Junior Technical Designer (Unreal Engine)

Location: United States (Remote); core hours are 10:00 AM–4:00 PM PST.

Company

hirify.global develops ambitious indie games, including the ARK: Survival Evolved franchise, with offices in Redmond, Washington, and Gainesville, Florida, and distributed team members across multiple continents.

What you will do

• Collaborate with the Game Design team and stakeholders to design creatures, structures, items, and core gameplay systems.
• Balance stats, progression, combat, economy, and other numerical systems for a fair and engaging player experience.
• Use Unreal Editor to connect game assets, configure Data Assets and Class Defaults, and modify simple Blueprints.
• Create and maintain design documentation covering feature goals and mechanics.
• Report progress, technical setbacks, and actionable solutions to the Lead Game Designer.
• Manage overlapping tasks and shifting priorities for a live survival game.

Requirements

• High familiarity with the ARK franchise and active play of ARK: Survival Ascended.
• Hands-on experience with the ARK DevKit or Unreal Engine 4 or 5.
• Strong critical-thinking, analytical, organizational, communication, and numerical-balancing skills.
• Ability to collaborate across disciplines and take accountability for assigned work.
• Willingness to work additional hours around critical shipping periods.
• Ability to work core hours from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM PST.

Nice to have

• Shipped titles credited as a Junior Technical Designer or in a similar technical role.
• Professional game design and development experience in a studio environment.
• Experience creating and publishing mods, especially for the ARK franchise.
• Passion for the survival game genre.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on a large, evolving survival game ecosystem with a distributed development team.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, with the employee premiums fully covered.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and a 401(k) option.
• Paid parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, unlimited sick time, and FSA/HSA options.

Hiring process

• Submit a resume and cover letter explaining interest in the role and hirify.global, along with the games currently being played.