Technical Director

Stellar Entertainment Software; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game development studio in Guildford is looking for a Technical Director to oversee engineering teams and lead technical development on AAA projects. This senior role involves defining technical direction, managing large teams, and ensuring high quality and innovative game experiences. Strong experience with C++, Unreal Engine, and leadership in game development are essential. The position offers hybrid working and several excellent benefits.

Benefits

Flexible/hybrid working

Discretionary bonus scheme

Private Healthcare Plan

Regular Team Incentives and Social Events

Access to cutting-edge hardware

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Technical Director with multiple shipped AAA titles.
• Significant knowledge of game engines and platforms including console and PC.
• Experience managing large scale, multi-disciplinary teams across locations.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the technical direction for AAA game projects.
• Lead, mentor, and manage our team of Engineers.
• Collaborate to define milestones and production timelines.
• Regularly review and oversee code quality.
• Identify risks and mitigate their impact on projects.
• Support R&D and learning about new technologies.

Skills

C++

Game engines (particularly Unreal)

Multiplayer game architecture

Agile methodologies

Strong communication skills

Job description

Role Overview

Stellar's Guildford studio is now looking for a Technical Director to join us, overseeing our Engineering teams and leading the technical strategy and development of our AAA projects. You will be leading a large team of skilled engineers, driving innovation, performance and excellence in our software across multiple projects, most notably our arcade racer being built in UE5. This is a senior leadership role with huge impact, offering the opportunity to shape our projects and our studio too, ensuring that our engineers and infrastructure can support cutting edge visuals, ambitious gameplay experiences, and scalable online features. We’re offering a highly visible and impactful position in our team – a truly career defining role and project for someone who is deeply passionate about all things game‑development, technology and building high performance teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the technical direction, architecture and pipelines for AAA game projects
• Lead, mentor, and manage our team of Engineers, creating learning opportunities and development plans to ensure continuous progression of our colleagues
• Collaborate with our team of Directors to define milestones and production timelines
• Regularly review and oversee code quality
• Work closely with Art, Design, and Production teams to champion the vision of the game
• Identify risks in development and come up with ways to reduce their impact on project timescales
• Support the team with Research and Development efforts and learning about new technologies and advancements
• Manage engineering resources

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Technical Director, with multiple shipped AAA titles under your belt
• Significant knowledge of game engines (particularly Unreal) and multiple platforms including console and PC
• Exceptional C++ skills
• Broad understanding of multiple programming disciplines
• Strong communication skills – this is a high‑profile role internally that will also collaborate with external partners
• Experience with multiplayer game architecture
• Experience managing large scale, multi‑disciplinary teams across multiple locations
• Bonus points if you have:
• At least one, or two extra programming languages under your belt
• Previous experience in building large scale, realtime, multiplayer games
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies or experience working in an Agile environment
• Experience managing remotely

Working Environment

We are a video game development studio with offices in Guildford, UK and Utrecht, Netherlands. Sitting within the heart of thriving communities of game developers and publishers, we focus on quality and excellence, and our partners and players are always at the front of everything we do.

Games are not just about gameplay. We believe in the importance of balancing every single aspect of a game that you, as a player will interact with; what you see, how you play and how it makes you feel. It couldn’t be a more exciting time to join us as we embark on a new unannounced project, pushing the boundaries of all aspects of the game to create a truly AAA experience.

Benefits

• International AAA game projects
• Access to cutting‑edge hardware
• Flexible/hybrid working (we work 3 days per week on site)
• Great increasing holiday benefits including Christmas Shutdown
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Private Healthcare Plan including dental and optical support, mental health, online GP
• Pension Plan
• Life Assurance
• Flu Jab Vouchers
• Regular Team Incentives and Social Events
• Brand new Guildford office
• Access to a well‑stocked fridge and snack cupboard
• Opportunities to work with our Netherlands office