Technical Manager

Position Summary 

Idealogical Group is seeking a Technical Director to lead our software development team and own technical delivery across our product portfolio. Reporting to the CTO, the Technical Director is responsible for engineering leadership, system architecture, development process, and code quality across projects spanning XR/MR applications, real-time motion capture pipelines, embedded systems, and a multi-tenant cloud SaaS platform. 

This is a hands-on leadership position. The successful candidate will lead people and set direction while remaining directly engaged in architecture, technical review, and delivery. 

Key Responsibilities 

Team Leadership 

Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software developers 

Manage performance, career development, and technical growth of direct reports 

Participate in hiring, onboarding, and resource planning 

Foster engineering excellence with an emphasis on computer science fundamentals, design patterns, and language-agnostic problem solving 

Architecture & Technical Direction 

Steward and suggest system architecture across projects; define technical standards and design patterns 

Lead technical design reviews and architectural decision-making 

Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and appropriately documented 

Evaluate build-vs-buy and technology selection decisions with clear trade-off analysis 

Quality & Delivery 

Establish and enforce code review standards; personally conduct reviews of critical work 

Own engineering accountability for correctness, security, and performance of all shipped code, including AI-assisted output 

Manage delivery across the full software development lifecycle, from requirements through deployment and support 

Report delivery status, risk, and estimates to executive leadership 

Process & Innovation 

Own and continuously improve the team's development methodology and tooling 

Lead the evaluation and integration of AI-assisted and agentic development tools into the SDLC 

Monitor advancements in ML/LLM capabilities and efficiencies; assess business and engineering impact 

Drive adoption of process changes with measurable outcomes for consistency, quality, and team scalability 

Stakeholder Engagement 

Translate technical direction into business terms for the executive team 

Support client-facing technical discussions, proposals, and solution design as required 

Qualifications 

Required 

8+ years of progressive software development experience, including 2+ years leading developers (formal management or technical lead capacity) 

Exceptional computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, design patterns, and system design, independent of any single language or framework 

Proven experience owning architecture for production systems 

Deep working knowledge of the full SDLC and modern DevOps practices 

Working knowledge of LLMs and machine learning approaches, including their architectures, capabilities, and limitations 

Hands-on experience integrating AI-assisted development tools into professional engineering workflows 

Excellent code review and technical validation skills 

Strong written and verbal communication, including experience presenting to senior leadership 

Assets 

Unity/C# and XR/VR/MR development experience 

Google Cloud Platform (GKE, Cloud SQL, Cloud Build) and multi-tenant SaaS architecture 

Information retrieval systems (vector search, hybrid retrieval) or local model deployment 

Embedded systems exposure (microcontrollers, sensor integration) 

Experience in regulated or compliance-driven client environments