Founded in 1996, Treyarch, an Activision studio, is one of the most accomplished developers in the game industry, having released over 20 titles. In 2004, after completing Call of Duty: United Offensive, Gray Matter Interactive, who also developed Return to Castle Wolfenstein, joined forces with Treyarch. Treyarch is currently shipping the Call of Duty: World at War, Quantum of Solace, and Spiderman: Web of Shadows video games.
Treyarch is home to some of the industry's best and brightest talent, and has garnered a reputation for being one of the industry's premier art, design and technology powerhouses. Today, the studio's teams are focusing on AAA quality next generation games for the Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii and PC platforms. Treyarch's successful track record of releasing blockbuster hits, extensive infrastructure and strong management provides a solid foundation from which it can successfully pioneer major franchises and build on our successes to date.
Treyarch is looking for a Technical Director for a high profile title with a substantial and ambitious online component.
The Technical Director will be responsible for all technical decisions for their title. As a Technical Director, their opinion will carry substantial weight for any decision that is made on the project. The Technical Director will ultimately be responsible for the successful completion of the project.
• Manage and mentor Lead Programmer and programming team • Design, assign and review all programming tasks for the team. • Work with production to maintain an achievable schedule for features and deliverables. • Improve the processes and workflow for all departments. • Collate, author and maintain the Technical Design Documents. • Identify risks and key innovations sufficiently early to allow adequate time for prototyping, implementation and polish. • Demonstrate an understanding of the importance for both ambition and conservatism when developing videogames.
Requirements:
• 3 to 5 years in Technical Director position on a high profile title or titles for the current generation of consoles (Xbox 360 and PS3). • Must have shipped more than 3 titles on the consoles. • Fluent in C/C++ • Strong 3D Math skills. • Ability to manage multiple tasks and personnel. • Ability to effectively disseminate pertinent information across different functional groups within the organization. • Passionate about games and have a clear understanding of what elements are critical to create a highly polished title. • Exceptional ability in optimization, debugging and software architecture.
