Technical Director, Game Data Capture

Electronic Arts Ltd; Redwood (TX); Hybrid; USD 193,000 - 297,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Bonus programs

Job summary

Electronic Arts seeks a Technical Director to drive the architecture and roadmap for unified game data capture across multiple titles. You will work with researchers, engineers, title teams, and infrastructure to deliver secure, scalable capture capabilities.

You will lead architecture reviews, set standards, and mentor engineers, while coordinating across Redwood City, Montreal, and Vancouver in a hybrid schedule. This role reports to the Lead Technical Director.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience with technical leadership in AAA games or related systems.
• Experience setting architecture and technical direction across multiple teams or products.
• Expertise in C++ and large multithreaded game engines.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for a unified cross-title game-data capture capability.
• Establish standards for modalities, synchronization, schemas, and platform performance.
• Prioritize title onboarding and research requests based on feasibility and value.
• Lead architecture and design reviews for capture SDKs, title adapters, and build automation.
• Mentor engineers, communicate direction, and represent Game Data Capture to leadership.

Skills

Technical leadership

C++

Engine systems

Cross-team coordination

Perforce/CI-CD

Platform strategy

Tools

Perforce

CI/CD pipelines

Build systems

Job description

Electronic Arts seeks a Technical Director to drive the architecture and roadmap for unified game data capture across multiple titles. You will work with researchers, engineers, title teams, and infrastructure to deliver secure, scalable capture capabilities.

You will lead architecture reviews, set standards, and mentor engineers, while coordinating across Redwood City, Montreal, and Vancouver in a hybrid schedule. This role reports to the Lead Technical Director.