Technical Architect

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People Can Fly

Effectively communicate with the PCFF Development Director, Global Technical Director to support the Global Technical Director vision and strategy for the department. Offers well-thought-out solutions and recommendations.
Support and help with identification of emerging technologies and trends relevant to gaming (and in our case specifically online, self published games) and integrate their adoption into the roadmap.
Stay abreast of industry trends and advancements in Unreal Engine technology and help integrating relevant innovations into our development processes, communicate and share with the team.
Support the development of common plugins, build systems, and tools to optimize Unreal Engine development workflows.
Identify areas for process improvement and optimization within the Central Technology department, implementing solutions to enhance efficiency, quality, and effectiveness.
Encourage the organization to use test automation, unit tests, test plans and any other methods that automate the testing and reduce the stress for QA teams.

Promote PCF’s system of values, proficiently assessing individuals' behaviors in alignment with these values and effectively communicating and promoting adherence to them.
Foster effective collaboration with other departments to achieve a cohesive effort and enhance overall effectiveness and outcomes.
Collaborate with other architects and technical leads on different projects to discuss technologies and align on our practices.
Encourage game projects to follow the studio's development methodology and processes, support implementation and following them in the project development.
Meet regularly with project managers, technical leads, and programmers to discuss progress and obstacles along the way.

Uphold high coding standards, ensure that code is cross-platform, reusable, and maintainable.
Provide technical oversight by reviewing technical designs and code as well as performing validations to ensure a high level of optimization.
Identify and address risks within the development pipeline.
Encourage experimentation with new tech and methodologies, within sane constraints.
Set-up middleware requirements, and assist with evaluating middleware suitability.
Anticipate and address critical issues, proposing effective solutions.
Establish guidelines, workflows, and documentation to facilitate effective collaboration and knowledge sharing among teams.
Organize knowledge-sharing sessions or workshops to disseminate technical expertise within the team.

12+ years experience working in console/PC games including prior experience in any leadership capacity.
Involved in the full production cycle of at least 2 titles.
Extremely strong problem solving and organizational skills.
Excellent teamwork, focus on contributing to good working relationships throughout the team.
Ability to work effectively with people with different specializations and backgrounds.
Excellent primary programming language skills (C++).
Proficient with Source Control and Code Review tools (Swarm, Perforce, Git, etc.).
Proven project management skills (JIRA, Confluence, etc.).
Good Unreal Engine knowledge.