Managing Tech Lead - Europa Universalis V (C++)

Location: 100% onsite in Sitges, Barcelona, Spain

Company

Paradox Tinto is a small gameplay-focused studio founded by industry veterans and developing Europa Universalis V for hirify.global.

What you will do

• Manage the programming team through one-to-ones, feedback, career development, performance management, hiring, and onboarding.
• Set technical objectives supporting the creative vision and product roadmap, and contribute to the game's technical direction.
• Improve the live game's existing codebase with a focus on performance, stability, and maintainability.
• Work with managers to remove blockers, maintain production progress, and balance technical decisions against scope, schedule, and budget.
• Align work across concurrent update branches to reduce technical setbacks during development and releases.
• Stay connected with Paradox's wider technical organization and contribute hands-on when possible through feature and system implementation, code reviews, and gameplay problem-solving.

Requirements

• Solid professional C++ experience, ideally in games, including at least one shipped or live title.
• Experience leading a programming team, including setting expectations, giving feedback, and handling difficult conversations.
• Strong technical judgment, including prioritization, trade-offs, and ownership of decisions under real constraints.
• Ability to explain technical decisions clearly to engineers and non-engineers.
• Demonstrated impact on improving team practices, tools, or workflows.
• Clear, direct written and spoken English is required.

Nice to have

• Experience with Paradox grand strategy games, especially Europa Universalis, and genuine interest in the genre.
• Experience working on a live title with recurring updates.
• Experience with a large, long-lived codebase.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, permanent position with 100% onsite work in Sitges.
• Small, relaxed, gameplay-focused team with accessible and experienced managers.
• Work-life balance is prioritized; development plans do not rely on crunch, and overtime is uncommon and not encouraged.
• 25 working days of vacation per year, private health insurance, and flexible compensation for meals or public transport.
• Wellhub subscription, private office gym, optional yoga and HIIT sessions, healthy snacks, drinks, garden, and regular team activities.

Hiring process

• Applications are encouraged as soon as possible; candidates are interviewed continuously.
• Candidates who do not meet every requirement may explain how their passion, attitude, and interest in Paradox compensate for the gap.