Technical Designer

Technical Designer - Leamington Spa (hybrid) - Contract (until end of the year) - PAYE £42.7 per hour + holiday benefit

We are looking for a Technical Designer to create fun and engaging games and other content within Horizon Worlds.

In this role you will be responsible for implementation of first-party content within our proprietary engine, working alongside the rest of the content team and supported by other members of the development team (including audio, art and UI support).

Responsibilities

• Designing, scripting, and debugging to deliver performant gameplay features through TypeScript

• Creating reusable scripted gameplay elements to a high level of polish

• Prototyping gameplay designs to illustrate concepts

• Overseeing cross-platform playtesting and using generated data to iterate design

• Working with engineers to guide direction of the game editor and scripting APIs

Requirements

• 5+ years professional experience in gameplay scripting or engineering, or equivalent educational experience

• Understanding of game architecture and ability to identify and implement common game mechanics and patterns in TypeScript or similar scripting languages

• Strong collaboration and communication skills, including with remote teammates

• Understanding differences in interaction requirements for different input devices (eg PC, console, mobile, VR)

• Experience debugging and managing performance within a scripting environment

Desirable

• Experience with Unity, Unreal Engine or similar engines

• Experience in scripting with Lua, TypeScript, Python (or similar)

• Experience at developing a Game as a Service or supporting Live Ops

• Experience in designing for VR

• A portfolio demonstrating a proven track record of delivering gameplay experiences as part of a team

• Experience working with UGC editors (eg Roblox)

• Modding experience