Associate Lead Gameplay Scripter.

Games Jobs Direct; Quebec; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company, Larian Studios, seeks an Associate Lead Scripter to enhance their renowned RPG projects. This role involves collaboration with various teams, strong leadership responsibilities, and a commitment to improving development processes. Candidates should possess a scripting background and excellent communication skills to thrive in this dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 3 years experience in a management position.
• Professional level of written and spoken English.
• Technical design or scripting/programming background required.

Responsibilities

• Align with teams on goals and deadlines.
• Improve development processes and efficiency.
• Organize scrums and 1on1s with team members.

Skills

Leadership

Organizational Skills

Analytical Skills

Communication

Self-motivation

Education

3 years experience in management

Technical designer or scripting/programming background

Job description

With multiple awards to our name, Larian Studios has proven that we're dedicated to delivering high-quality role-playing games. As we move on to new projects, the studio that brought you Baldur's Gate 3 & Divinity : Original Sin 2 is looking for an Associate Lead Scripter to join the team and help us in crafting the high caliber games our fans have come to expect.

Responsibilities

• Align with director, scripting leads and producer on goals, priorities and deadlines
• Proactively flag issues and risks with upper management
• Seek to continuously improve our development processes and efficiency / speed of implementation and iteration
• Be a point of contact for Cross-departmental communication on behalf of Scripting team
• Grow the skills of your local team and address deficiencies where needed.
• Be a gatekeeper of quality through peer reviews of your team members
• Remain hands-on and work on scripting tasks
• Organize scrums and 1on1s with your team
• Participate in hiring and onboarding of new team members

Requirements

• Good leadership skills and 3-years experience on management position
• Great organizational skills and can clearly communicate requirements, feedback and ideas
• Good analytical skills to identify risks, bottlenecks and opportunities for parallelization / delegation of work
• Self-motivated and capable to work independently
• Technical designer (visual scripting) or scripting / programming background
• A professional level of written and spoken English

Nice to Haves

• D&D genre experience is a plus
• Programming skills in C, C++, lua or c#

We are looking for highly motivated individuals with ever-evolving skillsets and passion for player experience. If you want to contribute to making amazing RPG experiences, we would love to hear from you.

• Due to the global nature of our operations and the need to engage daily with an international team, fluency in English is essential for this position at Larian.