Technical Director (AI)

Playrix; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Playrix is seeking a Technical Director focused on AI to lead a high-performance engineering team for its flagship mobile game product. You will own the technical development, drive AI-powered innovation, and build tools to automate pipelines and improve workflows across the company.

You will lead a team of 35+ engineers, shape the technology strategy for a large software product, and scale AI initiatives from idea to production, ensuring high quality and delivery speed.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience including 5+ in senior management
• 3+ years as Technical Director/CTO/Director of Engineering
• Proven leadership with 35+ engineers managed
• Experience creating a tech strategy for a large software product
• Proven AI-powered initiatives from idea to production
• Experience integrating AI into workflows and pipelines
• Strong understanding of modern AI tech including LLMs and AI agents
• Hands-on software engineering in large mobile products

Responsibilities

• Build a strong team through hiring, coaching and mentoring
• Define and drive the mobile game tech roadmap with AI-driven strategy
• Identify and deliver high-impact AI initiatives to improve productivity
• Take AI solutions from experimentation to production at scale
• Ensure engineering excellence and drive efficiency improvements
• Partner with Game Producers and divisions to align AI initiatives

Skills

Leadership

AI

Strategy

Mentoring

Hiring

Engineering mgmt

Mobile prod

C++/C#/Java

Tools

Unity/Unreal

Mobile engines

LLMs

Job description

About the role

We at Playrix are certain that our success results from our talented team's efforts. Every day our programmers develop new features, events, and mechanics for our games, which are played by millions of people around the world.
We're looking for a Technical Director with a focus on AI to join one of our flagship products. You will lead a strong team of programmers, own the product's technical development, and drive AI-powered innovation both within the product and across the company - automating production pipelines, improving development workflows, and unlocking new capabilities for our teams.
We value sharing best practices and mutual support within our teams. We pay great attention to code quality and reliability. We work with modern C++ standards, making the most of its capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Build a strong team to ensure high performance and growth: hiring, coaching and mentoring, leading engineers and managers

• Define and execute the mobile game product's tech roadmap, making AI-driven innovation an integral part of its technical strategy

• Identify and deliver high-impact AI initiatives: automate production pipelines, improve development workflows, and build tools that increase team productivity and product quality

• Take AI solutions from experimentation to production, measure their impact, and scale successful approaches across products and company-wide teams

• Ensure engineering excellence: analyze the efficiency of technologies, tools, and practices, and lead initiatives to improve it

• Partner with Game Producers and company-wide divisions to ensure mobile game product quality, execute the product roadmap, and drive shared AI initiatives

Requirements

• Action-oriented, self-starter mindset; a proactive problem solver

• Bar raiser: you are never satisfied with the status quo and challenge yourself, your teams, and your peers

• 10+ years of experience in engineering, including 5+ in senior management roles

• 3+ years of experience as a Technical Director, CTO, or Director of Engineering

• Proven leadership and "manager of managers" experience with a team of 35+ engineers

• Experience in creating a tech strategy for a large software product

• Proven experience leading AI-powered initiatives from idea to production, with measurable improvements in productivity, delivery speed, or quality

• Experience integrating AI into development workflows and production pipelines, and driving adoption across multiple teams

• Strong understanding of modern AI technologies, including LLMs and AI agents, their practical applications, limitations, and integration trade-offs

• Strong technical expertise and previous hands-on experience as a software engineer, preferably in large mobile products (iOS/Android native, C++/C#/Java/Scala). Nice to have: experience with complex in-house or Unity/Unreal game engines