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Associate Technical Director

Sumo Digital

United Kingdom, Newcastle - Atomhawk·Full-time

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The role, as advertised by Sumo Digital

  • A programming background, with experience as a generalist programmer in a technical leadership role on high-end AA or AAA games.
  • Able to write good quality C++ in Unreal Engine 5 and other gaming engines, with hands-on UE5 experience on AA or AAA projects.
  • Exposure to UI programming, such as implementing UI in Unreal Engine using UMG.
  • Experience supporting Technical Artists, for example with tools, pipelines, materials and shaders, or performance.
  • Able to design and review technical solutions, tools and workflows, and set technical direction on a project.
  • Experience working directly with clients or external partners to understand requirements, scope and estimate work, and manage expectations.
  • Clear, confident communication with both technical and non-technical audiences, including presenting to clients.
  • Experience mentoring or guiding others, with the ambition to build and lead a team.
  • Experience in an art services, outsourcing or co-development environment (Desired not essential).
  • Experience speaking at industry events or producing thought leadership content (Desired not essential).

    • This role at a glance

    This is one of 153 programming and engineering roles open in England today, out of 631 live games jobs across the UK, and Sumo Digital is hiring for 10 other roles alongside it. Going by the title it’s a director / head of role, a leadership post responsible for a team or function. Sumo Digital doesn’t publish the salary here; across the 7 programming and engineering roles on the board that do, the median is £70k.

    Discipline
    Engineering
    Level (from the title)
    Director / head of
    On gamesJobs since
    26 Oct 2026
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    About Sumo Digital

    Sumo Digital is a Sheffield-headquartered developer founded in 2003, and part of Sumo Group, which was acquired by Tencent in 2022. It operates several studios across the UK as well as overseas, and has worked on titles including Sackboy: A Big Adventure, Crackdown 3 and many co-development projects for major publishers.

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