Remote Technical Designer

Summary

Join Escape Velocity as a Tech Designer and contribute to the implementation and maintenance of the technical framework for gameplay systems. Collaborate with various disciplines to define optimal content creation methods and champion technical workflows. Serve as a technical expert, ensuring high-quality tools and best practices. Gain in-depth engine knowledge and uphold good system architecture. Advocate for the Technical Design team and provide constructive feedback. Escape Velocity is a fully remote company that prioritizes honesty, autonomy, and continuous improvement, offering excellent benefits and a supportive work environment.

Requirements

• Ability to work cross-discipline and provide constructive and easy-to-understand feedback to any team member
• Excellent technical skills in both visual and text-based scripting
• Motivation to solve creative problems and technical challenges
• Ability to analyze and deconstruct the work of others
• Good knowledge of game and level design principles
• Clear and concise communication
• Ability to work autonomously
• Experience in memory and performance optimization practices

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with other disciplines to determine the best methods and building blocks for content
• Champion and uphold the creation of technical workflows and production pipelines
• Act as a technical expert on the team and ensure the team has the highest quality tools, documents, and best practices
• Obtain in-depth knowledge of the engine, its capabilities, and auxiliary development tools
• Uphold good system architecture across the department, including reuse and optimization
• Be an advocate for the Technical Design team in interactions with all departments

Preferred Qualifications

• Good knowledge of programming languages such as C++
• Knowledge of network replication and limitations

Benefits

• Excellent benefits
• Fully remote
• Support team members nearly anywhere in the world