Remote or Onsite C/C++ Technical Director - AAA UK REF - 2451

This game AAA game studio with offices based in the South of the UK and Central Europe is looking for a  C/C++ Technical Director to work on their latest multiplatform titles.  You will be in charge of Lead Programmers in creating quality technical solutions and games.  This role can be offered remote working to UK core work hours or onsite in the UK or Holland.

Your team will write tools which directly support development efforts to produce and publish our games, and use best practices through tools and processes.

What will you do?

• Manage the development plan, schedule, and process for multiple concurrent projects, including tasks, resources, quality, time, priorities, and costs
• Create engineering best practices that allow the team to achieve the assigned projects and share knowledge
• Improve processes to gain efficiencies, cost or quality that impact teams
• Work with development teams and different partners to refine requirements
• Collaborate and manage partnerships with internal partners
• Be the single contact for discipline at the project level, including working with essential external partners
• Manage people and career development for leads, as well as the engineering team

What skills do you need?

• 10+ years in software development/engineering management positions in C/C++
• 5+ years in hands-on software development roles
• AAA experience on PC or console with at least 2 titles under your belt from inception to completion
• Extensive knowledge of software architecture & design as well as performance
• Can write, optimise, port, clean bug free code
• Agile/Scrum and knowing how to connect between the iterative-process and high-level programs and milestones
• Unreal Engine 4 or other 3D engine experience is a bonus
• Mentor and train junior to senior members of the engineering team
• Multiplayer games experience is a plus
• Knowledge of backend systems
• Expert C/C++

Benefits

Excellent pay, AAA titles, bonus, pension, top of the art tech…

Application

To apply pls forward your CV to bonnie@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2451.

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