Technical Director

Offworld industries • New Westminster, BC

66d • $150,000 - $180,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Offworld Industries Ltd. (Offworld) is the independent studio behind the successful military first-person shooter game, “Squad”. Offworld was formed in 2014 by more than 15 developers who had worked together on the well-known Project Reality mod for Battlefield 2. The founding purpose of the team was to bring a standalone successor of this acclaimed mod to market and build a game development studio and a livelihood from that foundation.
Fast forward to 2026, Offworld has more than 140 employees and is rapidly growing. We have been expanding the studio into serving as a publisher supporting mods and have released our newest title, "Starship Troopers: Extermination", a 16-player PvE first-person shooter based on the 1997 cult-classic film.

We are built on passion, unified spirit, and continuing efforts to break the mold. We strive to become a leader in creating large-scale multiplayer games and supplying others with the ability to do the same. We are looking for a talented Technical Director to oversees the project’s Lead Programmer and external technical teams. If you are passionate about making great games and a team player, we are looking for you!

Requirements

• 2+ years launching and/or operating Live Service games.
• Deep expertise in C++, and Blueprint integration within large-scale production environments. Experience with Unreal Engine 5 is a plus.
• Proven experience architecting high-concurrency multiplayer systems, including networking, backend services, microservices, and F2P live-ops infrastructure.
• Demonstrated ability to define and execute technical strategy for a large-scale multiplayer title, balancing innovation with long-term stability and maintainability.
• Strong architectural ownership with accountability for scalability, performance, and minimizing technical debt.
• Experience integrating external service providers and collaborating effectively with outsourcing or distributed technical partners.
• Strategic partnership experience with Production to manage scope, prioritize work, and proactively mitigate technical risk.
• Proven leadership mentoring senior engineers and establishing technical standards, workflows, and engineering best practices across a programming organization.

Responsibilities

• Own and communicate the overall technical vision and strategy for OFL.
• Define and oversee core architecture in Unreal Engine 5 (C++/Blueprint integration, networking, rendering, tools).
• Guide integration of backend technologies (e.g., External Service Providers, Microservices, and multiplayer infrastructure ).
• Balance innovation with long-term maintainability, minimizing technical debt.
• Maintain stability of the OFL project and development processes (builds, etc.)
• Establish and enforce coding standards, documentation practices, and performance benchmarks across the team.
• Conduct technical reviews of major systems and pipelines (build, CI/CD, tools, online services).
• Ensure effective use of studio tools such as Confluence (documentation) and Jira (task/project tracking).
• Lead, mentor, and align Lead Programmers, ensuring collaboration across the sub-team.
• Provide guidance and coaching to senior engineers, supporting their growth into leadership or principal roles.
• Represent technical interests in cross-disciplinary leadership discussions with design, art, and production.
• Partner with Production to prioritize technical work and ensure realistic schedules.
• Clearly communicate technical risks, trade-offs, and opportunities to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ensure technical milestones are delivered in line with project goals and internal or external partner/publisher requirements.

Benefits

• Extended health and dental benefits
• Wellness and health spending accounts
• Retirement savings plan
• 3 weeks of paid vacation and 2 weeks of paid studio shutdown over the December holiday period
• Wonderful colleagues!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed