Techincal Director job
Posted: June 07, 2006
Post subject: Techincal Director
Post subject: Techincal Director
subject: Techincal Director , Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts is looking for Techincal Director
duration - Full Time
Job details: Techincal Director EA -- Technical Director
Electronic Arts (EA) is the world's #1 independent developer and publisher of interactive entertainment. We develop award winning games from our studios around the world from Shanghai to Stockholm and from Florida to California. While we have the stability of an industry giant, we are organized into small, agile and fun teams.
We are starting a team to create an innovative online game that will shock the world. We need a technical director to drive the technology decisions.
A technical director (TD) is a combination auditor, facilitator, and engineer. A TD has been around the block in the games industry, with experience as Lead Engineer on a multi-platform product. If needed, a TD can jump into an engineering role on the team, but their main role is to look ahead and guide the team away from the trouble spots their experience tells them are ahead.
Initially the TD is heavily involved with the design team, and responsible for ensuring a technical design is created that reflects the shared vision for the game. They also look outside the team to find useful technology within and outside EA that can help make their project better. The TD also works with the Director of Development (DD) to recruit, retain, and grow an amazing team of engineers.
Job Responsibilities
Driving engineers towards excellence via influencing, mentoring, and enthusiasm
Owning the Technical Design Review process from beginning to end
Creating a rock-solid software engineering process
Ensuring the team is always working to a holistic, well-articulated systems architecture and game design
Ensuring the technical environment and processes are of highest efficiency for team members
Working closely with engineers to ensure high communications and consistency
Evaluating engineering project milestones and overall progress
Evaluating technical project risks and possible solutions.
Identifying technical problems that need to be solved, and working with engineers and technical artists to solve them. Becomes hands-on when appropriate.
Bringing in the best-of-EA technical practices and solutions to the team
Maintaining engineering skill by spending time programming and code reviewing
Requirements
Extensive experience with all technology systems and pipelines of a MMORPG / causal game portal / PC packaged game with multiplayer online.
Be a team player, exhibiting unflagging energy and focus
Posses excellent oral and written communication skills
8+ years of game programming experience
Shipped at least a MMORPG / causal game portal / packaged game with multiplayer online as a senior/lead engineer
Lead or mentor a small engineering team
Posses solid C++ programming skills
Experience in low-level programming and debugging
Experience in integrating complex systems together
Experience in using automated testing, unit testing, Configuration Management processes
Good references!
Preferred
Familiar with EA technologies
Shipped a mobile game
Co-developed a game with overseas development partners
If you want to be a part of EAs vision to push to the next level, then here is your chance. Get in the game and apply today! Please contact Dalma Bolech at dbolech@ea.com
Location: Redwood City, CA, United States
Contact info:
E-mail: dbolech@ea.com
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Electronic Arts is looking for Techincal Director
duration - Full Time
Job details: Techincal Director EA -- Technical Director
Electronic Arts (EA) is the world's #1 independent developer and publisher of interactive entertainment. We develop award winning games from our studios around the world from Shanghai to Stockholm and from Florida to California. While we have the stability of an industry giant, we are organized into small, agile and fun teams.
We are starting a team to create an innovative online game that will shock the world. We need a technical director to drive the technology decisions.
A technical director (TD) is a combination auditor, facilitator, and engineer. A TD has been around the block in the games industry, with experience as Lead Engineer on a multi-platform product. If needed, a TD can jump into an engineering role on the team, but their main role is to look ahead and guide the team away from the trouble spots their experience tells them are ahead.
Initially the TD is heavily involved with the design team, and responsible for ensuring a technical design is created that reflects the shared vision for the game. They also look outside the team to find useful technology within and outside EA that can help make their project better. The TD also works with the Director of Development (DD) to recruit, retain, and grow an amazing team of engineers.
Job Responsibilities
Driving engineers towards excellence via influencing, mentoring, and enthusiasm
Owning the Technical Design Review process from beginning to end
Creating a rock-solid software engineering process
Ensuring the team is always working to a holistic, well-articulated systems architecture and game design
Ensuring the technical environment and processes are of highest efficiency for team members
Working closely with engineers to ensure high communications and consistency
Evaluating engineering project milestones and overall progress
Evaluating technical project risks and possible solutions.
Identifying technical problems that need to be solved, and working with engineers and technical artists to solve them. Becomes hands-on when appropriate.
Bringing in the best-of-EA technical practices and solutions to the team
Maintaining engineering skill by spending time programming and code reviewing
Requirements
Extensive experience with all technology systems and pipelines of a MMORPG / causal game portal / PC packaged game with multiplayer online.
Be a team player, exhibiting unflagging energy and focus
Posses excellent oral and written communication skills
8+ years of game programming experience
Shipped at least a MMORPG / causal game portal / packaged game with multiplayer online as a senior/lead engineer
Lead or mentor a small engineering team
Posses solid C++ programming skills
Experience in low-level programming and debugging
Experience in integrating complex systems together
Experience in using automated testing, unit testing, Configuration Management processes
Good references!
Preferred
Familiar with EA technologies
Shipped a mobile game
Co-developed a game with overseas development partners
If you want to be a part of EAs vision to push to the next level, then here is your chance. Get in the game and apply today! Please contact Dalma Bolech at dbolech@ea.com
Location: Redwood City, CA, United States
Contact info:
E-mail: dbolech@ea.com
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