tags.new

Advanced Technical Designer (Unannounced Project)

Bellevue, WA

At ArenaNet, we’ve always believed that games are art. They have the power to communicate ideas and tell stories. They can change the way we think, reflect our cultures, and move us. As the developer of the award-winning Guild Wars game series, we’re proud to share our passion for the online worlds we’ve created with over 21 million players worldwide.

ArenaNet develops and publishes games for every kind of person, which means our games need to be built by every kind of person. We believe the best experiences come from working together, celebrating differences, and helping each of our team members shine.

ArenaNet is looking for a highly skilled and experienced Technical Designer to serve as a force multiplier on our AAA project. Our technical designers build prototypes, systems, and workflows that empower the entire team to deliver high-quality, scalable player experiences. This is a senior role where you’ll solve complex technical challenges and shape the way our project expands for years to come.

Who We are Looking For

  • Collaborate – Partner with design leadership, engineers, and artists to evolve the project’s design, ensuring creative intent is preserved while meeting technical constraints.
  • Prototype – Sprint ahead of production teams to explore new ideas, rapidly producing disposable prototypes that test gameplay approaches and find the fun before full production.
  • Plan – Translate designs into detailed technical plans, designing workflows and pipelines that scale across content teams and multiple releases.
  • Guide – Help the design team grow their technical skills; provide support on complex implementations, debugging, and system integration.
  • Multiply – Identify repetitive or bottlenecked tasks and build tools or automation that free the team to iterate faster and reduce mistakes.
  • Lead – Define and enforce project-wide technical standards (naming conventions, file structures, data validation) to keep pipelines stable, maintainable, and efficient.
  • Resolve – Take ownership of high-impact technical issues, working across disciplines to identify root causes, implement fixes, and validate solutions

What You'll Need to be Successful

  • 8+ years of experience in professional game development, with significant technical design responsibilities.
  • Shipped at least one AAA or large-scale online title as a technical designer or equivalent role.
  • Strong proficiency in scripting or programming within Unreal Engine or similar game engines.
  • Demonstrated experience building scalable, data-driven systems and pipelines.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills across disciplines.

Pluses

  • Experience in an additional discipline such as art, engineering, or production.
  • Experience designing procedural systems, AI, or systemic gameplay.
  • Experience building pipelines that support multi-year live service operations.
  • Strong visual communication skills (presentations, videos, charts, diagrams).

We are currently prioritizing candidates who are local to the Bellevue, WA area and open to occasional onsite collaboration.

This is a hybrid position based out of our Bellevue, WA office. 

Please note that the pay range listed in this job posting reflects the full salary range for this position. While we provide this range to offer transparency, our target hiring range typically falls between the minimum and the midpoint, allowing for growth potential within the role.

Total compensation is salary plus an annual bonus potential. When determining an offer amount, many things are taken into consideration such as qualifications, experience, internal equity and work location. We strive to provide competitive and equitable compensation packages to all our employees.

This role is also eligible for medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short and long term disability, 401(k), flexible and dependent care spending accounts, PTO, paid holidays and parental leave.

Bellevue pay range

$150,089.50 - $232,633.50 USD

Don’t meet every single requirement on this job post? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At ArenaNet, we believe diversity in culture, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and backgrounds make us a better team – we celebrate it. So, if you’re excited about this role, but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification listed, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Create a Job Alert

Interested in building your career at ArenaNet? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email.

Apply for this job

*

indicates a required field

Resume/CV

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

Cover Letter

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

If referred, please let us know by whom.

Select...
Select...
Select...
Select...
Select...

Priority consideration will be given to candidates who are local and open to occasional onsite work.

Select...
Select...
Select...

Our privacy policy describes how we collect and use personal information through this job application site. When you submit a job application through this site, please note that your personal information will be processed in connection with our recruitment-related activities and shared with Greenhouse Software, Inc., a cloud-based recruitment vendor located in the United States of America that we have engaged.

NC Interactive, LLC. and its affiliates (collectively, “NCSOFT”) are equal opportunity employers. All employment decisions will be made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, military status, or any legally protected characteristics.

Applicants have rights under federal employment laws: Employee Rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law, Employee Rights under the Polygraph Protection Act.

By submitting this application, I confirm that all information provided by me to NCSOFT in connection with this application is true, accurate, and complete. I authorize NCSOFT to contact references provided for employment reference checks.

U.S. Standard Demographic Questions

Voluntary self-identification is an important aspect of our application process, as it allows us to promote workplace diversity and ensure equal opportunities for all applicants. We encourage candidates to provide information regarding their race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, and veteran status in a voluntary manner. We have implemented administrative and technical measures designed to ensure that responses are confidential and cannot be associated with particular applicants.  This self-identification data helps us understand the composition of our applicant pool and evaluate our recruitment efforts to create a more inclusive and diverse workforce. It also assists us in complying with applicable affirmative action laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, we value diversity and believe that it fosters creativity, innovation, and a rich variety of perspectives, which ultimately enhances our organization. Please remember that providing this information is entirely optional and will not affect your candidacy in any way. Please see our privacy policy for more information about how we use candidates’ personal information and candidates’ rights with respect to such information.

Select...
Select...
Select...
Select...
Select...
Select...