Technical Designer

Sumo Digital Ltd.; India; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Health insurance

Flexible working hours

22 contractual days holiday

Job summary

Sumo Digital Ltd. in India is looking for mid-level Technical Designers to enhance gameplay experiences across various platforms. You’ll collaborate with UK teams while implementing and optimizing gameplay content, systems, and tools.

A qualified candidate will possess strong technical design knowledge, scripting capabilities, and professional experience in game development. Sumo India offers a hybrid work model, comprehensive benefits including health insurance, annual bonuses, and support for personal development.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of technical design standards and best practices.
• Experience in scripting or programming languages.
• Professional background in game development.

Responsibilities

• Implement gameplay content and level systems using scripting.
• Support Level Designers with technical problem-solving.
• Translate design intent into feasible solutions.
• Build prototypes to validate ideas quickly.
• Maintain technical design documentation.

Skills

Technical Design theory

Scripting (visual/text based)

Game Development experience

Collaboration with external teams

Knowledge of C++

Tools

Industry-standard game engines

Design tools

Job description

Sumo India is looking for mid-level Technical Designers to join our growing team of designers focused on building robust and cohesive levels and gameplay experiences for a variety of multi-platform titles, in collaboration with our UK-based teams.

As a Technical Designer in the World discipline, you will bridge the gap between Level Design and Engineering. Through application of a strong knowledge of both design theory and technical know-how, you’ll empower other designers to prototype, iterate and implement world and gameplay content efficiently, ensuring that gameplay systems, content, tools and workflows are efficient, scalable, and technically sound.

Responsibilities

• Implement gameplay content, level systems and LD tools, using visual or text-based scripting.
• Support Level Designers with technical problem-solving and workflow optimisation.
• Translate high-level design intent into technically feasible solutions.
• Build prototypes to help validate ideas quickly.
• Develop and maintain technical design documentation for level features and content.
• Communicate constraints, risks, and trade-offs early and clearly.
• Regularly review the work of non-technical designers to ensure workflows are optimal, content is developed systemically, and technical constraints are understood / upheld.
• Independently owns level content and prototype features.
• Prototypes and iterates with minimal oversight.
• Collaborates effectively with engineering to resolve technical challenges.
• Writes clear, maintainable scripts and documentation.

What you’ll bring with you:

• Understanding of Technical Design theory, standards and best practices in the creation of robust systems and gameplay objects, level streaming and scripting, appropriate to seniority.
• Demonstrable experience in some form of scripting (visual/text based), or programming languages.
• Experience working with industry-standard game engines and design tools.
• Fluency in English with excellent communication and feedback skills, both written and verbal.
• Professional experience in Game Development, in the field of Technical Design.
• Experience collaborating with outsourced or external development teams in multiple time-zones.
• A background spanning varying genres such as open world, action-adventure, platforming and/or racing titles.
• Familiarity with performance, memory, and technical constraints in world building.
• Knowledge or experience of working with object-oriented programming / languages such as C++.

What’s in it for you?

Sumo India also offers a highly personable benefits package that has something for everyone, no matter where you are in your career.

Financial: Annual bonus, employee referral scheme, 1st time home buyer bonus, wedding bonus.

Work-life balance: Hybrid work model, flexible working, 22 contractual days holiday, 8 festive holidays, 4 statutory holidays, birthday day-off, 4 weeks of paternity leave, maternity leave as per law, options to buy or sell up to a week of annual leave*.

Health and Wellbeing: Health insurance, life insurance, mental health service, critical illness cover*, funded flu vaccines/eye tests.

Personal Development: Structured pathways, regular appraisals, annual salary reviews, 5 learning days per annum, access to on-demand Sumo Developers Conference learning SDCXtra.

Extra Perks: A variety of in-studio perks, regular care packages, studio days out (family welcome), sabbaticals (at 5 years of service), and an annual gaming subscription.