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Skydance · 2 days ago

Technical Director, R & D

positionSanta Monica, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityDirector/Executive
money$230K/yr - $250K/yr

Skydance Games is a division of Paramount creating the future of interactive entertainment. They are seeking a technical leader to drive game-related research and development, focusing on new technologies for immersive storytelling in games.

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Responsibilities

Drive game related research and development, with a focus on developing new tech that enables the next generation of immersive storytelling in games
Work with technical leadership across multiple games to build a roadmap of feature exploration
Grow a team of engineers to deliver new technologies

Qualification

Unreal EngineGame development processTechnical leadershipBuilding engineering teamsDeveloping game technologies

Required

Strong technical leadership skills, able to architect plans and solutions to drive technology development
Extensive collaboration and communication skills, both with engineers and cross-discipline. Able to articulate complex technical challenges to non-technical colleagues
Deep understanding of the game development process, encompassing both current technical challenges face by developers, and having ideas for future development features / pipelines
Shipped multiple titles using Unreal Engine
Several years of experience building and managing engineering teams
Experience developing new game related technologies, both to support development and to provide new features for games

Company

Skydance

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Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences.
dateFounded in 2010
location
Santa Monica, California, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
https://skydance.com

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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1.68B
Key Investors
JP MorganKohlberg Kravis RobertsRedBird Capital Partners
2025-08-07IPO
2023-07-11Debt Financing· $1B
2022-10-13Private Equity· $400M

Leadership Team

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Brian Green
Character Supervisor
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Jon Weinbach
President, Skydance Sports
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