Technical Director [SAGO MINI]

Spin Master•Toronto, ON

43d•$150,000 - $180,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As the Technical Director for Piknik, our subscription bundle that gives customers access to award-winning apps from Sago Mini, Toca Boca, and more, you will chart the technical future of a platform connecting 8+ apps and growing. Working alongside the Piknik team's four specialized squads (Conversion, Retention, Integration, and Tools & Scalability), you will help evolve the Piknik SDK from a shared library into a robust Platform-as-a-Product. This is a high-impact, technical, strategy-focused role where you’ll ensure our foundation is stable and ready to support our next stage of growth. It’s important to note that this role is hybrid, requiring you to work from our downtown Toronto studio three days a week.

Requirements

10+ years of software development experience, with at least 5+ years in a senior technical leadership role (eg: TD or Principal / Staff Engineer).
Expertise in architecting shared libraries and mobile SDKs, coupled with an obsession for clear API design and backward compatibility.
The Piknik SDK is currently 100% Unity, so deep Unity / C# expertise is essential.
As we expand, we need a TD with native mobile experience (iOS/Swift and Android/Kotlin) to help us architect a hybrid strategy that can support Unity and native mobile.
Familiarity with mobile ecosystems (Apple App Store, Google Play, Amazon, etc), specifically around In-App Purchases (IAP) and subscriptions.
A history of elevating technical quality by mentoring engineers to become better decision-makers, leading effective design and code reviews, and creating clear architectural standards.
Directly drove the architecture and execution of multiple large-scale technical initiatives, taking hands-on ownership from idea to launch.
You speak both ‘tech’ and 'business’, easily translating complex technical topics into something non-tech stakeholders can understand. You can just as easily switch directions, turning business needs into technical goals your team can rally behind.

Responsibilities

Technical Architecture & Roadmap: Define the long-term technical roadmap for the Piknik platform and SDK. You will drive consensus on architecture and take accountability for the critical 'one-way door' technology decisions.
Strategic Alignment: Collaborate with Piknik leadership and the squads to align engineering goals with platform strategy.
Empower App Teams: Act as the technical bridge to our app teams, ensuring the Piknik platform actively evolves to support their roadmaps and solve their pain points.
Engineering Excellence: Champion a culture of technical rigor, mentoring developers, and acting as the guardian of quality.
Modernization & Technical Debt: Transform our long-term technical strategy into a concrete plan that both pays down debt and clears the path for sustainable growth.
Team Design & Scaling: Act as an "organizational engineer," designing and refining team structure to improve communication, ownership and efficient processes as we grow.