Head of Client Engineering - Games Development

Exposed Solutions ,
London, Greater London
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Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum, Benefits: Remote working

Overview

Our client is an award-winning lean and agile developer of games, working in small, expert teams to build the best games possible. The Head of (Server/Client) Engineering is responsible for developing and facilitating the engineering team, technology and culture, and leading the evolution of technology underpinning the games across the company, ensuring that the engineering team is able to efficiently and effectively build a world-leading player experience and deliver on the development requirements in a timely manner and to a very high-quality level. Responsibilities - Foster and reinforce a culture of engineering excellence across the engineering team, and ensure that development practices and technology choices align with industry best practice and the company’s goals. - Work with the engineering team to identify, support and feed back on their development goals, and utilise hiring best practices to grow the team as required in a manner that supports the company’s hiring objectives. - Work with the CTO, engineering heads and the Tools & Technology team where necessary to architect and coordinate the company’s technical vision across all current and future titles. - Work with Technical Leads and senior engineers to identify current and future challenges, and design, implement and roll out shared technology solutions across the studio. - Identify development areas and/or projects requiring additional focus and support as and when required to support the realisation of the company’s goals, and track and manage any technical debt across the projects and shared code. - Have a holistic understanding of the requirements of all the studio’s projects. - Proactively pursue the goal of becoming ‘The Best Place to Work’ through a process of regular self-reflection on management practices and development processes, recognising that the success of a manager is measured by the success and happiness of their team members. Requirements - Strong technical design and engineering skills including outstanding proficiency in C# and Unity and in-depth knowledge of mobile platforms - Excellent leadership skills including experience of managing a team of engineers - 10 years of mobile, console and/or PC development experience, including at least 5 years of recent mobile (iOS/Android) experience - At least 5 titles developed from start to release, having gone through full QA cycle, and preferably beyond to post-release support including updates and DLC - A passion for making mobile games and exploring new ways of making games ALL APPLICANTS MUST BE FREE TO WORK IN THE UK FREE FROM THE RESTRICTIONS OF VISA`S AND WORK PERMITS. Exposed Solutions is acting as an employment agency to this client. Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, and we confirm that we will gladly accept applications from persons of any age for this role

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