Senior Technical Designer
About this role
Mojang Studios is best known as the creators of Minecraft, but we’re also on a mission – to build a better world through the power of play.
Why play? Well, play is at the heart of everything we do. It’s the blocky backbone of our games, the core of our development philosophy, and even the origin of our name. From the relentless experimentation of our endlessly inspiring community to the classrooms where Minecraft has become an essential teaching tool, play is the bedrock of our existence.
As a Senior Technical Designer, you’ll be working closely with other designers, engineers, key stakeholders and other craft representatives to create a high-quality hand-crafted experience for our players. You will be a core part of the game development processfor one of the biggest game franchises in the world – from ideation and design to implementing and polishing.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical expertise to bring gameplay elements to life – from idea to implementation
- Design and implement gameplay mechanics in Unreal Engine (5)
- Be responsible for iterative design and implementation work as well as bug-fixing for gameplay features and systems
- Test, evaluate and balance your designs in cooperation with peers and other crafts and stakeholders within the project
- Collaborate with your team and project on creating the best experience for our players
- Communicate rationales, design choices and feedback, within the team and project
- Document your work, making sure it stays up-to-date and is shared within the project
Requirements
- Expert Technical Design experience having shipped at least 1 title with exposure to a full project life cycle with all its different stages
- Strong game development knowledge and experience working in Unreal Engine (5)
- Extensive experience designing and implementing gameplay elements and game content
- Strong visual scripting experience, with programming knowledge as a significant plus
- Knowledge of game design and understanding of contextua