Technical Director
Hybrid
Stockholm
Applications are considered on a rolling basis
We are looking for a Technical Director to take our highly successful live service Toca Boca World into the future. The creative vision for the game is exciting and ambitious, and it will require significant architectural improvements across the tech stack, from client systems to online services. The role is high impact as we need the right technical leadership to unlock the full potential of the game.
As Technical Director, you will act as the strategic technology leader, setting the technical vision, charting a strategic path and driving major technical initiatives. To make it all come to life, you will be working with other TDs and Tech Leads, directing and supporting a strong engineering team and partnering with senior leaders across the company.
What You’ll Do
Set & Own the Technical Vision and Strategy: Define the long-term architecture, roadmap, and technology direction for the entire game service, ensuring scalability, stability, and maintainability
Guide High-Impact Engineering Decisions: Act as the final authority on complex technical choices, proactively identifying and mitigating risks across all systems
Elevate Engineering Excellence: Partner with the Director of Engineering to improve productivity, refine tooling, establish best practices, and drive continuous quality across teams
Develop Technical Leaders: Mentor senior engineers and tech leads to strengthen their technical expertise, strategic thinking, and leadership capabilities
Align the Studio: Collaborate closely with Production, Product, and Creative stakeholders to translate creative goals into feasible technical plans and communicate vision, progress, KPIs, and risks
What You Bring
10+ years in professional game development across the tech stack, with 5+ years in senior leadership or principal engineering roles on a major mobile titles
Deep and proven experience architecting large-scale, persistent live-service games and high-traffic backend systems
Strong understanding of mobile development constraints—performance, memory, and platform-specific considerations
Mastery of core languages such as C# or Typescript
Experience with Unity (our core engine) is a great bonus
Proven success driving large, cross-team technical initiatives from concept through launch and live operations
Exceptional communication and influence skills, especially when aligning teams and leaders without direct authority
If you’re excited by the idea of defining the technical future of a major live game, mentoring top-tier engineers, and shaping a world-class development environment, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and help us build what’s next.
This is us!
Toca Boca captures the spirit of play. We create digital toys and everyday products that are filled with fun and silliness that kids from any corner of the world can instantly relate to. Everything is designed from their perspective. We celebrate the diversity and quirkiness of their world and give them the freedom to play in ways that only they can.
Good to know!
This position is full time and based in our Stockholm office with a hybrid working model. We apply a 6 month probationary period. You’ll need to be located in Sweden as we are unable to support with relocation. As we’re an international company, with over 20 nationalities working here, and millions of users all over the world, you need to be fluent in English. Your application should therefore be in English.