Playrix

Technical director for games

In short

Technical Director role at Playrix leading a mobile game product's engineering team and driving its AI-powered technical strategy, from hiring and mentoring engineers/managers to scaling AI initiatives across production pipelines and workflows. Requires 10+ years in engineering with 5+ in senior management, 3+ years as a Technical Director/CTO/Director of Engineering, and proven "manager of managers" experience leading 35+ engineers. Demands deep hands-on software engineering background plus strong, proven experience driving AI adoption from idea to measurable production impact. Fully remote, full-time.

About the Role
We at Playrix are certain that our success results from our talented team's efforts. Every day our programmers develop new features, events, and mechanics for our games, which are played by millions of people around the world. We're looking for a Technical Director with a focus on AI to join one of our flagship products.
Responsibilities
•Build a strong team to ensure high performance and growth: hiring, coaching and mentoring, leading engineers and managers
•Define and execute the mobile game product's tech roadmap, making AI-driven innovation an integral part of its technical strategy
•Identify and deliver high-impact AI initiatives: automate production pipelines, improve development workflows, and build tools that increase team productivity and product quality
•Take AI solutions from experimentation to production, measure their impact, and scale successful approaches across products and company-wide teams
•Ensure engineering excellence: analyze the efficiency of technologies, tools, and practices, and lead initiatives to improve it
•Partner with Game Producers and company-wide divisions to ensure mobile game product quality, execute the product roadmap, and drive shared AI initiatives
Requirements
•Action-oriented, self-starter mindset; a proactive problem solver
•Bar raiser: you are never satisfied with the status quo and challenge yourself, your teams, and your peers
•10+ years of experience in engineering, including 5+ in senior management roles
•3+ years of experience as a Technical Director, CTO, or Director of Engineering
•Proven leadership and "manager of managers" experience with a team of 35+ engineers
•Experience in creating a tech strategy for a large software product
•Proven experience leading AI-powered initiatives from idea to production, with measurable improvements in productivity, delivery speed, or quality
•Experience integrating AI into development workflows and production pipelines, and driving adoption across multiple teams
•Strong understanding of modern AI technologies, including LLMs and AI agents, their practical applications, limitations, and integration trade-offs
•Strong technical expertise and previous hands-on experience as a software engineer, preferably in large mobile products (iOS/Android native, C++/C#/Java/Scala)
Nice to Have
•Experience with complex in-house or Unity/Unreal game engines
Conditions
No conditions specified in the posting.

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