Technical Lead, Rainbow Six

Summary

Join a dynamic team as a technical lead on the Rainbow Six brand, pursuing state-of-the-art improvements to engine-level code, working with the Siege team to identify and prioritize tech improvements, build and maintain a roadmap, and guide your team to execute the vision at high quality.

Requirements

• Around 7 years of programming experience in C++
• A deep understanding of a variety of game engines, systems, programming languages, interdependencies, and critical issues
• The ability to make informed, immediate decisions with minimal long-term impacts
• A strategic approach to problem-solving: you don’t just patch problems, you solve them so that they never happen again
• Excellent mentorship, interpersonal, and presentation skills
• A highly innovative and collaborative spirit
• Effective cross-departmental communication: you can easily communicate with all disciplines + break down complex information for various audiences
• A desire to share your knowledge to push the boundaries of technology & help others improve their skills

Responsibilities

• Define the technical vision within the project’s Engine team + plan its technical roadmap
• Meet regularly with your programming team to discuss progress; tackle setbacks; share updates; present features; give feedback; informatively and constructively explain the root causes of risks and issues; etc
• Mentor and motivate programmers to develop their technical skills + provide them with what they need to work efficiently and achieve quality (tools, pipelines, etc.)
• Write elegant code customized to the hardware you’re working with
• Provide technical oversight by reviewing code and making technical validations
• Anticipate and assess complex, escalated issues + propose adapted solutions
• Synch up with other technical leads to remove blockers and keep production moving forward
• Communicate with interdependent teams on other projects to exchange information
• Stay up to date on technological advancements and industry standards to define our best practices + share them with our studios