Senior Technical Game Designer (Project Hire)

We are looking for hardworking, Senior Technical Game Designer to focus on creating systems, mechanics, prototypes, workflows and pipelines. You will work with experienced developers to push innovation, agency, quality, and fidelity for next-gen gameplay and storytelling. 

Responsibilities:  

• As part of a highly skilled team that believes in self-sufficiency, the Senior Technical Designer’s responsibilities will include creating new mechanics, systems, event scripting, and interactive objects. 
• Design, prototype, and implement gameplay systems from the ground up, while extending and iterating on existing systems to deliver a polished, high-quality player experience. 
• Work with engineering, animation and design teams to implement content, solve workflow issues, and create content pipelines. 
• We believe in ownership, so the more of your vision that you can prototype and execute with your own skills, the better.  
• We also believe in open communication and collaboration – use your skills to communicate your vision to the rest of the team and get all the departments pumped to collaborate with you!  
• You will also work with producers to plan out and prioritize your development schedule. Know what the most important parts of your design are and have plans to reduce scope if something takes longer than expected.  

Requirements & Skills:  

• Extensive knowledge of Unreal engine and Blueprints. 
• Experience with text based scripting and programming languages (eg. XML, PERL, C++) 
• Knowledge of and interest in the type of game we are making. 
• Knowledge of art packages such as Maya, Max, and the Adobe suite a plus. 

Qualities:  

• Have a cinematic eye! Conceptualize and pitch game sys