Senior Technical Designer

SENIOR TECHNICAL DESIGNER

Reports to: Technical Design Director

Permanent – Full-Time

What you will do

• Plan, design and develop tools and pipelines for content creation, production support and product debugging.
• Act as an ambassador by becoming a power user of these tools & processes.
• Use visual scripting language such as Blueprint.
• Act as a complexity gatekeeper by streamlining workflows and simplifying tools for designers.
• Build a knowledge base by providing information, training and mentoring material for production teams.
• Provide quick and efficient solutions for day-to-day editor problems and content creation obstacles.
• Work hand-in-hand with designers to help get their creative visions on-screen.
• Own the authoring and integration pipeline for technical game data such as streaming, multiplayer and persistency.
• Profile, review and optimize game data and scripts.

What you bring

• Be an advocate for content creation development technology and solutions.

• 6+ years experience in the video game industry in Technical Design or Technical Level Design.
• Knowledge of programming languages such as C++.
• Experience with visual scripting graphs, such as Unreal Blueprint and Unity Bolt.
• Optimization-oriented and performance-oriented (properties, functions, graphs, objects…).
• Experience with technical writing and documentation.
• Skilled at reverse engineering and debugging complex problems and systems.
• Organized, structured, thorough and conscientious.
• Strong written and spoken French and English.

Even better if you have

• Experience with multiple game editors and various production workflows.
• Experience with various game production scales (e.g. open world and indie).
• Strong communication skills and ability to illustrate ideas.
• Natural multi-tasker.
• Excellent capacity to give and receive instructions.
• Experience in collaborating with other departments (design, animation, programming, etc.).
• Must be at ease within a team focused on constant iteration and improvement.
• Ability to learn and share knowledge.
• Strong ability to give constructive criticism and course-correct when receiving it.

Why join us?

• Flexible work schedule: because unexpected events are part of life when you are sick or need personal days.
• Hybrid work: because we have adapted to the new reality.
• Access to Groupe insurance: To take care of yourself and your loved ones.
• Access to Groupe RRSPs: we think about your future.
• Access to a telemedicine service for the family: to avoid a pleasant 24hours in the emergency room .
• Bonus system: we recognize the work accomplished.

Come and create emotion with us!