Senior Technical Designer - Gameplay Implementation

Responsibilities

• Investigate, diagnose, and resolve issues in existing gameplay systems, including combat, progression, abilities, content setup, and moment-to-moment gameplay
• Improve the reliability, stability, and maintainability of complex interconnected systems
• Support bug fixing, tuning, debugging, and iteration across existing gameplay content
• Design, implement, and tune gameplay systems and features that support player experience and long-term engagement
• Work closely with engineering and design to bridge design intent with technical implementation
• Prototype gameplay features directly in engine using scripting, visual scripting, or available design tools
• Create clear technical design documentation, specs, logic flows, bug notes, and implementation details
• Identify technical risks and constraints early, and help shape practical, high-quality solutions
• Partner with production to scope work appropriately and manage risks around quality, timeline, and maintainability
• Use feedback, bugs, and live data to improve systems over time
• Help raise the quality bar for technical design through ownership, problem solving, and collaboration

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in technical design, systems design, game design, or a closely related role on shipped games
• Strong understanding of top-down action RPGs, including systems, itemization, progression, abilities, combat flow, and underlying architecture
• Hands-on experience debugging, tuning, and improving existing gameplay systems
• Experience implementing gameplay features directly in engine using scripting, visual scripting, or equivalent tools
• Strong understanding of gameplay systems design, including progression, combat, balance, and player-facing mechanics
• Ability to communicate clearly through documentation, implementation notes, bug reports, and cross-functional collaboration
• Experience working closely with engineers to develop, improve, and ship gameplay systems
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, and iteration skills
• Familiarity with Unreal, Unity, or similar game engines
• Ability to own features or areas of work end-to-end with limited guidance

Nice-to-Haves

• Direct ARPG development experience
• Experience supporting live games or systems requiring long-term iteration
• Familiarity with balance tuning, gameplay metrics, and data-informed design
• Experience improving internal workflows and iteration speed
• Strong understanding of itemization, progression systems, and action RPG combat design
• Experience improving stability and quality in existing systems before expanding into new feature development