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Senior Staff, Technical Designer
Senior Staff, Technical Designer
Epic Games is seeking a Senior Staff, Technical Designer to lead and mentor the technical design team, driving the creation of systems and tools using Unreal Engine's blueprint scripting. This role involves cross-discipline collaboration to ensure high-quality output and resolve blockers, while also defining best practices and documentation.
About the role
What You'll Do
- Be a leader for Technical Design on the team by reviewing features, providing feedback, and improving processes, pipelines, and tools
- Act as a cross-discipline expert. Work with multiple departments to identify and resolve blockers, improve communication, and ensure high quality output
- Drive the creation of documentation, best practices, and knowledge sharing for the Technical Design discipline
- Design and implement technical systems and tools using Unreal Engine's blueprint scripting system to support gameplay features, UI, and other game systems
- Collaborate with other designers, engineers, and artists to define and implement technical requirements and solutions
- Mentor and provide guidance to junior technical designers, helping them develop their skills and grow within the team
What We're Looking For
- Significant experience in a Technical Designer role, with a strong portfolio showcasing your work on shipped titles
- Expertise in Unreal Engine, specifically with blueprint scripting, and a deep understanding of game development pipelines and best practices
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills, with a proven ability to collaborate effectively across disciplines
- Strong leadership and mentorship abilities, with experience guiding and developing other technical designers
- A passion for creating high-quality games and a desire to push the boundaries of technical design
Skills
Unreal EngineBlueprintsScriptingTechnical DesignCommunicationproblem solvingCollaborationLeadershipMentorshipcreativetechnical