About this role
Job title: Technical Game Designer
About the Role Funovus is looking for ambitious Technical Game Designers who are eager to own the creative and technical process of developing fun, innovative, and memorable games. The role operates within a small design team and benefits from mentorship from our production and engineering teams as you take ideas from prototype to launch and live operations.
What You'll Do
- Drive the full cycle of game development from research, development, launch, and live ops
- Design, implement, and iterate on gameplay through rapid prototyping and feedback cycles
- Design and implement meta game and economy systems; validate results with analytics tools
- Polish moment-to-moment gameplay experiences with great attention to detail
- Fast iteration during live operation based on data and user feedback
- Collaborate with world-class engineers and veteran artists; work with production to refine prototypes
What We're Looking For
- Ambition for creating games that reach massive audiences
- Fluent in at least one game editor (Unity, UE5, StarCraft 2 or Warcraft 3 editors)
- Fluent in Lua or similar programming/scripting language
- Passion for games, especially casual and midcore mobile games
- Strong critical thinking and analytical skills; able to work effectively in data-driven environment
- Able to give and receive constructive feedback gracefully, and a constant desire to improve
- Experience with UI design and implementation is a plus
Nice to Have
- Experience with UI design and implementation
Compensation & Benefits
- Mentorship on how to build games that can reach massive numbers of players fast
- Creative culture designed to foster learning and growth with regular workshops, game deconstructions, and group playtest/feedback sessions
- Support from our world-class engineering team so you can focus on creating a great game and worry less about networking solutions and performance optimization
- Access to thousands of production-ready assets that can be used for rapid prototyping
- Opportunity to reach millions of players; our games typically reach over 1 million players organically within one year post-launch
- Visa sponsorship available for international students