Technical Gameplay Architect

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

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.