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Position description

As a Principal Technical Designer, you will be responsible for creating and implementing complex, technical and systemic design elements in a game.

You will primarily be a game or level designer recognized for your technical abilities, working within a production design or multidisciplinary team.

Acting as a technical reference for your team, you will help, support and advise your peers as needed. You may also be called upon to become the project's technical expert on a specific game element.

What you will do

• Be responsible for the realization and implementation of the technical elements of a complete game feature by collaborating closely with technical directors, programmers and other disciplines.
• Act as a technical expert on a specific topic, and in that capacity be responsible for tools, documentation, technical support as well as identifying and sharing best practices.
• Participate in the optimization and validation of data by ensuring your colleagues comply with the technical standards for your area of expertise while taking budget constraints into account.
• Participate in advanced data debugging through to the very end of production.
• Provide periodic feedback to design leadership, such as suggestions for improving tools and methods, etc.
• Participate in testing new features or tools before they are rolled out to the rest of the team.
• Perform production tasks within a team as a game or level designer + prototype gameplay features during game design.
• Design and implement in the game more complex, more abstract design elements that present a technical challenge or have repercussions across the game.

Qualifications

What you bring to the team

• 8 years of experience in game or level design (with a more technical profile)
• Ease in understanding and communicating in technical language + the ability to clearly express your ideas (written and oral)
• Good adaptability, analytical and problem-solving skills
• A user-oriented mindset
• Great curiosity: you have a passion for understanding how things work
• Experience with different engines and platforms (an asset)
• Experience with multiple 2D/3D creation software (an asset)
• Experience in programming/scripting (an asset)

What to send us

• Your CV highlighting your background and skills

A real person will review your application. In this case, it is Charlotte, our talent acquisition specialist.

Additional information

About us

Ubisoft is a world reference in video games, with teams around the globe creating original and memorable game experiences, from Assassin’s Creed to Rainbow Six to Just Dance and many more. We believe diversity of perspectives advances both players and teams. If you are passionate about innovation and want to push the boundaries of entertainment, join our journey and help us create the unknown!

We adopt a hybrid work model that helps you stay connected with your team and aligned with company priorities, while giving you the possibility to maintain your work-life balance. Note that some roles are fully office-based and are not eligible for hybrid work.