Next Level Games is looking for Technical Designer

Next Level Games is looking for Technical Designer

Studio: Next Level Games

Job Opening: Technical Designer

Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada

Type: Full-Time

Responsibilities:

  • Help establish and maintain level creation pipeline.
  • Serve as a bridge between the tech and design teams and provide support whenever necessary.
  • Interface with design and engineering teams to propose and support solutions to level specific features.
  • Design and promote shared tech solutions to gameplay and level needs.
  • Promote and maintain technical standards within performance budget constraints.
  • Liaises as a the technical expert with supporting departments.
  • Help test new features and tools and help provide feedback for possible improvements.
  • Ability to think about long term implications of tools and feature changes.
  • Help establish best practices and workflows for designers.

Qualifications & Skills:

  • Strong communication skills
  • Strong Maya skills
  • Understanding of Python/PyMel
  • Knowledge of C/C++, C#/.NET
  • Desire and ability to support content creators
  • Strong multi-discipline problem solving skills
  • Works well in a multi-discipline team environment
  • Organized and self-motivated

Nice to have:

  • Experience with Houdini
  • Substance Painter/Designer experience
  • Environment Art and Prop creation experience
  • Unreal/Unity experience

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