Technical Director

Requisition Number: 160377

Position Title: Technical Director I

External Description:

Technical Director - DRE

Development and Release Engineering are EA’s continuous integration and build experts. We are a team of over 100, located in EA studios across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.

We pride ourselves on providing automation services to our internal customers - EA's game, engine, product, and content teams.

We are looking for a Technical Director to work in Shanghai and support the DRE Asia team across our studios in China and Korea.

Reporting to the Development Director, you will manage the team’s strategic direction and the evolution of the continuous integration and deployment systems for a range of mobile, PC, and web games.

What a TD does at EA:

Your responsibilities will demand experience from multiple disciplines within software development and DevOps. It’s essential to be a great communicator since interaction with the game teams is essential to securing a high-quality service.

You will work with the Development Director to negotiate requirements with game team and studio Technical Directors, developing these into detailed backlog items and then working with the team to ensure they are delivered as forecasted.

You will grow your and the team’s knowledge, working with other Technical Directors and Senior Engineers as a member of DRE’s global Tech Council.

Requirements

• At least 8 years' experience in Software/Gaming industry
• Experience in technical mentoring and strategic leadership
• Excellent spoken and written English
• Excellent knowledge of Software development, practices and architecture
• Excellent understanding and feel for the full flow of software production
• Experience with CM & CI/CD systems and practices
• Experience in build the pipeline tools (e.g. Jenkins) and source-control administration
• Experience in OO programming languages and scripting languages (e.g. Python)
• Experience in cloud services and container technologies
• Experience in orchestration tools (e.g. Chef, Puppet), telemetry and monitoring systems (e.g. ELK, Splunk)

Ideal Candidate Characteristics

• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of Perforce, vSphere / VMware, server Configuration Management
• Knowledge of Jira, Confluence
• Interest and knowledge of agile methodologies
• Ability to travel to EA offices out of China
• Experience in gaming or mobile development industries is a bonus
• Active contributor to the Open Source community

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Community / Marketing Title: Technical Director

Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. 是全球领先的互动娱乐软件公司。 EA 提供适用于联网主机、个人电脑、手机和平板电脑的游戏、内容和在线服务。

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Days Open: 234

Can this position be remote?:

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA 是一个奉行机会均等的雇主。 所有招聘决定均不考虑种族、肤色、国籍、血统、生理性别、社会性别、性别认同或表达、性向、年龄、遗传信息、宗教信仰、残障状况、医疗状况、怀孕状况、婚姻状况、家庭状况或退伍军人身份等因素的影响。 EA 还会遵照相关法律，为符合条件的残障个体改善工作环境。