Technical Director

Remote
Full Time
Executive

FarBridge is a developer of high-quality, multi-platform games built on strong collaboration, technical excellence, and a culture that values every contributor.  We’re committed to thoughtful processes that empower teams to build efficiently and sustainably, without sacrificing innovation or creativity.

We’re seeking an experienced Technical Director to define our technical vision and lead engineering across multiple concurrent projects in Unity, Unreal, and proprietary technologies ensuring our experiences are performant, scalable, and built to the highest quality standards. As a key member of the executive team, you will lead and mentor a fully remote engineering team, shape best practices, implement strong development pipelines, and support the growth and mentorship of technical talent.

Responsibilities

  • Own and drive the studio’s technical strategy across multiple projects in development and live phases
  • Lead and mentor engineering teams across Unity, Unreal Engine, and proprietary toolsets
  • Establish and ensure engineering best practices, coding standards, performance targets, and technical pipelines
  • Partner with discipline leads ensuring technical feasibility and alignment with design and production goals
  • Identify and resolve risks proactively, driving effective prioritization and decision-making
  • Oversee online systems, networking architecture, and multiplayer gameplay support where applicable
  • Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and career development of engineering talent
  • Collaborate with external partners and co-development clients to ensure excellence in delivery
  • Provide hands-on guidance in solving complex technical challenges as needed

Requirements

  • 10+ years professional experience in game development 
  • 3 or more shipped titles, including at least one shipped console game
  • Proven leadership of engineering team of 10+ team members
  • 5+ years of engineering management or technical leadership experience
  • Strong proficiency with both Unity and Unreal Engine
  • Experience developing online and multiplayer gameplay systems
  • Demonstrated success in implementing scalable processes and technical best practices
  • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and conflict-resolution skills
  • Able to maintain a distraction-free workspace for at least 6 hours per day
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent hands-on expertise

Nice-To-Have Experience: 

We don’t expect this Technical Director to come to us knowing how to do everything, additionally, we believe in mentoring and growing our team members while they work on projects. Any of the following experience is not required, but is a plus:

  • Experience working within co-development environments
  • Familiarity with multiple platform certification and optimization pipelines
  • Live-ops experience supporting games post-launch
  • Technical oversight across PC, console, mobile and VR platforms 
  • Experience leading fully remote engineering teams
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