EA Mobile - Technical Director

Electronic Arts

(Redwood City, California)

Full Time

Job Posting Details

About Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts Inc. is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. EA delivers games, content and online services for Internet-connected consoles, personal computers, mobile phones and tablets.

Summary

We’re seeking a Technical Director to join our team of talented folks located in Redwood Shores. With this new, large-scale mobile game, we’re pushing the boundaries on every front so you’ll get a chance to stretch beyond your comfort zone and have the ability to learn while you contribute. Our team culture is collaborative and high-performance and we expect everyone to think like game makers and approach development with a Player First perspective.

Responsibilities

* Blends hands-on technical work with technical leadership to support launching and maintaining a world class experience on mobile.
* Set and enforce professional software standards across the entire engineering team, including partner teams within and outside the organization.
* Make (or delegate making) software design and implementation decisions.
* Identify and manage technical risks and opportunities.
* Co-operate with other team leaders to manage change.
* Responsible for the quality of technical deliveries.
* Approves (or delegate approval) of all technical designs and effort / time estimates.
* Works through technical leads to provide solutions to project-wide problems.
* Defines memory and performance budgets for an entire project; enforces the application of performance budget and best practices.
* Collaborate and coordinate with other Technical Directors at EA to identify opportunities and risks, to share best practices and effective processes.
* Drives a "zero-defect" culture.
* Uses metrics and analytics to anticipate future technology issues affecting the health or quality of the team and product.
* Coach and mentor software engineers on the team.
* Recruits and retains world-class talent to the team and company.

Blends hands-on technical work with technical leadership to support launching and maintaining a world class experience on mobile.
Set and enforce professional software standards across the entire engineering team, including partner teams within and outside the organization.
Make (or delegate making) software design and implementation decisions.
Identify and manage technical risks and opportunities.
Co-operate with other team leaders to manage change.
Responsible for the quality of technical deliveries.
Approves (or delegate approval) of all technical designs and effort / time estimates.
Works through technical leads to provide solutions to project-wide problems.
Defines memory and performance budgets for an entire project; enforces the application of performance budget and best practices.
Collaborate and coordinate with other Technical Directors at EA to identify opportunities and risks, to share best practices and effective processes.
Drives a "zero-defect" culture.
Uses metrics and analytics to anticipate future technology issues affecting the health or quality of the team and product.
Coach and mentor software engineers on the team.
Recruits and retains world-class talent to the team and company.

Ideal Candidate

Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent degree preferred.
More than five years working in games, ten years working on software development.
Experience leading engineering teams of a dozen or more.
Effective conflict management skills.
Launched successful mobile apps, prior experience with console development preferred.
Balanced technical, team, product, project and business requirements for successful outcomes.
Capability to make positive changes to teams, products and businesses.
C/C++, iOS, Android