Senior Technical Producer (Game Development)

TL;DR

Senior Technical Producer (Game Development): Lead multi-disciplinary engineering teams and drive product roadmaps for a AAA multiplayer game project with an accent on engine and rendering systems. Focus on planning complex technical deliverables, managing team health, and ensuring build stability and performance.

Location: Canada (Sony's first development team in Canada)

Company

hirify.global is a major global corporation and part of PlayStation Studios, focused on creating exclusive AAA game titles and building innovative game development teams.

What you will do

• Plan deliverables with project leads and architects, validate feasibility, and drive development throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure technical alignment, coordinate dependencies, assign tasks, and lead decision-making processes.
• Break down complex technical deliverables, manage project roadmaps, and keep stakeholders informed of risks and trade-offs.
• Motivate and enable engineering teams to advance complex technical topics.
• Manage day-to-day operations of engineering teams in an agile environment, monitoring team health and development status.
• Coach, mentor, and develop team members, including performance assessment and career development.
• Participate in recruitment by conducting interviews and evaluating candidates for skills and cultural fit.
• Oversee build stability and performance, ensuring the game runs crash-free at target framerate.
• Understand the codebase and contribute minor programming to engine systems.

Requirements

• Location: Must be based in Canada or able to work within the Canadian team.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
• One or more shipped AAA titles with experience across all production stages including post-launch.
• Strong organizational, leadership, and communication skills.
• Proficiency with JIRA and agile methodologies.

Nice to have

• Experience with Unreal Engine and its production pipelines.
• Knowledge of C++ programming.
• Experience with Agile and Kanban software development methodologies.
• Experience on live service game titles.

Culture & Benefits

• Part of PlayStation Studios with a culture based on kindness, adaptability, and courage.
• Opportunity to work on a new AAA multiplayer IP exclusive to PlayStation.
• Work within Sony's first game development team in Canada.