Chief Technology Officer or CTO

LUMINOUSTEC LLC; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance

Job summary

Luminous Tec seeks a Chief Technology Officer to lead our tech organization in Mountain View, CA and Seoul, South Korea. You will oversee game and server engineers, drive architecture standards, and mentor top engineering talent.

We value a track record of building strong teams, deep expertise in Java/C++, and the ability to evolve our Adaptive Learning Platform with cutting-edge tech. International travel and strategic input are expected.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software design, architecture and implementation experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience at a gaming company; MMORPG background preferred.
• Familiar with Java and C++, game technologies, back-end/front-end, mobile, and APIs.
• BS in computer science, math, or engineering; Master's degree preferred.
• Korean language proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead our technology organization, including game and server engineers across Mountain View, CA and Seoul, South Korea.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight for multi-year projects, e.g., platform integrations and engine migrations.
• Shape the Adaptive Learning Platform and overall tech infra and architecture with a hands-on approach.
• As a senior executive team member, participate in key strategic and operational decisions.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Mentoring & talent development

Strategic technical vision

People management

Education

BS in CS/Math/Engineering

Master's degree in science, math, or engineering

Tools

Java

C++

Unity

Game engines

APIs

Backend/Frontend tech

Mobile platforms

Job description

We are committed to deliver innovative solutions to our clients to stimulate and enhance their growth in these highly competitive times. Our clients range in size from 10 to more than 100,000 employees and represent a cross-section of all industries. They rely on Luminous Tec for many different IT services for short and long term projects.

Job Description

Job Title: Chief Technology Officer or CTO

Location: Mountain View, CA

Job Type: Permanent

MUST HAVES:

• 15+ years of software design, architecture and implementation experience
• Minimum of 3 Years of experience at a gaming company, 3 years at a Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) company is preferred
• Familiar with various engineering stacks, specifically Java and C++, Game technologies, back-end and front-end technologies, mobile, and a broad range of APIs
• A track record of building and leading strong engineering teams. Engineers love working for and with you. You motivate and inspire your team. You enjoy mentoring and developing talent
• BS in computer science, math, or engineering

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead our technology organization, which includes game engineers and server engineers across two offices: Mountain View, CA and Seoul, South Korea. You will have responsibility for the team structure, recruiting new engineers, providing standards of excellence for the full engineering team, mentoring, and developing our engineering talent. You will continue to develop a culture of collaboration, speed, learning, scalability, and excellence.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight across a variety of projects planned for the next two years (e.g. integrating Hoodoo English as well as other third-party learning apps with our Adaptive Learning Platform, transferring the game to a new game engine (Unity), making Hoodoo English cross-platform and massive multiplayer, evolving game services platform, incorporating new speech recognition technology, etc.)
• Provide technical thought leadership on how we should evolve our Adaptive Learning Platform, as well as overall technology infrastructure and architecture. Roll up your sleeves to make it happen.
• as a member of the senior executive team, play an active role in key strategic and operational decisions.

Benefits for this position include medical and dental insurance. This position will have 3+ direct reports, and will report to to the CEO. The CTO will be required to travel to South Korea 4-6 times a year.

Qualifications

Korean language proficiency

Master's degree in science, math, or engineering

Additional Information

Client will consider candidates who have experience at Zynga alongside experience at other gaming companies, they will not consider candidates who have solely had Zynga gaming experience.