Chief Technical Officer

At Million Victories, we aim to bring the powerful emotions of Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) games to millions of players : the thrill of epic battles, the pride of shared progress, the strength of a united community!

To achieve this, we are redefining the genre: we create unique, innovative, and accessible MMO games for mobile.

Since the launch of our first game, Million Lords , a real-time strategy MMO, we've seen steady and solid growth. Backed by the successful completion of a nearly $40 million funding round, including both primary and secondary investments, and supported by a team of 35 professionals , we are accelerating our growth to take our game to the next level.

Our culture: we believe it's possible to pursue excellence within a culture of kindness.

At Million Victories, performance grows from trust, autonomy, and the richness of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.

Working at Million Victories means:

• Having your initiatives recognized and valued
• Enjoying real autonomy in how you organize your work
• Joining a welcoming, supportive, and committed team

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Your mission

As a member of the leadership team, you are responsible for the studio's overall technology strategy. You play a key role in scaling Million Lords over the next two years: you define and implement an ambitious technical strategy to develop new features, ensuring that the quality, cost, and deadline targets set out in Million Victories's business plan are met.

Your role:

• Define a three-year, cross-functional technical strategy to support the game's scaling and address the technical challenges that will arise with this growth. This includes the engine, back end, front end, pipelines, IT security, and internal tools.
• Lead the technical innovation strategy and associated fundings (tax credit)
• Oversee and contribute to the implementation of tools, pipelines, architectures, and infrastructure to optimize studio efficiency and productivity
• Optimize the technical quality of games managing technological risks & leading technical projects
• Manage relationships with technology partners
• Provide leadership and supervision for all developers (back-end, front-end, tools), ensuring best practices, technological consistency, tool quality, documentation, and coaching.
• Develop, within two years, a team of top-notch developers capable of supporting two games

What we expect

We seek a proven technology leader with a minimum of 15 years' experience across video game development. Prior experience as a Lead Engineer is essential, along with at least two years in a CTO role.

Skill :

• Thinks long-term and aligns the technical direction with the product vision and scalability objectives
• Defines a clear technical vision and translates it into a coherent strategic plan
• Demonstrates deep technical expertise in systems, architectures, tools, and performance optimization
• Effectively communicates technical decisions, risks, and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Builds and manages relationships with external partners and technology vendors
• Leads, mentors, and motivates technical teams, fostering growth and collaboration.
• Demonstrates curiosity and a strong drive to explore new technologies and continuously improve best practices.
• Open-minded
• Willing to foster open dialogue and a collaborative mindset

Nice to have:

• An interest in F2P/Live mobile games would be an asset
• Hybrid work: 3 days remote per week
• Opportunity to become a shareholder of the company
• Lunch card: €8/day, 50% covered by the company
• Access to sports equipment in the office
• Training & conferences supported to help you grow
• Quarterly/Monthly team lunches and a Christmas gift card
• and more!

Recruitment process:

We care about making this first exchange a meaningful one:

• Interview with Isabelle Merley, our Talent Acquisition Manager, to understand your background and walk you through the process
• Interview with our Technical Director to align expectations and explore how you could work together
• Case study to assess your problem-solving and strategic thinking
• Interview with the Executive Producer to help you understand the team's workflow

Additional Information

Contract: Preferred full-time based in Lyon, open to other locations with frequent trips to Lyon

Start date: As soon as possible

Don't wait, send us your application now !