VP, Game Engineering
Fortis Games
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Lead
Tech Stack
Unity
About the role
- Build and evolve our game engineering org with clear structure, strong leaders, and great collaboration across teams.
- Mentor and support Technical Directors, helping them lead with confidence and autonomy.
- Push for workflows and tools that keep development fast, simple, and efficient - from project setup to live service.
- Own and evolve shared client-side tech (frameworks, Unity integrations, tools) so they’re easy to use, reliable, and help teams ship faster.
- Set and maintain high standards for code quality, performance, documentation, and observability.
- Partner with design, product, art, publishing, and other functions to make engineering a proactive, solutions-first partner.
- Lead hiring and retention for game engineering - raising the bar for technical and leadership talent.
- Balance resourcing across game teams, adjusting as portfolio needs shift.
- Make sure engineering has visibility and a voice in company priorities at the exec level.
Requirements
- Experience as a senior engineering leader in games, running multi-team orgs delivering live/service titles.
- Proven ability to grow and coach Technical Directors and build technical leadership in distributed teams.
- Track record of shaping org design, workflows, and integrating new tech (including AI) to boost development speed.
- Strong technical credibility, especially in Unity and games-as-a-service, with a sharp view on multi-platform development.
- Deep knowledge of the game dev lifecycle - particularly live ops and content pipelines - and how engineering drives consistent delivery.
- Clear, inspiring communicator who can align people across roles, levels, and cultures.
- Passion for building healthy, accountable, high-performing teams.
- Able to lead with autonomy and clarity, always tying execution back to business goals.
- Comfortable with agile practices, learning fast, and iterating.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible work hours
- Paid time off
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
Unitygame engineeringlive service developmentmulti-platform developmentAI integrationcode qualityperformance optimizationdocumentation standardsobservabilitygame dev lifecycle
Soft skills
mentoringleadershipcollaborationcommunicationteam buildingautonomyclarityinspirationaccountabilityadaptability