Senior Director of Software Architecture

Universal Creative; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Universal Orlando is seeking a Senior Director, Software Architect to lead technical direction across multi‑platform game development ecosystems. You will guide architecture, drive quality, mentor engineers, and partner with cross‑functional teams to deliver reliable, scalable systems.

You will oversee middleware, SDKs, and internal libraries while shaping coding standards and security practices. This role requires strong leadership and a passion for mentoring engineers across time zones.

Qualifications

• Experience engineering complex products across multiple platforms.
• Experience building large deployments of consumer facing networked apps across PC, Mac, consoles or mobile.
• Mentorship and the experience to grow engineers.
• Experience managing teams of software developers.
• Strong C/C++, optimization and debugging skills.
• Well-versed in PC and Mobile game development techniques.
• Ability to create and maintain technical documentation from project start to finish.

Responsibilities

• Develop code for global development projects involving infrastructure for online gaming architecture across platforms.
• Design recommendations to improve performance, security and reliability.
• Architect, develop, maintain, and optimize middleware, SDKs and internal libraries.
• Contribute to coding standards, reviews and documentation.
• Support production teams with feature breakdown, estimates, risks and mitigations.
• Interface with Client partners, TL M Partners and other departments to align strategy and direction.
• Mentor team members and drive career progression across departments.
• Guide alignment with software and networking security requirements; ensure configuration control.
• Supervise Exempt and Non-Exempt team members.
• Participate in EH&S responsibilities per policy and training.

Skills

C/C++

Team leadership

Software architecture

Mentorship

Documentation

Multiplatform

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or similar

Job description

Universal Orlando is seeking a Senior Director, Software Architect to lead technical direction across multi‑platform game development ecosystems. You will guide architecture, drive quality, mentor engineers, and partner with cross‑functional teams to deliver reliable, scalable systems.

You will oversee middleware, SDKs, and internal libraries while shaping coding standards and security practices. This role requires strong leadership and a passion for mentoring engineers across time zones.