Technical Game Designer

3 Weeks ago • 3 Years + • Game Design

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Technical Game Designer at Eleventh Hour Games, you'll be responsible for a wide range of tasks in ARPG development, including new feature development, prototyping, implementation, and debugging. You'll be the ARPG expert, collaborating with the development and design teams to create and implement new abilities and features within Last Epoch. This role demands excellent communication, autonomy, and a deep passion for ARPGs. Responsibilities include owning the design of new features, troubleshooting complex issues, writing efficient code, and driving gameplay feature development from prototype to release. You will also be responsible for writing design and technical documents.
Must have:
  • 3+ years game dev/design experience (1 year each)
  • Strong ARPG design & mechanics understanding
  • Proficiency in Unity & C#
  • Clean, efficient code writing
  • Excellent communication skills
Perks:
  • Flexible fully remote work
  • Team-focused environment
  • 20 vacation days, 10 sick days, 5 floating holidays
  • 90% paid health coverage (US employees)
  • Dental, vision (US employees)
  • 401K (US employees)

Job Details

What is your role?

As a Technical Game Designer for Eleventh Hour Games, you’ll be responsible for a wide range of tasks across many parts of the game, including new feature development, prototyping, implementation and more. You will be our ARPG expert tasked to work with other members of the Development and Design teams to design and implement new abilities and features within Last Epoch. This role requires excellent communication skills and autonomy as you will be working with a fully remote team.

The ideal candidate for this role is committed and passionate about ARPGs above all else.


      Qualifications

      • 3+ years of game development/design experience with a minimum one year spent in each respectively.
      • Strong demonstratable understanding of the design and mechanics of the ARPG genre
      • Demonstrable proficiency in Unity game engine and C# programming language
      • Proficiency in writing clean, reliable, and efficient code that can handle a growing user-base


      Responsibilities

      The responsibilities of this role will include but not be limited to:


      • Ownership of the design of new features and improvements for the game
      • Troubleshoot and debug complex issues, and improve overall game stability
      • Writing and delivering reliable and maintainable code
      • Drive gameplay features development from prototype to release across multiple disciplines 
      • Writing design & technical documents


      Why Eleventh Hour Games?

      EHG is a fast growing Indie Studio, focused on a passion for top-down action RPGs. We value open communication, close-knit teamwork, and opportunity for ownership and growth! Our mission is to gather and empower the next generation of creators to forge epic games. Epic games build passionate communities, which create passionate people. Passionate people turn into next year's creators. With our debut title Last Epoch, we are moving fast into the next round of adventure!

      • Flexible fully remote working arrangements
      • Team focused environment, including casual game nights
      • 20 vacation days, 10 sick days, 5 floating holidays at the start of each year (increased with company tenure)
      • 90% paid health coverage premiums for U.S. based employees + 100% dependents
      • Dental, Vision for U.S. based employees + dependents
      • 401K for U.S. based employees


      EHG is committed to full inclusion, and is an equal opportunity employer. As part of this commitment, EHG will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact HR@eleventhhour.games. Please note, general employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here.

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