Technical Director Gaming
Permanent contract Paris (75)
Position Duties
We are looking for an experienced Technical Director to join our Gaming division in EMEA. This is a very exciting position where you would not only use your technical capabilities, but also you'll manage several projects and teams !
You will have to :
- Motivate, teach, mentor & guide Leaders (and team) on what to do to take the strategic plan to action, with an international scope (our teams are based around the globe) ;
- After defining the WHAT, help leaders create the HOW, monitor the process but allow for autonomy and creativity ;
- Contribute autonomously, mostly on their leading area, sometimes with cross impact and frequently working with day to day business ;
- Dedicate enough time to day-to-day matters (conflict resolution and definitions) with the purpose of ensuring the success of the strategic plan ;
- Define new excellence standards and try to improve the team's performance in comparison with the benchmark ;
- Responsibility on the team / area budget. Is in charge of a team within a department. Lead 1 or more than a Leader / specialist/s ;
- Lead from a technical standpoint one of our most important and unannounced project !
Location : we are open to candidates based in France or in any country close to France (Spain, Germany, UK...).
We are a very agile and flexible company and open to hybrid / remote work.
Candidate Profile
- Passionate about playing and making games, and have a good knowledge of the games industry ;
- Knowledge of object oriented development or other game related paradigms
- Expert on Game development process and Key areas of game development
- Experience on define architecture for games single player and multiplayer in consoles and/or PC
- Experience on at least 2 shipped videogames (Console / PC)
- Able to plan and estimate their team tasks and ensure timely delivery of work, and assist with the planning of work to more junior members of the team ;
- Self-motivated and proactive with a strong work ethic ;
- Good oral and written english communication skills ;
- Knowledge of common algorithms, data structures and patterns, and the ability to apply them to problems while keeping constraints and performance in mind ;
- Solve problems that require not just local logic to run but online, multi-player and/or multi-platform features to work.
- Able to analyze unfamiliar code of a reasonable complexity to understand and extend the functionality of an existing module ;
- Able to debug defects of a wide array of complexities, including memory related issues, multi-threading...
Additional Information
Are you ready ?
At Globant we believe that an inclusive culture and a diverse environment makes us stronger. We encourage people to have an inclusive spirit as our global footprint expands. We seek to generate a place of inspiration and growth for everyone. A safe space, based on equity as a value, where everyone's careers can be promoted and developed in the same way. There is no innovation without diversity and there is no improvement without plurality.
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Resume, cover letter, references, web site (if relevant)
To: Directeur Gaming