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The Technical Designer at Lightspeed LA Studio will get to help shape the new studio culture and be the liaison between the design and engineering teams. This role will engage in complex technical areas such as AI, physics, animation, UI, and data management. They will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to optimize designer workflow, processes, content pipeline, and define best practices. The Technical Designer will be the go-to person for the implementation of complex scripted content that stretches the capability of the design team.

Required Skills

5+ years of proven game design and scripting experience in a professional environment.
A strong desire for solving complex technical and creative problems.
A good understanding of object-oriented programming patterns.
Ability to assume responsibility for scripting intricate content and systems.
Potential to set the bar for the design department’s implementation of scripted content.

Preferred Qualifications

Technical Degree (CS, IT, SE, CE, or equivalent work experience) is a plus.
Fluency with at least Python/C/C++/C#/Java and reasonable knowledge of other languages.
Ability to drive problem solving by predicting problems, producing test cases, and implementing fixes in systems and tools.
Strong experience with Visual Scripting languages (Kismet, Blueprint, etc.)
A deep understanding of how open world systems affect gameplay.

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