Technical Director
JOIN US IN COOKING UP THE NEXT LEGENDARY CO-OP GAMING EXPERIENCE!
10 Chambers is a fully funded scale-up game studio backed by Tencent and based in the beautiful city of Stockholm, Sweden. We are an ambitious, creative, and collaborative team with a lifelong love for games.
We are continuing the development of our first game GTFO but have now also entered pre-production of our next project, a cooperative heist FPS set in a techno-thriller world. Originated and directed by Ulf Andersson, the creator of Payday.
We are now looking for a Technical Director to support our programming team and be responsible for the overall technical health of our projects.
What you will do
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of our technical architecture
- Implement workflows to optimize team efficiency and minimize pain points.
- Identify and implement tools and utilities to improve team productivity.
- Take ownership of efforts to improve stability through automated testing, optimized branching strategies, and other stability-focused initiatives.
- Monitor system performance and takes action to ensure that our games are well-optimized on all supported platforms
- Proactively seek ways to improve compile and build times.
- Enforce code standards, naming conventions, and best practices to promote code quality.
- Manage the use of external code in projects to ensure proper vetting and management.
- Provide mentorship and guidance to leads and assist with hiring to build a strong and cohesive team.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of professional game development experience, including several years in a technical leadership role.
- Strong understanding of game development technologies and tools, including game engines, scripting languages, graphics APIs, and networking protocols.
- Experience managing large-scale game development projects with cross-functional teams.
- Proven ability to design and implement scalable and reliable software systems.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to effectively collaborate with artists, designers, producers, and other stakeholders.
- Great problem-solving skills and the ability to identify and resolve technical issues in a timely manner.
- Excellent English, both written and verbal (Swedish is not a requirement)
Please note that you do not need to qualify for all requirements to be considered. We encourage you to apply if you can meet most of the requirements.
Bonus Qualifications
- Previous experience of working with Unity
Why join 10 chambers?
- Be part of an ambitious team which also practices work life balance through working hours and generous health benefits.
- Learn as part of a collaborative team and grow with a fast-expanding company
- Opportunity to make a real difference to the success of 10 Chambers
- The position is on-site in our Stockholm office, we are happy to assist with relocation from abroad/work permit
About us
We want an open and inclusive work environment where everybody is valued, feels safe, is treated equally and with respect. At 10 Chambers we welcome everyone regardless of gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief, disability, sexual orientation, or age. Today our team consists of 20+ different nationalities and the office language is English
- Department
- Creative
- Role
- Technical Director
- Locations
- Stockholm
Stockholm
Why work with us?
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Work & Development
An open, non competitive and highly collaborative environment
Small and creative teams with high technical competence
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Compensation
We offer competitive salaries and yearly salary revisions
We have a generous insurance and private pension package, including private health care
Six (6) weeks paid vacation and work-free “bridging days”
We offer each team member a wellness grant of 5,000 SEK per year
If you move to Sweden from abroad, we will assist you in relocating
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Social
Our large kitchens are there for Friday breakfasts, lunches, fruit, snacks, great coffee - and of course; our FaTuesdays with the famous Swedish "fika"
After-work activities, weekly exercise club, parties, lunch clubs, board game nights...
Our values
CREATIVITY
Our creative mindset fuels artistic expression, mutual inspiration, and risk-taking in everything we do. It means taking pride in what we do and sharing it openly.
BALANCE
Balance is fundamental to making our life, work, and games brilliant. It means asking for help, accepting help and offering help.
COLLABORATION
Collaboration is our essence — it's the combination of our unique talents that makes us great together.
TRUST
By choosing trust, we're empowered to be creative, balanced and collaborative. It means growing together and trusting the experience and capability of others.
About 10 Chambers
10 Chambers was born in 2015 out of a passion for pushing the boundaries of co-op gaming. Founded by Ulf Andersson — the game designer who brought you PAYDAY and PAYDAY 2.
GTFO — a 4-player co-op FPS — is the studio's first game, a love letter to everyone that values communication and collaboration. GTFO has won awards and been nominated for them and is available on Steam.
Now we're cooking up the next legendary co-op gaming experience.
Technical Director
JOIN US IN COOKING UP THE NEXT LEGENDARY CO-OP GAMING EXPERIENCE!
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