Dragon Lake are looking for a strong Unreal Engine Technical Director with an AI focus for a 3rd-person single-player action/adventure AAA game based on a legendary comics universe. Are you looking to lead the AI Development on a major new project?
Dragons Lake is a multi-genre game development studio providing advanced tech and design solutions for AAA and AA+ projects on PC and consoles in association with Room 8 Group. They unite game dev professionals worldwide, working on high-end titles, co-developing, and porting with leading AAA publishers and developers in the industry.
Your responsibilities will be…
Lead the core team through all technical phases of development and build a technical team around it
Provide guidance and mentor all members of the technical team
Work closely with designers to create high-quality effects optimized for all target platforms
Write C++ code at a professional level to integrate and optimize for various target platforms
Design custom tools, integrate various SDKs
Iterate on and improve efficiency and quality of the studio’s pipeline and proprietary toolset
Estimate task duration accurately and manage time appropriately to hit deliveries and deadlines
Work with Information Security Management by explaining the requirements of the Information Security Policy to specialists as a Member of ISMS Committee
The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role…
5+ years of software development experience in the game or M&E industry
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and/or similar professional experience
Proficiency in C++ and skills to optimize for low latency performance
Experience designing and customizing Unreal Engine 4
Familiarity with a variety of SDKs and experience developing around them (Oculus, AMD/ATI, UE4, etc.)
Good knowledge of Perforce, Git, or another version control system
Excellent 3D Math, Trig, and Linear Algebra skills
Familiarity with modern practices of object-oriented programming and processes
High self-motivation and eagerness to learn new systems and skills
Effective communication skills and positive, team-player attitude
Bonus points if you have experience of…
Coding for GPUs (PhysX, AMD OpenCL Accelerated Parallel Processing)
Working with gaming consoles (Microsoft, Sony, and/or Nintendo) platforms
