Technical Producer - Engineering Teams Job at Apex Systems in Redmond

Technical Producer, Game Studio Engineering Teams

Location: Redmond, Wa (Hybrid)

Duration: 12/09/24 - 6/30/25

Pay Range: $55/hr - $60/hr

Our studio is looking for a passionate technical producer with experience managing engineering teams with varied skillsets, tech stacks and objectives. Our ideal candidate is detail-oriented, motivated by working in a fast-paced environment while managing details for multiple projects and comfortable engaging with highly technical problems that need to be clearly communicated to a wide internal audience.

In this role, you’ll work closely with the Engineering teams and their leads, as well as studio product and business teams, to ensure priorities are carefully considered and met. You’ll help define key processes, assess and identify tools and workflows that make the work more efficient, and scope projects and risks to build predictability across multiple technical projects and services.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day tasks will vary dependent on the needs of the Engineering teams and current product or business priorities, but key responsibilities include: Assist with the coordination of technical feature development and maintenance.
• Act as a critical partner in managing internal and external (or vendor) resources to ensure strong understanding and execution across projects.
• Maintain regular communication, quality assessments, and progress tracking. Communication practices also include consistent and cadent check-ins with different teams to better understand their individual needs, as well as communicating out to stakeholders and leads effectively via presentations, status reports and more.
• Assist in planning, scoping, prioritizing and scheduling feature development with the technical leads and other key stakeholders. Plan sprints with regular cadence to generate an effective team velocity.
• Be an advocate for clear and concise technical documentation and communication and champion effective process across teams.
• Be a partner to the development lead in all aspects of delivering high quality technical features.
• Help ensure software quality levels through coordination and defining best practices.

Skills Required

• Familiarity with general software development practices and processes.
• 4+ years of experience managing projects for teams large and small.
• Ability to coordinate, collaborate and build effective partnerships cross-discipline.
• Proficiency in project management tools, such as Azure DevOps/Jira, Confluence and MS Suite.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly, proactively and inclusively within all levels of the organization.
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills
• The ideal candidate will also possess: Experience working with incident management tools and on-call best practices
• Experience working with game teams in a fast-paced environment
• Basic understanding of PR (pull request) process and code commit.
• Scrum or other Agile methodology experience a plus