Associate Director of Technology

The Opportunity

UserWise develops and services mobile games based on globally recognized entertainment IPs; blending proven F2P systems with fast, rewarding hybrid-casual gameplay.

We're looking for an Associate Director of Technology to lead the technical management of projects including feature development, maintenance and live operations. You will manage project architectures, pipelines, and technical direction, while mentoring engineers and collaborating deeply with design, art, product, and production to enable rapid iteration and stable builds.

This is a high-impact role for someone who will be responsible for maintaining high-stakes technology stacks and mentoring/empowering both senior and junior engineers.

What You'll Do

Technical Architecture & Engineering Foundations

• Manage Unity/C++/Objective-C project architecture, including structure, pipelines, coding standards, and performance expectations
• Define client architectures (data models, game systems, UI structure, asset workflows) to ensure clarity and scalability
• Set up CI/CD, automated build systems, and deployment workflows to support rapid iteration
• Lead the technical approach for integrating SDKs, analytics, and mobile services, collaborating with engineers on implementation and maintenance
  
  

Hands-On Contribution & Feature Development Support

• Collaborate with gameplay and UI engineers to integrate new features using clean, scalable implementation patterns
• Provide technical guidance, code reviews, and support to help engineers resolve challenges efficiently
• Define technical requirements and patterns for internal tools or content workflows; gameplay/UI engineers extend and maintain them
  
  

Cross-Discipline Collaboration, Execution & Leadership

• Partner with all disciplines to ensure clear requirements, rapid iteration, and stable builds across milestones
• Drive technical scoping, risk assessment, and feasibility planning for upcoming features and LiveOps needs
• Collaborate with Backend Engineers to define integration architecture and data flows, enabling smooth client implementation
• Mentor engineers as the team expands, fostering healthy engineering practices and a collaborative development culture
  
  

Requirements

What We're Looking For

• 10+ years of professional game development experience
• Strong expertise in Unity (C#) with shipped mobile F2P titles
• Proven experience architecting or leading the technical development of mobile game projects
• Deep understanding of mobile performance profiling, memory optimization, Unity build pipelines, and project organization
• Experience setting up CI/CD, automated build systems, and deployment workflows
• Comfortable defining SDK/analytics/service integration approaches and collaborating with engineers to implement them
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across disciplines
• Fluent in English; effective in a distributed international environment
• A hands-on technical leader who values enabling others and improving team velocity
• Comfortable working with legacy C++/Objective-C client technologies
• Knowledge of addressables, asset streaming, or dynamic content delivery
  
  

Nice to Have

• Experience with backend-connected features (ex: Firebase, PlayFab, custom APIs)
• Familiarity with asynchronous or multiplayer-style features (leaderboards, challenges)
• Experience building internal tools or Unity editor extensions
• Interest in AI-assisted workflows for tools, automation, or iteration speed
  
  

Benefits

• Work and grow with the biggest mobile IP's and teams across the globe
• Own the technical foundation while collaborating in a small, senior, high-velocity team
• Shape the engineering culture and mentor future hires
• High ownership, visibility, and immediate impact