Head of Game Development

 Head of Game Development

Leadership and Strategy:

•  Lead the client game development team, providing direction, mentorship, and support to ensure the successful execution of projects.
• Develop and implement the technical strategy for front-end game development, aligning with the company’s broader goals and vision.
• Evaluate and integrate new technologies, tools, and best practices to improve the development process and game performance.
• Ensure that front-end code is clean, maintainable, and scalable, with a focus on long-term sustainability.  
• Ensure clear communication and coordination between all departments involved in the development process.
• Ownership of game development budget 

Game Development:

• Participating in game production from concept to release and maintenance to deliver high-quality, eye-catching games.
• Oversee the game development lifecycle, ensuring that quality is consistent and that budgets for game development are within limits
• Ensure that the quality of the client framework is consistently high, by continuously encouraging clean code practices, unit testing, automation and standardization where necessary
• Implement game features, flows, animations, UI and sounds into the client framework
• Collaborate with Game Producers to assure proper task prioritization  
• Collaborate closely with the product  team to translate creative concepts into functional, visually compelling games.

Technical Quality 

• Constantly monitor technical debt, and plans to build and design frameworks and improvements that avoid it
• Work closely with the QA team to identify and resolve issues early in the development process.
• Makes sure framework quality standards are met  
• Talent Development:
• Recruit, train, and develop game client developers, ensuring the team has the skills and right people needed to succeed.
• Encourage professional growth and provide opportunities for learning and development within the team.

 Qualifications & Experience:

• Proven experience in a senior game development role, with a strong track record of successful game launches, ideally within the slot gaming industry.
• Extensive experience managing and leading technical teams
• Good understanding of slot game mechanics, player psychology, and the online gaming market.

Skills:  

• Exceptional leadership and technical skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments.
• Knowledge of game development tools, engines, and technologies ( Pixi.js, Typescript, React, HTML5).
• Experience with frameworks such as Pixi.js and Phaser, and knowledge of WebGL and other relevant frameworks.
• Ability to balance creativity with commercial considerations.

Education:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or a related field will be considered an advantage but candidates will be assessed on the depth of their knowledge & experience.