About the role
Fenris Creations is seeking a Technical Director to lead the technical direction of Core Technology and CARBON, the company's shared game development platform spanning engine runtime, rendering, graphics, tools, pipelines, and developer experience. The role involves setting the technical direction for CARBON to ensure it serves as a high-leverage, modern platform for game teams.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the technical direction for CARBON across runtime, graphics, rendering, tools, pipelines, and shared developer technology.
- Collaborate with the Senior Development Director of Core Technology to translate product vision and priorities into clear technical strategy and execution.
- Lead and develop technical leaders across Graphics, Runtime, and Tools, strengthening quality, alignment, and team growth.
- Provide architectural guidance across CARBON, ensuring decisions regarding performance, scalability, maintainability, and developer experience.
- Guide the department in adopting AI-assisted development in practical, high-value ways to improve speed, iteration, and engineering effectiveness.
- Shape CARBON's open-source direction to increase platform leverage, accessibility, and long-term relevance.
- Communicate technical direction, tradeoffs, risks, and opportunities across the organization.
- Contribute through architecture, technical guidance, and code review while focusing on raising the effectiveness of engineers and leaders.
Professional Requirements
- Significant senior technical leadership experience in game development.
- Deep game engine expertise across runtime systems, rendering or graphics, and developer tooling.
- Proven ability to define technical direction and align multiple teams around a coherent engineering vision.
- People leadership experience across senior engineers, technical leads, or engineering managers.
- Conviction in the value of AI-assisted and open-source development, with the judgment to apply both strategically and practically.
- Pragmatic, growth-oriented leadership style with a bias toward learning, experimentation, and solution-finding within real-world constraints.
- Experienced enough as an engineer to lead with credibility through technical judgment, architecture, and code review.
- Excellent communication skills, able to convey complex technical topics clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Benefits and Perks
- Challenge of working on ambitious projects with creative co-workers.
- Multicultural work environment.
- Double work station setup and flexible work environment.
- Active fun division hosting regular events.
- Canteen offering weekly breakfast and lunch menus, drinks, and snacks.
- Discretionary quarterly and annual performance sharing plan.
- Annual sports grant.
- Mobile phone and mobile usage package.
- Home internet coverage.
- Conditional monthly transportation grant.
- Focus on employee well-being.
- On-site doctor free of charge and other on-site services at a discounted price.
- Relocation package.
Organizational Context
- Department: Software Engineering
- Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
- Location: Reykjavík, Iceland
- Workplace Type: Hybrid
- Reporting To: Ben Hunter (Senior Development Director of Core Technology)
- Company Background: Fenris Creations is an independent developer headquartered in Reykjavík, with studios in London and Shanghai. Founded in 1997, the company is known for EVE Online and focuses on building player-driven virtual worlds through collaboration, curiosity, and courage. The company became independently owned again in May 2026.
Hiring Process
- Screening Call
- Hiring Manager Interview
- Assessments
- Discipline Interview
- Relocation and Benefits Chat
- Offer Stage
- Hired