Technical Director - Game Data Capture

Electronic Arts is seeking a Technical Director to lead the technical strategy for capturing game data research from various game sources. As a Technical Director, you will define the technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for a unified game data capture capability across multiple titles.

Responsibilities:

• Define the technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for a unified game data capture capability across multiple titles.
• Establish standards for modalities, synchronization, coordinate systems, schemas, versioning, provenance, validation, and performance.
• Determine the capabilities to include in the shared capture platform and those to integrate into specific titles.
• Prioritize integration of titles and research requests based on technical feasibility, research value, interdependencies, and long-term potential.
• Lead evaluations of architecture and design for capture software development kits, adapters, automation, and interfaces within the central data infrastructure.
• Collaborate with technical leads to ensure expertise, access, and protective measures for complex game codebases.
• Define requirements for dedicated Perforce streams, automated merges, reproducible builds, continuous integration and deployment tools, deployments, and capture validation.
• Establish clear technical acceptance criteria for certified raw data capture sessions and ensure limitations are documented.
• Identify recurring needs for specific titles and guide the team towards common, maintainable solutions.
• Mentor developers, communicate technical direction, facilitate decision-making, and represent the game data capture team to senior leadership.

Requirements:

• At least 12 years of professional experience in software development, with technical leadership applied to AAA games, game engines, real-time simulations, or related systems.
• Experience defining architecture and technical direction for multiple products or development teams.
• Expertise in C++ and knowledge of large, multi-faceted codebases within game engines.
• Experience with engine systems, such as rendering, simulation, gameplay, animation, physics, audio resources, tools, or version treatment chains.
• Integration of technologies within active development codebases, platforms, or branches.
• Experience with Perforce, complex versioning systems, continuous integration and deployment tools, and workflow execution.
• Ability to translate research or product requirements into a platform strategy and feasible technical plans.
• Experience balancing rapid experimentation with security, performance, stability, and maintainability constraints.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary ($169,500 - $242,600 CAD)
• Comprehensive benefits package, including vacation time, sick leave, health and dental coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, and retirement plan
• Flexible work arrangements, including hybrid work options