Associate Technical Director - Unannounced Game | Irvine, CA

Team Name:
Unannounced Project

Job Title:
Associate Technical Director - Unannounced Game | Irvine, CA

Requisition ID:
R025239

Job Description:

Pull up a chair and join us! Blizzard Entertainment is seeking a talented and enthusiastic Associate Technical Director to join an unannounced project. The ideal candidate will have a passion for making video games while building and maintaining an engineering team with great technical vision.

Blizzard offers a fun, creative, and technically challenging environment with excellent compensation and a full range of benefits. This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The home studio for this role is Irvine, CA.

Responsibilities

In our fast-paced environment, priorities can often change. Therefore, this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

• Build a team of high talented engineers and develop their skills to the next level.
• Help manage the delivery of key milestones to ensure game development stays on track.
• Partner across Blizzard to drive alignment and execution for the game.
• Establish a clear architectural vision and guide the team towards excellence.
• Review technical designs and give guidance to the engineering group.
• Develop exceptional incident management processes, including personally driving operations as needed.

Minimum Requirements

• Proven track record in building and guiding a diverse engineering team to deliver high-quality production software, specifically games.
• Self-motivation and willingness to pitch in on any areas of game development.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, with expertise in effectively communicating with team members across all fields.
• Experience with the Unity engine.
• Knowledgeable in content pipelines for game development and automation/orchestration.
• Solid understanding of distributed backend services for online operations.

Extra Points

• Steadfast drive for quality and improvements.
• Experience publishing games on mobile and consoles platforms.
• Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related degree.

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for 'Every World' - we've got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $155,500.00 - $287,876.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role's range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable.