Lead Technical Designer

7 Months ago • 2-3 Years • 2D Art

Job Summary

Job Description

Playrix, a top mobile game developer, seeks a Lead Technical Designer to manage a team, design complex UI, optimize development pipelines, and create architectural solutions. Must have experience in UI development for game engines, programming, Adobe Photoshop, and Git.

Must have:

UI development
Game engines
Programming
Adobe Photoshop

Good to have:

Animation skills
Animate
Spine
C++/Python/Lua

Perks:

Flexible schedule
Health insurance

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unity

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python

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cryengine

git

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Job Details

Lead Technical Designer

About the company

Playrix is one of the most successful mobile game development companies  in the world. In terms of mobile application revenue, we rank first in Europe  and are in the top 3 worldwide. Our games have been installed 2.3 billion times (that's a third of the world's population!) and more than 30 million people around the world play them every day.

Tasks

People management: responsible for development, hiring/firing, team evaluation;
Develop processes within teams (both at the team level and at the level of the entire technical design direction on the project);
Design review and decomposition of new tasks;
Create complex windows with large amounts of logic;
Optimize the UI development pipeline from layout to game;
Create architectural solutions at the start of new developments;
Participate in creating new tools to improve the quality and convenience of development.

Our stack

Our own cross-platform VSO engine;
C++/Python/Lua;
Adobe Photoshop.

Requirements

1+ years of experience managing a team of at least 2 people;
2+ years of experience working with UI in game engines and editors (Unity, UE, CryEngine);
Understanding of the basics of programming C#/C++/Python/JS/Lua;
Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop or other graphic editors: cutting UI, working with vector graphics, layer effects, bulk export of files;
Knowledgeable about and comfortable using Git;
Experience creating xml/json, understanding of structure;
Fluency in Russian and reading proficiency in English (professional literature).

Preferred

Animation skills (Animate, Spine).

Our Perks

Flexibility at work

For most positions we offer a flexible schedule, and employees can work from anywhere in the world (except for the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus). You can do your work however and wherever you like — we only evaluate your results.

Caring for health and well-being

We provide voluntary health insurance for employees and their children, and reimburse online sessions with a psychologist.
We offer fully paid vacation days and sick leave. In certain circumstances, you can request additional days off.
We support leading a healthy lifestyle and reimburse the cost of gym memberships and fitness app subscriptions.

Professional development and education

We pay for participation in specialized conferences and courses and hold our own internal conferences.
We offer discounts on English language courses and courses for the languages of the countries in which the company operates.

Events and merch

We regularly hold offline events like team meetings, big corporate parties, and informal office parties.
We also regularly organize fun competitions, quizzes, hackathons, and online fitness challenges.
We have a merch store with an internal currency you can use to buy unique gifts. We give out this currency as a gift for significant dates, and you can earn more by participating in events and company activities.