Senior Technical Designer

The role

The Senior Technical Designer will prototype, implement, and own gameplay scenarios, narrative sequences, interactive objects, AI behaviors, and other mechanics and systems. This role involves communicating with animation, programming, and art departments to produce required assets and code support.

What you will do

• Prototyping, implementing, and owning gameplay scenarios, narrative sequences, interactive objects, AI behaviors, and other mechanics and systems.
• Communicating with animation, programming, and art departments to effectively produce the assets and code support required for the areas you’re owning.
• Fostering team cohesion, advising design leadership regarding communication breakdowns and personality conflicts.
• Working with minimal supervision while keeping lead designers and directors well-informed.
• Identify and act on opportunities for improvements to tools and workflows that can help the team be more efficient.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience in Technical Design for games
• 2+ shipped games
• Significant programming ability
• Deep understanding of narrative principles and how to convey emotion through gameplay
• Expertise in 3D math
• Fluent in C++, C#, Lua, or other text-based scripting language
• Self-starter with excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Bachelors degree or equivalent

Nice to have

• Computer Science undergraduate degree
• Experience developing third-person action games
• Experience with Behavior Trees
• Experience with Narrative Gameplay Sequences
• Experience with Encounter Design

Before you apply

• Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees

About the company

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. It is a dynamic technology company and an entertainment leader.