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You'll get to work alongside seasoned developers bringing expertise from world class AAA studios.\nAt Keywords Studios we are looking for an accomplished, enthusiastic and self-motivated professionals to join our team working on an exciting, new and unannounced project.\nRequirements\nWe are looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated Technical Designers and Gameplay Engineers to join our Singapore-based team working on an exciting, new, and unannounced AAA project.\nThis role sits at the intersection of design and engineering, with a focus on designing, prototyping and implementing gameplay systems, mechanics and content.\nWe welcome experienced Technical Designers, as well as Gameplay Engineers who enjoy working closely with design and want to have a greater influence on how gameplay features are conceived, prototyped and developed.\nWhat you will do:\nDesign, implement, and iterate on complex and technically challenging gameplay systems and content.\nWrite gameplay scripts to implement game content and prototype designs.\nWrite and maintain technical design documentation for gameplay systems and content.\nCommunicate with engineering, art, and other disciplines to produce implementation plans according to design specifications.\nDeconstruct broad specifications into actionable tasks for designers, engineers, technical artists, and artists.\nDrive and follow-up on the production of features, ensuring communication and collaboration across disciplines to meet deadlines.\nConduct regular playtesting sessions to gather user feedback and inform subsequent design iterations and refinements.\nPolish the gameplay experience for quality and accessibility to ship amazing products.\nMaintain up-to-date knowledge of design principles and trends in the industry.\nLearn from and share knowledge with peers on a regular basis.\nCandidates should be/have:\nProfessional experience in Technical Design, Gameplay Engineering, Gameplay Programming, or a closely related gameplay development role.\nExperience with Unreal, Unity, or proprietary engines.\nExperience contributing to at least one shipped title, ideally at AAA scale.\nProficient in gameplay and mission scripting tools and languages (e.g. C++, C#, Lua, Blueprint or other visual scripting tools).\nEffective aptitude in basic programming principles.\nConfident in their technical ability to implement low-fidelity prototypes to prove out ideas.\nAn interest in both the technical and design aspects of gameplay development.\nEffective technical communicators in both written and verbal mediums.\nComfortable collaborating closely across design, engineering and other disciplines.\nWe are hiring across mid and senior levels, and responsibilities will be calibrated based on experience\nOur recruitment process will require you to complete an online programming assessment, a game design assignment and an interview with our Design Director.\nCandidates must be based in Singapore. 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