Principal – Lead Engineer
Mythwright
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Senior
About the role
- Lead Engineering
- You're responsible for the engineering of our game and taking a design vision and turning it into reality.
- Lead Technical Strategy and Execution
- Own the games’s technical roadmap from prototyping to production-ready pipelines.
- Manage Engineering Team & Contractors
- You'll be responsible for recruiting and managing a small but world-class engineering team.
Requirements
- - Proven experience as a Technical Director, Lead or Principal Engineer, or similar leadership role on shipped games, ideally in the simulation genre.
- - Background in Unreal, with deep understanding of scalable, systemic architectures.
- - Expertise in rapid prototyping, optimisation, and live iteration workflows.
- - Comfortable leading small teams and mentoring across disciplines.
- - Pragmatic approach to technology, focusing on what moves the game forward.
- - Experience integrating technologies and third-party assets to accelerate progress.
- - Passion for simulation games and a drive to turn tech excellence into player delight.
Benefits
- Our benefits include a 2-week company summer break and a 2-week winter break to rest and recharge, in addition to your normal holiday allowance.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
Technical DirectorLead EngineerPrincipal EngineerUnreal Enginescalable architecturesrapid prototypingoptimisationlive iteration workflowsintegrating technologiesthird-party assets
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringpragmatic approachteam managementcommunication