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VP, Platform Engineering
21st Century Fox
Playa Vista, CA, United States
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OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANYFoxNext
FoxNext is driving immersive, next generation entertainment experiences in the areas of augmented and virtual reality, mobile, console/PC games and location-based entertainment across Twentieth Century Fox Film and Fox Networks Group. The division consists of FoxNext Games, FoxNext VR Studio and FoxNext Destinations.
JOB DESCRIPTION
FoxNext games is searching for a Director/Senior Director of Platform Engineering to be the first of several hires that will build out and manage an infrastructure of technology, which will support multiple game development studios. This role will report initially to the COO of FoxNext games and then move to a Central Technology organization. This is a position that will be organizing and building infrastructure that currently does not exist within FoxNext.
Responsibilities
• Hire and manage a group of 4-5 team members that will scale with success in the areas of Business Intelligence, Development/Network Operations and other Platform Infrastructure management
• Identify and implement scalable and efficient shared solutions and common standards for multiple Studios, platforms and genres
• Own requirements engineering and advise Executive and Studio Management on optimal short and mid term plans for Platform initiatives
• Evaluation, advisement, standardization and support of third party tools that are implemented in our games
Your Career Progression
You can expect to be part of the entire FoxNext Games technology leadership and participate in the highest level conversations and decisions, as it pertains to scalable platform solutions that will enable success across internal and external game development studios. Success in this position will bring further influence on the direction of technology within FoxNext games, cross business leadership across the larger FoxNext organization, and, of course, increased financial success for you as an individual.
Qualifications
• BS in Computer Science or similar technical focus; Masters is a plus
• 10+ years tech industry experience
• 5+ years managing platform services in a full-stack environment
• 5+ years directly managing 5+ Engineers and creating/supporting other business units of 300+
• Worked within an organization that generates annual revenue of $400M or more
• Game industry and mobile ecosystem experience a plus
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We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.