About this Position

SportSpired Games is looking for a Technical Director Publishing Platform & Live Services to build the technology foundation behind our publishing and live operations ecosystem.

SportSpired Games is an international game studio developing next-generation sports simulators. Our team includes professionals with experience at Wargaming, MY.GAMES, Ubisoft, 343 Industries, Starbreeze, Sperasoft, and EA Sports. We are currently working on a large-scale AAA title planned for release in 2028–2029.

You will define the architecture and technical strategy for an internal platform that enables Publishing, LiveOps, Community, Customer Support, CRM, BI, and other teams to operate PC and Console games at scale with minimal dependency on development teams.

This is a senior technical leadership role combining architecture ownership, engineering leadership, and long-term platform strategy.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical vision, architecture, and long-term roadmap for the Publishing Platform and Live Services ecosystem
• Design scalable distributed services, including domain boundaries, data ownership, APIs, integrations, and reliability requirements
• Lead the development of platform services and internal tools for Publishing, LiveOps, Community, Customer Support, CRM, BI, and other teams
• Own Build vs Buy decisions and third-party integrations, including CRM, BI, Helpdesk, payment services, and other SaaS solutions
• Build and lead the engineering team, including hiring, mentoring, resource planning, and engineering standards
• Own the technical budget across infrastructure, vendors, licenses, and engineering resources
• Ensure platform scalability, reliability, security, observability, disaster recovery, and operational efficiency
• Ensure compliance with Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, and applicable security and regulatory requirements