Job Description
Expected compensation: $91.00 - $110.00 per hourHireArt is helping the world’s largest social network hire a Technical Lead (AR/VR) to work directly with a team of seasoned video game producers and the world’s best game studios to deliver multiple triple-A titles based on top-tier global IPs.
In this role, you’ll join a team that is managing multiple large projects in-flight at any given time, adding your expertise in game development and software-in-development. You’ll also participate in project gate reviews, solve production problems in collaboration with the company’s producers/partners, add leverage where needed, and improve internal processes/execution.
We’re looking for candidates who have the experience to quickly build strong partnerships across multiple, internal cross-functional groups and external studios/IP partners, instilling confidence and identifying gaps in the company's technology.
As a Technical Lead (AR/VR), You Will
- Collaborate with studio producers to ensure timely delivery of large/complex projects built by internal teams and external partners (including some of the top studios and brands in the world) by working through influence to identify/solve technical, process, development, and production issues.
- Act as a liaison between internal product leaders, software leaders, and studio partners on technical plans, software development roadmaps, features, and policies.
- Advocate for issues that the company’s teams and titles need addressed—driving, tracking, and reporting out on resolutions.
- Serve as a bridge between platform/OS and content development teams to minimize collisions and compatibility issues.
- Evangelize value-add platform features to content teams.
- Evaluate, track, and report on technical progress, results, risks, mitigations, and opportunities for the project being managed by the organization.
- Solve problems and suggest solutions for technical challenges, bringing the right people together to solve problems and resolve bottlenecks.
- Connect the right people, set the framework/context, and communicate frequently, forming collaborative relationships to make things happen.
- Jump into critical service outage situations, assess the problem, gather the right people, and drive the issue to resolution as soon as possible to mitigate impact to the company’s customers.
- Understand technical plans for the company’s biggest investments, identifying issues and proposing solutions whether internal or off-the-shelf.
- Translate strategy into plans that are clear and measurable, with progress shared out monthly to stakeholders.
- Serve as a bridge between the company’s development and legal teams to vet its titles through the lens of privacy and integrity.
- Potentially take over complex projects with multiple owners and drive them through completion.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
- 10+ years experience in AAA video game development
- Game engine experience (e.g. Unity or Unreal)
- Experience developing for new platforms and/or handheld devices
- Solid understanding of the game development life cycle, tools, and processes—from pre-production to launch to live services
- Good technical knowledge related to machine learning and computer vision
- Demonstrated passion for video games and familiarity with multiple genres of VR, PC and/or console games
- Strong interpersonal skills with emphasis on building productive and positive relationships with 1st and 2nd party developers, managers, peers, and cross functional partners
- Domestic and international travel for this role may be required
- Proprietary game engine experience
- Experience developing VR applications/games
- Platform development experience
- Working directly with external developers to release content on a platform
HireArt values diversity and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. Unfortunately, we are not able to sponsor visas or employ corp-to-corp.