Lead Technical Designer

Sumo India are looking for Lead Technical Designer to join our growing team of designers focused on building robust and cohesive levels and gameplay experiences for a variety of multi-platform titles, in collaboration with our UK based teams. 

As a Lead Technical Designer in the World discipline, you will bridge the gap between Level Design and Engineering. Through application of a strong knowledge of both design theory and technical know-how, you’ll empower other designers to prototype, iterate and implement world and gameplay content efficiently, ensuring that gameplay systems, content, tools and workflows are efficient, scalable, and technically sound. 

Responsibilities

• Implement gameplay content, level systems and LD tools, using visual or text-based scripting.

• Support Level Designers with technical problem-solving and workflow optimisation.

• Translate high-level design intent into technically feasible solutions.

• Build prototypes to help validate ideas quickly.

• Develop and maintain technical design documentation for level features and content.

• Communicate constraints, risks, and trade-offs early and clearly.

• Regularly review the work of non-technical designers to ensure workflows are optimal, content is developed systemically, and technical constraints are understood / upheld.

  Level-Specific Expectations 

  Lead / Principal Technical Designer 

• Defines and owns Technical Design standards and quality for the team/ project.

• Drives innovation in tools, pipelines, and level systems.

• Leads other Technical Designers within the project or studio.

• Influences engine and feature roadmap decisions.

• Acts as a project-wide authority on Technical Design.

Requirements

Essential 

• Understanding of Technical Design theory, standards and best practices in the creation of robust systems and gameplay objects, level streaming and scripting ,appropriate to seniority.
• Demonstrable experience in some form of scripting (visual/text based), or programming languages.
• Experience working with industry‑standard game engines and design tools.
• Fluency in English with excellent communication and feedback skills, both written and verbal.

Desirable 

• Professional experience in Game Development, in the field of Technical Design.
• Experience collaborating with outsourced or external development teams in multiple time-zones.
• A background spanning varying genres such as open world, action-adventure, platforming and/or racing titles.
• Familiarity with performance, memory, and technical constraints in world building.
• Knowledge or experience of working with object-oriented programming / languages such as C++.

What's in it for you?

Sumo India also offers a highly personable benefits package that has something for everyone, no matter where you are in your career.
 
Financial: Annual bonus, an employee referral scheme, 1st time home buyer bonus, Wedding bonus. 
 
Work-life balance: Hybrid work model, Flexible working, 22 contractual days holiday, 8 festive holidays, 4 statutory holidays, birthday day-off, 4 weeks of paternity leave, Maternity leave as per law, and options to buy or sell up to a week of annual leave*.

Health and Wellbeing: Health insurance, life insurance, Mental health service, critical illness cover*, and funded flu vaccines/eye tests.

Personal Development: Structured pathways, regular appraisals, annual salary reviews, 5 learning days per annum, access to on demand Sumo Developers Conference learning SDCXtra.

Extra Perks: A variety of in-studio perks, regular care packages, studio days out (family welcome), sabbaticals (at 5 years of service), and an annual gaming subscription.