Technical Designer

Technical Designer

Location: UK, Leamington Spa
Length: Start: Asap – End: 31st December 2025
Rate: £42.79 p/h (Inside IR35)
Hours: 40 hours

Overview:
We are looking for a Technical Designer to create fun and engaging games and other content within Horizon Worlds.

In this role you will be responsible for the implementation of first-party content within our proprietary engine, working alongside the rest of the content team and supported by other members of the development team (including audio, art, and UI support).

A typical day in the role:

• Running monthly milestones
• Working towards milestones
• Working on weekly reviews and chunks they need to deliver
• Building functionalities
• Working on bugs
• API documents on upcoming features to be used
• KAJU project – the sequel to a world that was made last year – takes advantage of the new features and engine that will be worked on

Responsibilities:

• Designing, scripting, and debugging to deliver performant gameplay features through TypeScript
• Creating reusable scripted gameplay elements to a high level of polish
• Prototyping gameplay designs to illustrate concepts
• Overseeing cross-platform playtesting and using generated data to iterate design
• Working with engineers to guide the direction of the game editor and scripting APIs

Top 3 must-have hard skills:

• Engine experience
• Scripting languages
• Previous roles in the gaming industry

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional experience in gameplay scripting or engineering, or equivalent educational experience
• Understanding of game architecture and ability to identify and implement common game mechanics and patterns in TypeScript or similar scripting languages
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, including with remote teammates
• Understanding differences in interaction requirements for different input devices (eg PC, console, mobile, VR)
• Experience debugging and managing performance within a scripting environment

Desirable:

• Experience with Unity, Unreal Engine, or similar engines
• Experience in scripting with Lua, TypeScript, Python (or similar)
• Experience in developing a Game as a Service or supporting Live Ops
• Experience in designing for VR
• A portfolio demonstrating a proven track record of delivering gameplay experiences as part of a team
• Experience working with UGC editors (eg Roblox)
• Modding experience