SportSpired Games is looking for a Technical Director to build the technology foundation for its publishing and live operations ecosystem, supporting a large-scale AAA sports simulator planned for release in 2028–2029.

Responsibilities:

  • Define the technical vision, architecture, and long-term roadmap for the Publishing Platform and Live Services ecosystem.
  • Design scalable distributed services, including domain boundaries, data ownership, APIs, integrations, and reliability requirements.
  • Lead development of platform services and internal tools for Publishing, LiveOps, Community, Customer Support, CRM, BI, and other teams.
  • Own Build vs Buy decisions, third-party integrations, and the technical budget for infrastructure, vendors, licenses, and engineering resources.
  • Build and lead the engineering team through hiring, mentoring, resource planning, and engineering standards.
  • Ensure scalability, reliability, security, observability, disaster recovery, operational efficiency, and compliance with Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, and applicable regulations.
  • Drive platform APIs and client SDKs, partner with product and business stakeholders, and present technical strategy and investment decisions to company leadership.

Requirements:

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3–5+ years as a Technical Lead, Architect, Engineering Manager, or Technical Director.
  • Experience in GameDev, publishing technology, or gaming platform development.
  • Experience designing and operating high-scale distributed online services with strong reliability and availability requirements.
  • Deep understanding of cloud architecture, microservices, modular systems, APIs, and integration patterns.
  • Proven experience building and scaling engineering teams, integrating third-party SaaS platforms, and making architecture decisions based on technical and business trade-offs.
  • Experience with large-scale data systems, including multi-terabyte databases and high-throughput event processing; understanding of data partitioning, replication, backup, and disaster recovery.
  • Strong communication skills and understanding of Live Service games and the challenges of operating online products at scale.