Technical Designer

Job Title: Technical Designer

Type: Full time

Who We Are: Disbelief is a game development studio focusing on contracting and consulting services. We’ve worked with both AAA and independent studios to help their projects ship. Notable projects we’ve worked on include Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, Minecraft, Borderlands 3, Gears Tactics, Gears 5, and Pacific Drive.

At Disbelief we value work-life balance, and want to create an alternative to the crunch-culture prevalent in game development. We also believe strongly in investing in our talent and our team. Disbelief is a place to puzzle out the solutions to cutting-edge problems in graphics and engine programming, but also a place where people can grow their careers and skill sets as valued members of a stable and close knit team.

Description:

Currently, we’re looking for a mid-level Technical Designer. This opportunity is for a full-time position in Chicago, IL or Cambridge, MA. Technical Designers at Disbelief combine a multitude of technical skills to solve player facing and development challenges. You should be comfortable working independently and with a team. Technical Designers are individual contributors and an important component of the development teams we offer to clients. Tasks are project dependent and varied, you may be asked to work on developer tools, gameplay features, fix UI bugs, or demystify direction for engineers.

Our Technical Designers take from a diverse range of skills and are just as comfortable working in code as creating content. We seek developers that will blur the boundaries between traditional Game Design and Engineering. You must be comfortable with moving between code, script, and content while being able to assess the outcomes of incoming changes actual and proposed.

We work with leading edge technologies to make them perform at the top of their capabilities, and we take pride in solving problems others can’t. We believe a diverse team is a stronger team, and we encourage marginalized candidates to apply.

Key Responsibilities

• Solve technical problems from a designer’s point of view and be able to predict the efficacy of solutions
• Report status in a way that is sharable with customers.
• Write documentation that is externally presentable.
• Can raise and recognize bad development practices and offer alternative solutions
• Solve technical/feature issues in innovative ways
• Clearly and effectively communicates with technical and non-technical disciplines
• Champion for the player and developers, fight for quality

Skills and Requirements

• Aware of gameplay systems, game design principles, and industry standards
• Ability to write scripts and create scripted systems and asset pipelines
• Able to contribute to content/dev pipelines with multiple technologies
• Ability to discuss implementations with Engineers in a technical context
• Degree or equivalent work experience in UX Design/Game Design/Computer Science/or another related field
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• 1-4+ years of experience in game development, Unreal Engine a plus.
• Experience within a specific domain e.g., UI/UX design and/or implementation is a plus!
• Experience working on a Console title (Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, AR/VR, etc) is a plus!

Location: Chicago, IL or Cambridge, MA

Relocation Assistance: Available where applicable

Hybrid: Developers are in the office based on project needs, but can often work from home. Some of our projects require access to physical infrastructure daily.

Visa Sponsorship: No. Disbelief does not offer visa sponsorship at the current time. We are an

E-Verify employer.

Technologies: Most of our work is technical in nature and within a wide variety of tech stacks and game engines. Primarily we work with Unreal Engine, but we also work with custom game engines. Our work often requires researching and learning new/old technologies. Our primary platforms are PC, Xbox, Playstation, Switch, and VR/AR devices.

Salary: This position has a salary range of $83,000 - $100,000. When making a job offer there are many factors that are taken into consideration at Disbelief. This includes, but is not limited to, experience and skills, comparable jobs in the industry/geographical area, and relocation benefits. Therefore the upper end of the shared salary range is oftentimes dedicated to those who showcase strong performance in the role. To learn more about how salary is determined at Disbelief please visit Open Salaries At Disbelief.

Benefits: Please visit Disbelief’s company career page here to learn about the amazing benefits we offer.

Contact: jobs@disbelief.com