Unreal Engine Technical Lead

Datasource
Manchester, UK
18 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Part-time (≤ 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
£50,000.0 - £60,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Computer Animation C++ (Programming Language) Digital Twin Real Time Systems Data Analytics Unreal Engine

Job description

  • Define and lead the real-time visualisation strategy across the Creative Design team.
  • Lead Unreal Engine development for interactive, immersive and digital twin solutions.
  • Establish technical standards, scalable workflows and best practice frameworks.
  • Mentor team members and build technical capability across the discipline.
  • Support project scoping, estimation, business development and work-winning activities.
  • Manage OKRs, resource planning, performance and succession planning for the team.
  • Drive innovation and adoption of emerging real-time and immersive technologies.
  • Ensure consistent quality, performance and client satisfaction across all deliveries.

Requirements

Our client is a world-class engineering and technical consultancy operating at serious scale, the kind of organisation delivering transformative projects across infrastructure, energy and beyond, with creativity and technology at the heart of how they communicate them. Their Creative Design team is a genuinely impressive operation, over 80 talented people spanning UX, animation, real-time development, visualisation and more, working across the globe on projects that push the boundaries of how complex engineering is brought to life. This is not a small pond. The team is growing its real-time visualisation capability and needs someone exceptional to lead it. To be considered, you’ll need deep, proven experience developing real-time applications in Unreal Engine, advanced Blueprint skills, and a solid grasp of C++ for extending and optimising systems. You’ll also need a track record of leading technical teams, delivering VR and immersive solutions, and the commercial savvy to support project scoping and business development., * Extensive experience developing real-time applications in Unreal Engine (UE5 preferred).

  • Advanced Blueprint development, gameplay systems and interaction framework expertise.
  • Strong understanding of Unreal Engine architecture with working knowledge of C++.
  • Proven leadership of technical teams and track record of capability development.
  • Experience delivering VR, immersive and interactive visualisation solutions.
  • Knowledge of digital twins, data-driven visualisation and scalable framework design.
  • Commercial awareness including project scoping, estimation and delivery planning.
  • Strong mentoring, communication and stakeholder management skills.

Benefits & conditions

  • Life assurance, income protection insurance and critical illness cover
  • Option to buy & sell holiday
  • Dental, health, medical, travel and gadget insurance
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