Technical Director

Responsibilities
The responsibilities and duties of a Technical Director are slightly different depending upon the specific types of production. However, their main duties and responsibilities include:
Overseeing each production project’s life cycle from beginning to end by emphasizing technical resource efficiency and soundness
Researching and introducing new technologies for the executive management team and employees of an organization
Providing technical support for events, programs and productions
Developing and revising statements of work with accurate cost and time estimates
Collaborating with the design team to create mockups and technical drawings for customer approval
Explaining the technical requirements to the different teams involved in a production
Analyzing user requirements and metrics to ensure customer satisfaction upon completion of the production
Assisting with the creation of in-house standards and monitoring quality during productions to make improvements, where necessary
Extensive experience in software programming, specializing in UI engineering and the full stack of web application development
A world-class portfolio of distinctive digital web products or websites, and a love for clean & efficient code
Extensive experience with React in TypeScript and JavaScript as Next.js, Astro, Remix or Gatsby to runtimes and servers (Express, Hapi, Node.js, deno, bun GraphQL), to CSS-in-JS styling and component frameworks (Tailwind, MUI, CSS Modules, etc)
Deep experience thinking and building flexible and scalable Design Systems that follow the Atomic Design or equivalent principles. Using tools like Storybook as a robust delivery for well-documented, living design systems
Experience implementing robust testing plans for UI systems which ensure that regressions are minimized and the team can have high confidence making substantial changes at high velocity
Proven understanding of application architecture, with the ability to design and develop applications that leverage modern technologies and frameworks that are compatible with one another
Experience managing the full SDLC in version control systems (Git, GitHub) and modern development workflows (Agile, SCRUM)
Experience with various React state management libraries (Redux, Zustand, Recoil, XState, etc)
Experience working with backend service in REST and GraphQL
Experience with and ability to troubleshoot CI/CD platforms, CDNs, and hosting services
Passionate for web accessibility and security, as well as knowledge of the latest guidelines and standards of WCAG 2.1 AA+
Must be a compelling and clear communicator; able to explain the full possibilities of the tech stack/architecture and represent your team to internal and external audiences with differing levels of technical fluency
Proven experience leading a geographically dispersed technical team
Act as product evangelist with deep curiosity on technology trends and being able to go deep into technology and relate technical enhancements to build a product vision
Possess a strong foundation in building scalable, reliable, and high-performance systems
Self-motivated and focused on achieving excellence as a team

Work arrangement
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