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TLM Partners, Inc. is a world-class digital entertainment company led by industry veterans. We are an engineering powerhouse, and our Subject Matter Experts work on some of the most ambitious projects in the industry and work alongside partners as 'off-site' professional services for publishers, indie video game developers, SAAS, Cloud, and Visualization companies. We are setting the bar for best-in-class cross play gaming experiences on every platform using our custom technologies and tools. We offer a 100% remote working environment as a “Cloud Studio” with awesome benefits to support a harmonious work life balance from anywhere in the world. Come join our vision to build a world class studio.
Position Summary: Technical Director (APAC)
Must have Unreal/Unity AAA game development experience - at least one (1) shipped title
As a Technical Director you will help define technological initiatives and participate in their architecture, planning, development, and review
Lead and mentor engineers, team leads, and tech leads
Facilitate communication between clients, internal teams/management, and individual contributors
Work primarily in China Standard Time (CST) with team members in the APAC region and overlap a portion of the day with North America-based team members.
Full-time, 100% remote
Best-in-class benefits & work flexibility
Reports to: Senior Director PMO (APAC)
Responsibilities
Work with the other technical directors and studio leadership developing code for global development projects involving infrastructure for online gaming architecture for multiple platforms/games/consoles
Design recommendations and solutions for existing architecture to improve performance, security and reliability
Architect, develop, maintain, and optimize the middleware, SDKs, internal libraries, and everything in between
Contribute to the company standards for coding, reviews and documentation
Support production teams to manage feature breakdown, estimates, technical risks and mitigation
Interface between Client partners and TLM Partners
Interface with other departments providing development, documentation, influence strategy and overall direction
Lead from a place of mentorship, teaching, and career progression
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of education and experience
Significant experience of game development, including on PC and recent Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony consoles
Experience managing teams of software developers
Strong C/C++, optimization and debugging skills
Well-versed in PC and Console game development techniques and best practices
Great with lateral thinking and motivation to work independently and on a team as well as the ability to work directly with teams across multiple territories and time zones
Ability to create and maintain technical documentation from the beginning of a project through completion
Dedication, teamwork and professionalism
Great interpersonal skills
Great verbal and written communication skills in English
Desired Qualifications
5+ years’ experience in the games industry
Relevant experience working on VR and mobile games.
Systems and Network Engineering a plus
Familiarity with current and next console SDKs, Steam, Epic Game Store,
Familiarity with common game industry tools & middleware
Expertise in Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, Mathematics, Physics, Graphics, or Audio a plus
Experienced in working in English-speaking work environment
