Overview
As Technical Director at Guerrilla in Amsterdam, you will steer the studio’s technical strategy and execution across multiple disciplines, shaping the Decima engine usage and extensions. You will partner with art, design, production, and leadership to ensure technology enables the creative vision and scales across projects. You’ll guide architectural decisions, engineering best practices, and long-term roadmaps while mentoring senior engineers and expanding technical leadership. This role offers impact across AAA titles, a world-class tech stack, and a chance to influence both online and single-player experiences at a renowned studio.
Arbeidsvoorwaarden / Benefits
- relocation and immigration support
- top-tier benefits package
- paid time off
- wellness program
- employee discounts for Sony products
- bonus package
Verantwoordelijkheden
- Provide leadership to engineering teams across multiple disciplines
- Define and align technical strategy with creative goals
- Guide Decima engine roadmap, requirements, and feedback loop
- Assess technical risks and opportunities with production and Decima team
- Contribute to hiring, development, and organizational design within technology
- Ensure scalable, maintainable solutions aligned with project needs and studio goals
- Set architectural direction, coding standards, and quality benchmarks
- Mentor senior engineers and technical leads to grow leadership capacity
- Identify technology gaps and mitigate dependencies with partners
- Inspire the team with a clear technical vision and pursuit of excellence
Belangrijkste vereisten
- Senior technical management experience in video games
- Shipping AAA games or large-scale technically ambitious projects
- Strong C++ programming background (current level for guiding the team)
- Experience in engine development, rendering/graphics, and systems programming
- Ability to translate creative goals into technical plans and priorities
- Experience overseeing broad technical areas beyond a single specialization
- Understanding of modern game engine architecture, performance, memory management, and platform constraints
- Passion for both online and single-player gaming
- Relocation to Amsterdam or living in Amsterdam area
- leadership and mentorship
- cross-functional collaboration
- risk assessment and decision making
- C++ programming
- Decima engine knowledge
- game engine architecture
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