Senior Technical Game Designer - Unpublished R&D Product

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively to design, prototype and deliver compelling player experiences from the beginning to the end of an activity.
• Be a hands-on owner for a portion of systems and other content that pushes for novel, unique, and challenging player experiences.
• Collaborate with engineering to define the technical strategy and execution of content systems and reusable content tools.
• Build out solutions to design problems that require a deep level of technical expertise and leave those problems with the ability to teach others how to work in those spaces in the future.
• Develop, advocate, and enforce a system of organizational excellence in content creation that allows for the long-term sustainability of software without being cumbersome to rapid prototyping culture.
• Implement gameplay workflows and tools within Unreal Engine to enable designers and artists to rapidly prototype and iterate.
• Proactively identify technical risks, develop mitigation strategies, and communicate clearly with team leadership and stakeholders.
• Ensure high-quality implementation of complex gameplay systems, promoting performance, scalability, and maintainability.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in professional Technical Game Design or related Tech Design or Engineering roles.
• 2+ years of experience in content design in real-time games.
• Proven experience shipping high-quality titles using Unreal Engine, demonstrating expertise in Blueprints, scripting, and technical workflows.
• Experience with C++ and C#.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with experience working cross-functionally between engineering, test, production, art, and design.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working on a live product.
• Experience with technical optimization and performance profiling within Unreal Engine.
• Deep understanding of gameplay system architecture, online networking, and AI behaviors.

Benefits

Riot offers medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children, and a 401k with company match. Riot also provides an open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules. Riot is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. Riot is an equal opportunity employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law.