Lead Technical Designer (CAT)

What You Will Do

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of junior technical designers — setting clear expectations, providing regular feedback, and fostering a culture of craft, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
• Own the technical design vision for core systems and mechanics across our product portfolio, ensuring consistency, scalability, and quality across all experiences.
• Serve as the primary advocate for technical design workflows — identifying gaps, championing improvements, and helping establish best practices as our tools and pipelines evolve.
• Partner with engineering and art leadership to define and optimize the tools, systems, and pipelines your team relies on day-to-day.
• Translate high-level product and design goals into actionable technical solutions, balancing creative integrity with performance and maintainability.
• Drive rapid prototyping and iteration cycles, modeling a feedback-forward design process for your team.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineers, Artists, and Product leads to scope, prioritize, and deliver complex feature development.
• Contribute to documentation, onboarding, and workflow standards that help the broader team move faster and more consistently over time.

What You Need

• 8+ years of experience in technical design, systems design, or related engineering roles with at least 2 years in a lead or senior mentorship capacity.
• Demonstrated history of shipped titles with complex technical design systems and a clear problem-solving approach.
• Experience leading, coaching, or formally managing junior designers or engineers.
• A track record of improving tools, workflows, or pipelines — not just using them.
• Strong proficiency in rapid prototyping and iterative design across one or more engines (Godot, Unreal, Unity).
• Excellent communication skills across both technical and non-technical audiences, including leadership.
• Comfort operating in an evolving environment where priorities shift and processes are still being defined.

Nice to Have

• Experience working across multiple smaller experiences or a modular content model.
• Design theory knowledge rooted in human psychology, motivation, and learning science.
• Familiarity with UI/UX, technical art, or other art-adjacent pipelines.
• Background in or passion for education, instructional design, or accessibility-focused game development.