Technical Director

Team Name:

Overwatch

Job Title:

Technical Director | Overwatch 2 | Irvine, CA

Requisition ID:

R023381

Job Description:

Are you a leader with a passion for crafting outstanding games that engage and encourage? Blizzard Entertainment is currently seeking a Technical Director to join our Overwatch team and drive our game to new heights!

As our Technical Director, you'll be at the helm of Overwatch's technical strategy, leading our talented engineers in the creation of groundbreaking gaming experiences. You will define and drive our technical vision, establish and maintain proven engineering practices for the team and cultivate our engineering talent.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute as a key member of the steering group to support the short-, medium- and long-term goals of Overwatch 2
• Identify and prioritize technology initiatives, ensuring that engineering is passionate about the right objectives for each milestone
• Coordinate with team leads to ensure that they have the right level of engineering support to achieve their goals
• Form partnerships with leaders around the company who support the project and
• drive alignment on philosophy or code sharing whenever possible
• Represent all technical interests for the project during product review sessions
• Lead all aspects of technical quality of work and stability of game services
• Mentor engineering leads to support day-to-day tasks and achieve long term career
• and team objectives
• Evaluate existing and developing technologies with a strive to reduce redundancy and
• improve efficiency of individual efforts
• Engage with company leadership to contribute to Blizzard's game lifecycle strategy
• and advocate the team to the Engineering Council and to other teams at Blizzard
• Act as liaison for external technical partners at 3rd party organizations and studios across Microsoft
• Provide critical analysis of technology and development practices with the goal of
• improving game quality and team efficiency and encouraging a positive working
• environment
• Promote, participate in, and contribute to our culture of inclusion and diversity

Minimum Requirements:

• Passion for excellence with the perseverance to achieve it through others
• Excellent communication skills with engineers and all other collaborators
• Equally comfortable as an architect, advocate, leader, and implementer
• Technical, managerial, and leadership skills at the technical director level
• 5+ years of a demonstrated ability building and operating multiplayer online games
• Strong ability to develop long term plans as well as break those down into individual objectives achievable in short periods of time
• Strong programming skills and a proven aptitude for technical design
• Strong ability to partner with leadership from the larger development organization
• including engineering, production, design, art, QA, and others
• Ability to understand a wide variety of languages, toolsets and development paradigms
• Experience working with large multi-platform codebases

Extra Points:

• Experience building, shipping, and supporting AAA titles across PC and console
• platforms in a technical leadership role
• Experience working with external partners
• Experience working in multi-team and multi-product environments
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, or an equivalent degree or experience.

Your Platform

At Blizzard Entertainment, we pour our hearts and souls into everything we create. Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft, we’ve been creating genre-defining games for millions of players around the world for more than 30 years. We’re on a quest: bring our dreams to life and craft the most epic entertainment experiences…ever. Hard work, iteration and polish go into the Blizzard “secret recipe,” but the most important ingredients come from talented people who share our vision. If that sounds like you, join us.

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc., is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™ and Bubble Witch™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

Our ability to build immersive and innovative worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting [https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/>.

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $167,500.00 - $309,876.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role’s range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed.