Engineering Research Manager

Requirements

• PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Experience leading technology innovation programs, engineering research initiatives, or advanced product development projects.
• Experience founding, scaling, or managing technology startups.
• Experience working with creator platforms, UGC ecosystems, development tools, content creation workflows, or interactive software products.
• Experience with Generative AI, LLMs, multimodal AI systems, AI agents, or AI-powered productivity tools.
• Experience with 3D asset generation, animation generation, motion synthesis, auto-rigging, skinning, procedural content generation, or related technologies.
• Experience applying AI technologies to improve product functionality, creator productivity, or operational efficiency.
• Demonstrated ability to bridge research, engineering, and product development to deliver commercial value.

Additional Information

Job Description Technology Innovation & Strategy Define and drive the Company's technology roadmap and long-term innovation strategy. Identify, evaluate, and adopt emerging technologies that enhance product capabilities and operational efficiency. Lead technical research initiatives, feasibility studies, proof-of-concept projects, and prototype development. Monitor industry trends and technological advancements relevant to creator platforms, software engineering, intelligent systems, and content creation technologies. Advise executive management on technology investments, technical risks, and innovation opportunities. Creator Platform & Product Development Lead the evolution of the Company's game editor, creator tools, and supporting platform technologies. Drive improvements in creator workflows, content creation pipelines, development tools, and platform architecture. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions. Establish engineering standards, software development best practices, and technical governance processes. Support the development of next-generation creator experiences that improve usability, efficiency, and content quality. AI-Assisted Content Creation & Automation Research, evaluate, and implement AI technologies that enhance creator productivity and content production workflows. Drive the development of AI-assisted capabilities for 3D asset generation, character generation, environment generation, and procedural content creation. Explore AI technologies for animation generation, motion synthesis, auto-rigging, skinning, and character behavior generation. Research and support intelligent solutions for game logic understanding, gameplay generation, scripting assistance, and content authoring. Evaluate Large Language Models (LLMs), multimodal AI systems, generative AI technologies, and intelligent agents for practical integration into creator workflows. Lead initiatives to improve development efficiency through AI-powered automation and intelligent tooling. Engineering Leadership Lead, mentor, and develop engineering and research team members. Manage technical planning, resource allocation, project execution, and delivery schedules. Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, technical excellence, and continuous learning. Facilitate effective communication between engineering, product, and management teams. Job Requirements Master's Degree or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a related technical discipline. Minimum 10 years of experience in software engineering, system architecture, engineering research, or technology leadership roles. Proven experience leading engineering teams and delivering complex software development projects. Strong knowledge of software architecture, distributed systems, scalable platform development, and software engineering best practices. Experience developing software platforms, development tools, creator tools, content creation systems, workflow platforms, or technology products. Strong programming and technical problem-solving skills with experience in Python, Java, C++, C#, JavaScript, or similar technologies. Experience evaluating, adopting, and integrating emerging technologies into commercial software products. Familiarity with Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, intelligent automation, Large Language Models (LLMs), multimodal AI systems, or AI-assisted software solutions is highly preferred. Strong analytical thinking, research capability, and technical decision-making skills. Excellent communication, leadership, project management, and stakeholder management abilities.

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