Technical Designer

1 Month ago • 7 Years + • $70,000 PA - $90,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Technical Designer will be responsible for designing and implementing gameplay systems, iterating on existing systems based on feedback, coordinating with Engineering to ensure efficient design scripting, and collaborating with Art and Audio teams. The ideal candidate should have experience with MMO-complexity games. This position requires the candidate to design the technical implementation of gameplay systems, execute that implementation, and document it. Also, iterating on new and existing systems based on feedback from the team and players. Coordinating with Engineering to ensure that design scripting efficiently meshes with other game systems and ensuring MMO-Level scalability of all systems and collaborating with the Art and Audio teams to determine the visual/auditory requirements of gameplay features and systems.
Must have:
  • 7+ years of industry experience and shipped MMO-like complexity projects
  • Bachelors or greater in Computer science or gaming.
  • Extensive experience with at least 1-2 scripting languages.
  • Knowledge of TypeScript is a requirement.
  • Familiarity with Unity.
  • Ability to prioritize a variety of tasks.
Good to have:
  • Familiarity with C#
  • A passion for video games.
  • Experience with competitive and cooperative multiplayer online games.
Perks:
  • Stock options

Job Details

 

About Playable Worlds

Playable Worlds is a team of talented and creative game industry professionals working together on a sandbox MMO built for the cloud. Led by Raph Koster (Ultima Online; Star Wars Galaxies) Playable Worlds offers a collaborative and diverse work environment, competitive pay and benefits, and an opportunity to create new kinds of gameplay and experiences in online worlds that feel real and engaging. 

 

All positions at Playable Worlds are currently remote. The salary range for this position is $70,000-$90,000 annually, & stock options.  

 

Summary

This Technical Designer position is responsible for:

  • Designing the technical implementation of gameplay systems, execute that implementation, and document it.
  • Iterating on new and existing systems based on feedback from the team and players
  • Coordinating with Engineering to ensure that design scripting efficiently meshes with other game systems and ensuring MMO-Level scalability of all systems
  • Collaborating with the Art and Audio teams to determine the visual/auditory requirements of gameplay features and systems
 

The ideal candidate will have worked with these responsibilities on multiple other game projects, and ideally with games that have MMO-complexity and a similar set of systems. 

 

Knowledge/Skill/Ability Requirements

  • Experience level: Must have 7+ years of industry experience and have shipped 2 or more projects with MMO-like complexity of systems where they were a material systems contributor.
  • Education level: Bachelors or greater. Computer science or gaming are useful.
  • Must have extensive experience with at least 1-2 scripting languages. Knowledge of TypeScript is a requirement.
  • Familiarity with Unity.
  • Must be able to quickly learn new systems that were internally created and are specific to this project
  • Ability to prioritize a variety of tasks in a manner that enables timely completion. 
 

Bonus Points for Any of These

  • You will often need to read source for the main game and familiarity with C# is a major plus.
  • A passion for video games.
  • Significant experience with competitive and cooperative multiplayer online games.

Job descriptions are not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that may be required of the employee.

Playable Worlds Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants and providing a work environment free of illegal discrimination and harassment. More than this, we are committed to listening to as many diverse employee viewpoints as we can to make our products appealing to a wide variety of individuals. A diverse set of employees means better products that appeal to more customers and is good business sense.

All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications. No applicant or employee will be discriminated against because of their age; ancestry; citizenship; color; marital or parental status; registered domestic partner status; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical condition; race (including hair textures and styles); height; weight; religion; religious dress practice; religious grooming practice; sex; sexual orientation; genetic information; genetic characteristics; gender identity; gender expression; transgender status; military and veterans’ status; HIV/AIDS status; physical or mental disability or medical condition unrelated to the person’s ability to perform the job; or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws, or the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics. See more details on your right to work here: https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RighttoWorkPoster.pdf.

This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. See more details here: https://e-verify.uscis.gov/web/media/resourcesContents/E-Verify_Participation_Poster_ES.pdf.

Similar Jobs

playrix  - Location Game Designer

playrix

Cyprus (Remote)
7 Months ago
Mindbotix - Unity 3D Developer

Mindbotix

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago
Applied materials  - System Engineer

Applied materials

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)
1 Week ago
Handy games - 3D Character Animator

Handy games

Giebelstadt, Bavaria, Germany (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Unity - Global Indirect Tax Analyst

Unity

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)
1 Week ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Similar Skill Jobs

Samsung Semiconductor - Principal Engineer, Device Modeling

Samsung Semiconductor

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Ubisoft - Senior Rigger

Ubisoft

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Tencent - Senior Environment Artist

Tencent

(On-Site)
2 Months ago
Animoca Brands - Game Developer

Animoca Brands

China (Remote)
7 Months ago
shyft labs - Senior Machine Learning Engineer

shyft labs

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Hybrid)
2 Weeks ago
Amber - Senior Development Tester

Amber

Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania (On-Site)
2 Months ago
NVIDIA - Senior Research Engineer, Foundation Model Training Infrastructure

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, California, United States (On-Site)
4 Months ago
stratosphere games - 3D Artist

stratosphere games

Berlin, Berlin, Germany (Remote)
4 Days ago
Wargaming - Senior Environment Artist (World of Tanks)

Wargaming

Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus (On-Site)
1 Week ago
limit break - Technical Artist

limit break

Tokyo, Japan (On-Site)
2 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Jobs in Worldwide

Looks like we're out of matches

Set up an alert and we'll send you similar jobs the moment they appear!

Similar Category Jobs

Looks like we're out of matches

Set up an alert and we'll send you similar jobs the moment they appear!

About The Company

Playable Worlds is committed to being a safe, inclusive workplace. We are always looking for new perspectives, and welcome all enthusiastic applicants. We also actively encourage demographics that are marginalized or underrepresented in the games industry to review our open positions and apply to any that might match your qualifications. If you don’t see a match, please apply through the general Open Application. We look forward to meeting and talking with you!
View All Jobs

Get notified when new jobs are added by Playable Worlds

Level Up Your Career in Game Development!

Transform Your Passion into Profession with Our Comprehensive Courses for Aspiring Game Developers.

Job Common Plug