Sumo India
Website:
india.sumo-digital.com
Company:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/sumo-india-studios
Seniority: Not Applicable
Industries: Computer Games
Job details:
Job Description
Sumo India are looking for Lead Technical Designer to join our growing team of designers focused on building robust and cohesive levels and gameplay experiences for a variety of multi-platform titles, in collaboration with our UK based teams.
As a Lead Technical Designer in the World discipline, you will bridge the gap between Level Design and Engineering. Through application of a strong knowledge of both design theory and technical know-how, you’ll empower other designers to prototype, iterate and implement world and gameplay content efficiently, ensuring that gameplay systems, content, tools and workflows are efficient, scalable, and technically sound.
Job Requirements
Essential
- Understanding of Technical Design theory, standards and best practices in the creation of robust systems and gameplay objects, level streaming and scripting ,appropriate to seniority.
- Demonstrable experience in some form of scripting (visual/text based), or programming languages.
- Experience working with industry‑standard game engines and design tools.
- Fluency in English with excellent communication and feedback skills, both written and verbal.
Desirable
- Professional experience in Game Development, in the field of Technical Design.
- Experience collaborating with outsourced or external development teams in multiple time-zones.
- A background spanning varying genres such as open world, action-adventure, platforming and/or racing titles.
- Familiarity with performance, memory, and technical constraints in world building.
- Knowledge or experience of working with object-oriented programming / languages such as C++.
Job Responsibilities
- Implement gameplay content, level systems and LD tools, using visual or text-based scripting.
- Support Level Designers with technical problem-solving and workflow optimisation.
- Translate high-level design intent into technically feasible solutions.
- Build prototypes to help validate ideas quickly.
- Develop and maintain technical design documentation for level features and content.
- Communicate constraints, risks, and trade-offs early and clearly.
- Regularly review the work of non-technical designers to ensure workflows are optimal, content is developed systemically, and technical constraints are understood / upheld.
Level-Specific Expectations
Lead / Principal Technical Designer - Defines and owns Technical Design standards and quality for the team/ project.
- Drives innovation in tools, pipelines, and level systems.
- Leads other Technical Designers within the project or studio.
- Influences engine and feature roadmap decisions.
- Acts as a project-wide authority on Technical Design.
What's in it for you?
Sumo India also offers a highly personable benefits package that has something for everyone, no matter where you are in your career.
Financial: Annual bonus, an employee referral scheme, 1st time home buyer bonus, Wedding bonus.
Work-life balance: Hybrid work model, Flexible working, 22 contractual days holiday, 8 festive holidays, 4 statutory holidays, birthday day-off, 4 weeks of paternity leave, Maternity leave as per law, and options to buy or sell up to a week of annual leave*.
Health and Wellbeing: Health insurance, life insurance, Mental health service, critical illness cover*, and funded flu vaccines/eye tests.
Personal Development: Structured pathways, regular appraisals, annual salary reviews, 5 learning days per annum, access to on demand Sumo Developers Conference learning SDCXtra.
Extra Perks: A variety of in-studio perks, regular care packages, studio days out (family welcome), sabbaticals (at 5 years of service), and an annual gaming subscription.
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