Senior Tech Designer - Creative Play

We're looking for a Senior Tech Designer to join our team at Hypixel Studios, which collaborates remotely from around the world. Our members range from industry newcomers to experts with 25+ years of experience. Team members come from a diverse set of backgrounds, but share a common passion for building polished player-focused, community-powered games.

Join us on our mission to bring players together in an inviting, immersive world where they can make their mark. Hytale empowers creative expression across a spectrum of experiences including sandbox adventure, social play, minigames, and creativity using a suite of powerful and accessible tools.

As a Tech Designer, you will be responsible for taking design and turning it into gameplay using our scripting and game editing tools. You will be the first customer of our extensive modding framework, using that framework itself to build the game while driving improvements to it.

You will also have a hand in the design and initial versions of gameplay and systems, from concept to prototype whilst working in collaboration with the rest of design and engineering.

Who you are:

• You’re either a designer with technical skills and a passion for tools, or an engineer with design skills who understands designers' needs and can bridge the gap between design and engineering.
• You enjoy solving technical problems and building new development tools 
• You thrive when learning, building, and teaching.  Solving complex problems and using that knowledge to benefit the team or improve workflows is highly rewarding for you.
• You are an excellent communicator who loves giving feedback on work in progress and enjoys teaching new methods and efficiencies to your colleagues and the community.
• You enjoy engaging in discussions about what makes a game fun and understanding how each component contributes to the overall experience.

Some of your role:

• Act as a liaison between design and engineering to establish requirements for tools and systems, ensuring they are fit for purpose.
• Advocate for the creators, ensuring that tools and systems are user-friendly and intuitive.
• Lead technical improvements to enhance systems.
• Utilize in-engine scripting tools.
• Bring NPCs to life using behavior systems and scripting tools.
• Configure gameplay with our custom asset system.

Essential Traits: 

• Experience with C++, a scripting language, or a strong motivation to learn.
• Ability to communicate with technical-minded individuals.
• Experience using tools and scripts to create gameplay effects, including modding tools.
• Self-motivated and capable of breaking down complex tasks.
• Passionate about gameplay.

Bonus Traits: 

• Experience within a modding community
• Have participated in Game Jams

We can offer:

• Competitive salary
• Annual Performance Bonus (APB)
• Quality of Life increases
• Christmas closure
• A chance to work on a new game project with an extremely motivated team
• Opportunities to learn and grow personally and professionally
• A stable and secure work environment
• The ability to work remotely

We’re looking for applicants who are self-driven, put players first, and that have a history of making cool stuff. In return, we can offer an environment that values and supports individual creativity and passion and believes in fostering new talent. We recognize the value of diversity in every sense and actively encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply.