Senior Tech Designer - Voxel Gameplay & Lua

Talk Recruitment Ltd; Royal Leamington Spa; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Allowance / Assistance

Paid Overtime

Private Health Cover

Gym / Health Club Memberships

Life Assurance & Critical Illness

Digital Allowance

Team lunches and events

Job summary

Talk Recruitment Ltd is recruiting a Senior Technical Designer for a Warwickshire-based gaming developer. The role focuses on designing and implementing the Hub within the studio's voxel-based platform, collaborating with a Level Designer and other teammates across audio and UI.

You will prototype gameplay concepts, oversee playtesting, and iteratively refine designs toward release-quality gameplay with a strong portfolio as evidence of success. Flexible remote work is considered within the UK.

Qualifications

• 3+ years professional experience in gameplay scripting or technical design.
• Deep experience with developing complex systems through Lua scripting.
• Experience whiteboxing game levels.
• A portfolio showing release-quality gameplay as part of a team.
• Voxel-based environment experience (Desirable).
• Experience delivering gameplay independently (Desirable).
• HTML/CSS/JS for UI elements (Desirable).
• Experience working with UGC editors (e.g. Roblox) (Desirable).
• Experience working within structured production processes (Desirable).

Responsibilities

• Own and oversee the Hub gameplay design and implementation.
• Complete reusable scripted gameplay to a high level of polish.
• Prototype gameplay designs to illustrate concepts.
• Oversee playtesting and use generated data to iterate design.
• Generate paper designs for sign-off by stakeholders.

Skills

Lua scripting

Gameplay scripting

Level design

Prototype design

Playtesting analysis

Portfolio demonstration

Tools

HTML/CSS/JS

Job description

Talk Recruitment Ltd is recruiting a Senior Technical Designer for a Warwickshire-based gaming developer. The role focuses on designing and implementing the Hub within the studio's voxel-based platform, collaborating with a Level Designer and other teammates across audio and UI.

You will prototype gameplay concepts, oversee playtesting, and iteratively refine designs toward release-quality gameplay with a strong portfolio as evidence of success. Flexible remote work is considered within the UK.