Senior Technical Designer (Gamedev)

Location: Remote-friendly, with priority for candidates local to Bellevue, WA and open to occasional onsite collaboration.

Pay: $60.08–$93.09 per hour, with overtime pay when applicable.

Company

hirify.global develops and publishes online games, including the Guild Wars series.

What you will do

• Collaborate with design leadership, engineers, and artists to evolve Guild Wars 3 while preserving creative intent within technical constraints.
• Build rapid gameplay prototypes to evaluate ideas before full production.
• Translate designs into technical plans, scalable workflows, and pipelines supporting content teams and multiple releases.
• Support complex implementations, debugging, system integration, documentation, and technical skill development across the design team.
• Develop tools and automation to reduce repetitive work, bottlenecks, and errors.
• Define technical standards, resolve high-impact issues, and mitigate technical risks across disciplines.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional game development experience with significant technical design responsibilities.
• At least one shipped AAA or large-scale online title as a technical designer or equivalent.
• Strong scripting and programming skills in Unreal Engine 5, including C++ game development.
• Experience with UMG and user interface development in Unreal Engine.
• Experience building scalable, data-driven systems and pipelines.
• Strong cross-disciplinary collaboration and communication skills.

Nice to have

• Additional experience in art, engineering, or production.
• Experience with Unreal Engine Gameplay Ability System or state trees.
• Experience building pipelines for multi-year live-service operations.
• Visual communication skills using presentations, videos, charts, or diagrams.
• Experience with procedural systems, AI, or systemic gameplay.

Culture & Benefits

• 1+ year contract with benefits eligibility through a third-party employer.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) and flexible/dependent care accounts.
• Remote-friendly work arrangement with occasional onsite collaboration.

Hiring process

• Applications are accepted until August 31 at 10:00 a.m. PT unless the deadline is extended or the role is filled earlier.