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Senior Technical Designer

We build ground-breaking games and content for some of the world’s biggest publishers including Microsoft, Sony, Apple and Sega. Sheffield is our largest studio and headquarters, situated just north-east of the city centre, where we’ve built and contributed to some of the world’s best-loved game franchises.

It’s an exciting time to be part of Sumo, winners of the Develop: Star Awards 2019 Best Studio and GI Biz 2020 Best Places to Work; big things are on the horizon and we want you to be part of our continued journey. Join us!

We are looking for a Senior Technical Designer to help establish a new AAA game franchise. This is a fantastic opportunity to make an impact and play a pivotal role in developing this franchise. Join an exciting, talented, and experienced team that is focussed on working smart.

In this role you are responsible for helping to design and maintaining gameplay systems across the franchise. You will work in partnership with the code and design teams to develop the features required to create robust and reusable content.

In your new role you will:

• Collaborate with all the different disciplines to uphold and help execute the game vision.
• Provide input for the creation of technical workflows and pipelines.
• Help define and enforce best practices and guidelines within the technical design team.
• Design, Implement and take ownership of different systems for the franchise.
• Deliver quality work within schedule and adhering to any technical limitations.

We need you to have:

• Strong understanding of scripting languages (Lua, Python).
• Ability to analyse and deconstruct the work of others.
• Good knowledge of game and level design principles.
• Good knowledge of system design.
• Working knowledge of games engine such as Unity, Unreal.
• Self-motivated towards solving creative problems and technical challenges.
• Clear and concise communication.
• 2 years experience in a senior role.

It would be great if you also have:

• Shipped at least one commercial title on recent console generations.
• Basic knowledge of programming languages such as C++/C#.

· Annual Bonus

· Share Incentive Plan

· Competitive Pension

· Flexible Working

· 27 Days Holiday, including your birthday. a duvet day and Christmas

· 5 Learning Days

· Access to 4,000 Udemy Courses

· Game & Book Libraries

· Wrap Parties

· Alternative Travel Prize Draw

· The Sumo GameJam

· Big Family Events

· Studio clubs, inc. running, board games, film…

· Life Drawing

· Yoga Classes

· Free fruit and drinks

· Employee Referral Bonus

· Career Development

· Competitive Mat/Paternity & Adoption

· Employee Assistance Programme

· Life Assurance 4x Salary

· Income Protection of 75%

· Relocation Support to the UK

· Visa Sponsorship

At Sumo Digital, we know that diversity and inclusivity will make our teams (and the amazing work that they do) better! We encourage and welcome ALL applications.

Our environment is relaxed, friendly and built upon the basis of every team member having the opportunity to shine and have a realisable input into the games we create. We are a very happy ship with lots of incredibly nice people that partake in shared interest groups, lunchtime clubs, charity fundraising events and lots of socialising.

We are proud to be located in Sheffield, just off J34 of the M1 offering easy road and rail access from Leeds, Manchester and the Midlands. Sheffield itself enjoys wealth of facilities including world class sporting facilities, stunning theatres and galleries, the National Video Game Museum, shopping, restaurants and incredible parks and green spaces - all on the doorstep of the beautiful Peak District National Park. We love it here.