Remote Technical Designer — Build Robust Gameplay Systems

Escape Velocity Entertainment; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Studio holidays

Medical & Dental

Mental health scheme

Wellbeing allowance

Studio bonus

Top home workstation

Region-based benefits

Job summary

Escape Velocity Entertainment is seeking a Tech Designer to bridge technical and creative teams and maintain robust gameplay systems. You will advance technical workflows, tooling, and best practices while deepening engine and network replication knowledge.

The role emphasizes autonomous problem-solving, collaboration across disciplines, and strong C++ proficiency in a fully remote studio setup.

Qualifications

• Ability to work cross-discipline and provide constructive and easy-to-understand feedback to any team member.
• Excellent technical scripting skills, ideally in visual and text-based scripting.
• Self-motivated towards solving 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.
• Good knowledge of programming languages such as C++.
• Understanding of optimization and technical limitations.
• Knowledge of network replication and limitations.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with all the different disciplines to determine the best methods to realize the shared vision for the game.
• 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.

Skills

Scripting

C++

Engine knowledge

Network replication

Analytical thinking

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Communication

Tools

Gameplay tools

Job description

Escape Velocity Entertainment is seeking a Tech Designer to bridge technical and creative teams and maintain robust gameplay systems. You will advance technical workflows, tooling, and best practices while deepening engine and network replication knowledge.

The role emphasizes autonomous problem-solving, collaboration across disciplines, and strong C++ proficiency in a fully remote studio setup.