Game Engineering Director

PlayStation; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 255,000 - 383,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Employee discounts on Sony products

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking an Engineering Director for a flexible, remote role. You will hire, build and direct a technology organization to deliver live game experiences, shaping a technology strategy that serves the game, players, and employees.

The role requires leading 30+ engineers (internal and codev), guiding senior leads, and collaborating with production to plan features and releases.

Qualifications

• Experience leading an org of 20+ engineers on AAA game projects.
• Proven ability to align tech strategy with business goals.
• Experience with online/live service games.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills.
• Excellent communication across stakeholders.
• Ability to work in a hybrid environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a technology strategy aligned with project goals.
• Direct engineering org to solve challenging problems with Unreal.
• Recruit and retain an engineering team.
• Mentor senior leads and provide career development.
• Coordinate with production leadership on schedules.
• Communicate with PlayStation executives and teams.

Skills

Leadership

AAA Experience

Live service games

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive stakeholder management

Hybrid work collaboration

Clear communication

Tech strategy alignment

Tools

Unreal Engine

Cross-studio collaboration

Live game services tech

Job description

Would you like to work on a new IP and new genre at teamLFG that combines amazing action feel with lighthearted and whimsical characters? Are you on a mission to create games that bond players together into deeply invested communities?

As an Engineering Director at teamLFG, you will hire, build and direct a technology organization to deliver amazing never-seen-before game experiences. Your organization will build and utilize a wide range of technologies and workflows to develop, continuously deliver, and maintain a live production game service. As part of the project and studio leadership team, you will create and evolve a technology strategy that is aligned with project goals and initiatives and serves the needs of the game, its players, and employees. As part of a diverse company that prizes creativity and technical excellence, your servant leadership will inspire and motivate a cross-discipline team to help build a new franchise beloved by millions.

We look for candidates who value joining a mission-focused team with a diverse set of backgrounds, experiences, interests, and viewpoints.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with a cross-disciplinary project leadership team to develop and maintain a product technology strategy that is informed by product vision, technical costs, and long-term technology goals
• Leveraging the Unreal Engine and technology the team has built, direct the engineering organization to tackle challenging problems, find combinations of innovative technology with proven models, and build reliable solutions that deliver game experiences while sensibly managing technology risks
• Recruit, nurture, and retain an engineering organization (30+ engineers, both internal FTE and external codev) with the skills, capacity, and adaptability to navigate uncertainty and deliver on the changing needs of the project
• Manage multiple senior engineering leads, providing management support, technical guidance, constructive feedback, and career development coaching
• Work with production leadership to schedule, track, deliver, and close out game features and releases, anticipating and mitigating any critical risks encountered, technical or otherwise
• Communicate with PlayStation executives, directors, and technology teams, as needed

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Experience managing an organization of 20+ engineers on AAA game engineering teams
• Experience working with and directing co-development engineering teams
• Experience with developing and running online games in a live service environment
• Ability to align with leadership and executive stakeholders, translate goals into strategic technology solutions with a thorough understanding of cost, efficiency, and quality tradeoffs, and then lead an organization to execute on a technology strategy
• Effectively communicate with and inspire fellow engineers by driving team alignment and buy-in on technology vision and architectural principles
• Ability to work with a team in a hybrid environment, leveraging real time chat communications and documentation across an entire game studio
• Ability to communicate with stakeholders of different business, technical, and non-technical backgrounds, to help align objectives and negotiate common goals

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS

• Experience with development using the Unreal Engine
• Experience with development on a variety of platforms (PC, console)
• Experience with agile development methodologies

At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role's base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

In addition, this role is eligible for SIE's top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package.

This is a flexible role that can be remote, with varying pay ranges based on geographic location. For example, if you are based out of Seattle, the estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$255,000 - $383,000 USD

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