Technical Director, Gameplay

Requisition Number: 162561

Position Title: Technical Director I

External Description:

As a member of the Special Projects in Applied Research and Collaboration Team, you will develop ground-breaking game features and engine enhancements in close collaboration with EA's development teams. You will be a part of an organic team solving a variety of technical challenges beginning from proof of concept to implementation for titles across EA. An important priority for this group is to partner with EA’s specialized research teams to create meaningful applications relevant to the business.

The SPARC Team is looking for a Gameplay Technical Director to join our team. You will partner with design leads alongside senior engineering leadership from several game teams at EA to develop a comprehensive gameplay strategy for EA Studios. This strategy will use the future roadmaps of the Frostbite Engine Team alongside important technology innovations of the game teams within EA Studios. The Gameplay TD will implement the strategy with a new team driving aspects of it, while working with existing partner teams in the company.

What the Gameplay Technical Director will do at SPARC

• You will work with the Technical Design Directors and Gameplay Tech Directors from studios to agree on an EA Studios gameplay strategy
• Work with the Frostbite Engine Team to accelerate aspects of their roadmap that require active game team iteration
• Achieve a set of industry best gameplay workflows for EA Studios
• Build a team of gameplay experts to build the aligned strategy
• Champion systems and project metric collection, analysis and use
• Manage Technical Risks and Mitigation plans for the gameplay strategy
• Gather requirements from both game and central engineering teams to guide technical designs. Improve software architecture for technology, pipeline and tools
• Audit the team’s development plans including technical designs, processes, resource usage, task estimates, quality and risk for technical completion and quality
• Provide trouble shooting, debugging and assistance
• You will report into the VP, Head of Technology overseeing the SPARC team

Who You Are?

• Experience in leadership positions with technology backgrounds, or experience as a technical director/gameplay lead programmer in production of large high-quality game(s)
• Experience building scalable, stable, and secure architectures, in a live service environment
• Excellent coding and debugging skills
• Deep experience with a variety of programming languages and tools. Expertise in C++.
• A passionate gamer with an interest in following the advancement industry technologies
• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 5 or more years of games industry experience

What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!

We love to brag about our great perks like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, RRSP company match and, of course, many other perks! And since we realize it takes outstanding people to make excellent games, we offer great benefits packages and a culture that is powered by creativity.

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc.는 세계를 선도하는 인터랙티브 엔터테인먼트 소프트웨어 기업입니다. EA는 인터넷 콘솔, 개인용 컴퓨터, 휴대전화, 태블릿용 게임과 콘텐츠 및 온라인 서비스를 제공합니다.

EEOText: EA는 균등한 기회의 제공을 실천합니다. 모든 채용은 인종, 피부색, 출신 국가, 혈통, 생물학적/사회적 성별, 성 정체성 또는 표현, 성적 성향, 나이, 유전 정보, 종교, 장애 여부, 질병 유무, 임신 여부, 혼인 상태, 가족 상황, 군 복무 여부, 또는 법으로 금지된 기타 요인을 고려하지 않고 결정됩니다. 또한, 해당 직책에 합당한 능력을 갖추고 있다면 범죄 기록이 있는 지원자도 관련 법률을 준수하는 방식으로 채용 여부를 고려합니다. EA는 관련 법률에서 명시하는 대로 업무 공간에 장애가 있는 입사 지원자 또는 예정자를 위한 시설을 마련해두고 있습니다.

Days Open: 45

Can this position be remote?:

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA는 균등한 기회의 제공을 실천합니다. 모든 채용은 인종, 피부색, 출신 국가, 혈통, 생물학적/사회적 성별, 성 정체성 또는 표현, 성적 성향, 나이, 유전 정보, 종교, 장애 여부, 질병 유무, 임신 여부, 혼인 상태, 가족 상황, 군 복무 여부 등의 요인을 고려하지 않고 결정됩니다. EA는 관련 법률에서 명시하는 대로 업무 공간에 장애가 있는 입사 지원자 또는 예정자를 위한 시설을 마련해두고 있습니다.