Senior Director Software Engineering (MSG Ventures - Interactive)
MSG Sphere Studios
New York, NY, USA
Job type: Permanent
Job Description
MSG Ventures is looking for a Senior Director of Software for our Interactive group. You will lead and manage a team of game industry veterans creating the technology platform for live games and interactive experiences with thousands of concurrent players at MSG Sphere. Your team will grow a vibrant technology portfolio while creating the technology platform and large-scale prototypes necessary to power our next-generation, massively multiplayer experiences.
You will focus on the cutting-edge vision that drives technology development and use your extensive management and technical experience to ensure alignment on architecture and technology decisions.
Specific Functions/Activities Summary
- Develop technology roadmaps for mass interactive games and related hardware infrastructure.
- Lead your team to bring technical definition to concepts and game designs, defining architecture, processes, and technical specifications.
- Communicate technical needs and support proofs of concepts with various internal groups and external partners.
- Vet, lead and manage the technical aspects of strategic industry partnerships.
- Define a living, cohesive and scalable platform development strategy for mass interactive games, tools, and infrastructure within the context of the larger Sphere software ecosystem.
- Hire, manage and develop a team of game industry experts: software team management roles and developers, project managers, technical artists and related staff engaged in the creation of game prototypes and our entire technology platform.
- With project managers and other Engineering leadership, manage resource allocation and team focus across changing goals, evolving deliverables and multiple projects.
- Maintain regular and defined communication with Engineering leadership on progress and problems in development and timelines, team management and all Interactive engineering scope.
- Present findings and progress to executives and other stakeholders at defined intervals.
- Apply best practices for efficient and effective development; look for opportunities to streamline and fully utilize current and new technology solutions.
- Maintain an inclusive process that empowers the entire team to contribute to final results.
Skills & Requirements
- Deep practical experience in traditional game development pipelines, game development methodologies.
- 5+ years of experience managing a team of software engineers in professional game development.
- Experience with multiplayer mobile or console games. Requires an advanced understanding of the requirements for designing technology for massive scale with thousands of users.
- Expertise in C# and the Unity game engine and/or C++/Unreal Engine
- Strong communicator - able to use language to accurately convey changes to and from non-technical staff.
- Passion for creatively collaborating across the entire organization in creative ways
- Committed to collaborative working environments, iterative design and development approaches. Uses the benefits of iterative collaboration to deliver the best possible solutions to both creative and technical problems.
- Appetite for technical innovation and experimentation.
- A track record of gaining trust and respect by consistently demonstrating sound creative, strategic, and analytical thinking skills, while maintaining composure in stressful situations.
*This is an in-office position located in NYC*
How to Apply
Apply via MSG Entertainment Careers here
MSG Sphere is a part of Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.
About the Company
With MSG Sphere, we are creating an entirely new medium that will deliver immersive entertainment experiences at an unparalleled scale. Beyond a venue, Sphere is a multi-sensory platform with experiential technology programming directly to your senses. You will see in ways never imagined, hear with every fiber of your being, and experience like never before. To deliver on this promise, we are building the largest immersive venue in the world, MSG Sphere at The Venetian in Las Vegas, with a second Sphere venue planned for London, pending necessary approvals.
To create immersive experiences, and content unique to Sphere, we are growing our full stack creative, experience, design, production and engineering team across our Burbank studio in Los Angeles and Ventures headquarters in New York.
Visionaries Wanted
Join the team creating the future of live entertainment.