Technical Designer | North America | Canada | Europe | Fully Remote

Escape Velocity Entertainment; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Studio closure holidays (summer/winter

Private medical & dental healthcare

Private mental health scheme

Health & wellbeing allowance

Discretionary studio bonus

Top-range tech for home setup

Region-based benefits

Job summary

Escape Velocity Entertainment seeks a Tech Designer to bridge technical and creative teams, implementing and maintaining the technical framework for gameplay systems. You will help build robust, reusable content across disciplines, ensuring high-quality tools, docs, and best practices.

You will drive technical workflows, learn the engine deeply, and promote strong system architecture with a focus on optimization and scalable content creation.

Qualifications

• Ability to work cross-discipline and provide constructive feedback.
• 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

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Scripting (visual & text)

Self-motivated

Analytical thinking

Game & level design principles

Clear communication

Autonomy

C++

Optimization

Network replication

Job description

Job Overview

We are seeking a Tech Designer to join our team. Technical Designers are responsible for implementing and maintaining the technical framework and guidelines for gameplay systems across the game, working as a bridge between technical and creative departments to aid with robust and reusable content. The technical design department provides building blocks needed by all other departments within the studio to allow them to effectively create advanced gameplay.

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.

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.
• It would be great if you also had:
• Good knowledge of programming languages such as C++.
• Understanding of optimization and technical limitations.
• Knowledge of network replication and limitations.

Benefits

• A generous PTO allowance
• Summer and Winter holidays studio closure (separate to PTO allowance)
• Private Medical & Dental Healthcare
• Private Mental Health scheme
• A generous annual Health & Wellbeing allowance
• Discretionary Studio Bonus
• Top range tech for your home set up
• Other benefits based on your region

Escape Velocity is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to hiring, promoting, and compensating employees based on their qualifications and demonstrated ability to perform job responsibilities. Applications will be considered regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.