Senior Game Developer / Technical Architect

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Game Developer / Technical Architect to lay the groundwork for a narrative-driven game by developing a robust and scalable foundation. This role emphasizes creating modular systems that empower non-programmer designers to independently create and iterate on game content.

Responsibilities

• Design a clean and scalable architecture tailored for narrative-driven games.
• Develop data-driven systems to handle dialogue, quests, and state management efficiently.
• Prioritize simplicity, usability, and long-term maintainability in system design.
• Focus on developing tools and workflows that facilitate designer autonomy and creativity.
• Ensure the system allows for the creation of dialogue, branching narratives, simple quests, and progression controls without the need for coding.

Required Skills

• Proven experience in game systems architecture.
• Ability to build tools and pipelines that are designer-friendly.
• Strong focus on avoiding overengineering and unnecessary complexity.

Nice to Have

• Experience with the Godot game engine.