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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Technical Director, Release Management & Automation (AI) - **Company:** Scopely - **Location:** Barcelona, Spain - **Contract:** Franchise - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Video Game Development, Software Systems, Delivery Pipeline - **Published:** August 16, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.jobleads.com/es/job/ed80b7d65ff0ce44d1c208fed1b4a57ce ## About the Role * Experience with game development, preferably with Unity. * Experience in RM across mobile, PC, and Console. * Lead and mentor managers and senior engineers across release engineering, and automation disciplines. * Align stakeholders across Production, Engineering, QA, LiveOps, Security, and Data to deliver shared outcomes. * Communicate roadmap, status, and impact with clarity to both technical and non-technical leadership. * Experience owning, driving, and operating a product strategy and roadmap. * Excellent communication skills, both written and oral. * Passion for continuous learning in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment., * Experience in engineering leadership roles, including years managing managers (or leading multi-team orgs). * Experience in building or leading release engineering, developer productivity, or automation programs at scale. * Experience in leading engineering development to create solutions. * Strong technical background in modern delivery practices. Demonstrated experience implementing automation and governance in complex, multi-team environments. * Track record of influencing senior stakeholders and driving adoption across decentralized organizations. * Experience applying AI/ML-assisted approaches in engineering workflows (or strong demonstrated ability to lead this transformation with partners)., * Experience with live-service games or high-availability consumer platforms. * Expertise in progressive delivery (feature flags, canaries, blue/green) and release safety tooling. * Experience with compliance, security, and privacy requirements in deployment pipelines. ## Description * Own the vision of CSO RM capabilities through the definition and execution of a roadmap that elevates how game teams reduce time-to-submission for cross-platform offers and submissions. * Own the vision of CSO Automation capabilities through the definition and execution of a roadmap that elevates how CSO Programs enable game teams success. * Define and lead Scopely-wide standards for release readiness, risk management, and go/no-go criteria across multiple titles. * Build lightweight, repeatable governance that improves predictability without slowing teams down. * Establish and execute a development roadmap for central software solutions to address CSO needs * Partner with game TDs, D2C, and Publishing to create an industry-leading roadmap for the RM with solutions that simplify and accelerate offers submissions. * Partner with CSO Programs leaders to define and develop internal central solutions to enable program CSO efficiency. * Own the RM and Automation rituals & processes for the team, including backlog prioritization, roadmap definition, product specs, communication, and feedback collection. * Establish operational metrics and drive continuous improvement. * Build learning loops (postmortems, action tracking, preventative controls). * Lead a team of leaders to effectively partner with a diverse, geographically-distributed set of stakeholders. ## Related Videos - [Rethinking Intelligence: AI, Accessibility, and the Future of Inclusive Work - Artur Ortega](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1377-rethinking-intelligence-ai-accessibility-and-the-future-of-inclusive-work-artur-ortega) - [How will artificial intelligence change the future of software testing?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/85-how-will-artificial-intelligence-change-the-future-of-software-testing) - [What AI Can, Can’t, and Shouldn’t do for Games](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/997-what-ai-can-can-t-and-shouldn-t-do-for-games) - [The Impact of AI on Game Development and the Industry](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100297-the-impact-of-ai-on-game-development-and-the-industry) - [Building Systems that Last](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1389-building-systems-that-last) - [Agentic employees in world's most downloaded FinTech app](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100123-agentic-employees-in-world-s-most-downloaded-fintech-app) ## Related Articles - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Dev Digest 132 - Binging WADFlix?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/473-dev-digest-132-binging-wadflix) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [What is Agentic Programming and Why Should Developers Care?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/625-what-is-agentic-programming-and-why-should-developers-care)