Technical Director, SDK
Company: Gearbox Software
Location: Frisco
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
The Gearbox Entertainment Company is an award-winning creator
and distributor of entertainment for people around the world.
Gearbox Entertainment develops and publishes products through its
subsidiaries, Gearbox Software and Gearbox Publishing. Gearbox
Entertainment has become widely known for successful game
franchises including Brothers in Arms and Borderlands, as well as
acquired properties Duke Nukem and Homeworld. Gearbox’s ambition is
to entertain the world and its key driving objectives include the
pursuit of happiness for our talent, partners and customers, the
prioritization of entertainment and creativity and a measured
respect for profitability. For more information, visit
www.Gearbox.com. Gearbox is looking for an SDK Technical Director
to join the Spark teams and steer a group of engineers to build the
most developer friendly SDK in the industry for our online game
engine. Spark is a platform and online game engine supporting both
internal and external titles. Responsibilities - Continually seek
to understand the challenges facing game developers and players -
Collaborate with others from many disciplines to deliver high
quality online features to a large portfolio of games - Serve,
mentor, and protect a team of brilliant engineers - Bring together
influences and feedback from disparate perspectives into unifying
direction, goals, and priorities - Establish performance objectives
and provide ongoing feedback and coaching to help your team feel
growth and satisfaction - Continually seek to understand software
development best practices and tools to help us maintain quality
and high developer satisfaction for all ( Software development
practices ) Qualifications - An excellent listener and
communicator, both written and verbal - An experimental and data
driven mindset - Pursues an ideal week that prioritizes a focus on
the team much more than digging into engineering tasks - 5 years of
experience leading, managing a team, and setting direction - 5
years of experience as a software developer in any language - 3
years of experience working with C, C++ Bonus Points - Game
industry experience, though we welcome different perspectives! -
Familiarity with Unreal Engine or Unity - Experience in a Software
as a Service organizations - Experience programmatically
interacting with microservice API architectures Gearbox
Entertainment believes that all team members should be able to
enjoy a work environment free from all forms of discrimination and
harassment. We are committed to reflecting the diversity of the
world we strive to entertain. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we
provide fair and equal treatment to all team members and
applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy or
maternity, veteran status, or any other status protected by
applicable national, federal, state or local law.
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