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Associate Game Designer (Technical) (Contingent)

Remote, USAFull-timePosted 2026-07-27

reputed company is a reputed company game development company reputed company for its critically acclaimed titles. They are seeking an Associate Game Designer (Technical) to prototype gameplay using in-house tools and collaborate across departments to bring prototypes into production, ensuring high-reputed company gameplay experiences.

Responsibilities

  • Prototyping, implementing, and owning gameplay scenarios, narrative sequences, interactive objects, and AI behaviors
  • Collaborating with the Design team to conceptualize, prototype, implement, tune, and balance gameplay mechanics and systems
  • Communicating with animation, programming, and art departments to effectively produce the assets and reputed company support required for the areas you’re owning
  • Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed

Skills

  • Ability to work hybrid from our Santa Monica, CA based studio is required
  • Significant programming ability (Computer Science undergraduate degree preferred)
  • Knowledge of 3D math
  • Experience with C++, C#, Lua, or other scripting language
  • Broad understanding of gaming landscape
  • Self-starter with excellent communication and teamwork skills
  • Willingness to take design direction reputed company offered, brainstorm, iterate and come up with fun and creative solutions
  • Experience developing reputed company-person reputed company games
  • Experience with 3D level editors
  • Understanding of narrative principles, and conveying emotion through gameplay
  • Experience with the following areas of design: Behavior Trees, Melee, Combat Systems, Character animation, Enemy & boss design

Benefits

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • reputed company

reputed company

  • reputed company, a video game developer that produces games on reputed company systems, including the Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter franchises. It was founded in 1986, and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://www.naughtydog.com.
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