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Leads enterprise cybersecurity strategy, security operations, incident response, threat management, network and cloud security, endpoint and identity programs, security testing, compliance, and risk management. Builds and manages the cybersecurity team, oversees security tooling and governance, implements Zero Trust, coordinates incident response, and communicates security metrics and technical risk to executive leadership.

Build and operate production agentic AI systems, including prompts, tools, retrieval, guardrails, evaluations, observability, and rollout. Automate expert workflows, ensure compliance and safety, and establish human-in-the-loop controls. Deliver documentation, runbooks, dashboards, and evaluation harnesses while enabling teams to adopt AI safely. The role requires substantial software engineering experience, production LLM deployments, retrieval expertise, structured outputs, local model experimentation, and strong communication.

Design, develop, optimize, and maintain scalable C++ game software and systems across PC, console, and mobile platforms. Integrate graphics, audio, physics, AI, and advanced peripherals such as VR/AR headsets and motion controllers. Collaborate with designers and developers, troubleshoot system issues, participate in code reviews, and contribute throughout the game development lifecycle from prototyping through release.

Own the UI visual and motion language for educational gaming products. Develop design systems, production-ready interface assets, animations, transitions, reward feedback, and motion graphics. Implement and optimize work in game engines, collaborate with engineering, product, and game design, establish craft standards, mentor artists, and guide future UI and motion workflows.

Own BI strategy and analytics for live-service educational game release programs. Build dashboards, semantic layers, data models, and executive health reporting using Tableau, Looker, SQL, and Python. Diagnose production bottlenecks and dependency failures, recommend process improvements, advise leadership, establish data governance standards, and mentor analysts.

Lead social strategy and execution across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Discord, Reddit and X. Create and publish platform-tailored content, manage community and reputation, develop crisis response protocols, run social listening, select tooling, analyze performance metrics, and collaborate with content, communications, and marketing teams to support campaigns and product launches.

Build and evolve low-level engine and platform systems across web, desktop, Chromebooks, iPads, and mobile. Modify a forked Godot engine, improve architecture and performance, develop reusable tooling, resolve cross-platform issues, and optimize CPU, memory, and runtime behavior. The role also includes mentoring engineers, influencing technical decisions, and adopting AI-assisted development tools.

Design and build end-to-end interactive instructional content by prototyping, scripting in game-engine environments, creating animations, integrating UX principles, running playtests, iterating with cross-functional teams, and leveraging generative AI to scale high-quality, standards-aligned learning experiences.

Develop and maintain build systems, automation pipelines, developer tooling, engine features, and platform integrations for game projects. Optimize performance, memory usage, frame rates, and load times; manage source control and deployment workflows; debug complex systems; collaborate across disciplines; own technical systems from conception through delivery; and mentor junior engineers across distributed studios.

Build and own Git infrastructure, GitHub Actions standards, CI/CD pipelines, automation workflows, reporting, and delivery tooling. Develop automated test frameworks, migration validation with rollback capabilities, and deployment strategies that improve release confidence. Preferred experience includes game-industry QA, visual regression testing, performance and load testing, game engine testing workflows, and database or content pipeline validation.