• Exchange information useful for the smooth running of the project with other development, design or artistic production teams, whether local or remote.
• Propose improvements to existing features, for the sake of the final quality of the game.
• Ensure that the result of the performed work reaches the required quality.
• If necessary, write out technical documentation explaining how an existing or future system works and is used.
• Report regularly to the studio technical director on the status of the projects entrusted to you.