Lead Technical Designer

Lead Technical Designer

We at Playrix are certain that our success is the result of our talented team's efforts. We're looking for a Lead Technical Designer who will improve processes and be responsible for the management and development of their project's team.

Together with other departments, you'll work on the technical component of our games — the creation of high-quality visual details of a game world millions of our players return to every day. You will use your own , which we're actively improving for our game projects.

This role requires relocation from Russia and Belarus to one of our offices in Serbia, Montenegro, Armenia, Kazakhstan, or remote work from other countries. Find out more .

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Tasks

• People management: responsible for development, hiring/firing, team evaluation
• Develop processes within teams (both at the team level and at the level of the entire technical design direction on the project)
• Design review and decomposition of new tasks
• Create complex windows with large amounts of logic
• Optimize the UI development pipeline from layout to game
• Create architectural solutions at the start of new developments
• Participate in creating new tools to improve the quality and convenience of development

Our stack

• Our own cross-platform VSO engine
• C++/Python/Lua
• Adobe Photoshop

Requirements

• 1+ years of experience managing a team of at least 2 people
• 2+ years of experience working with UI in game engines and editors (Unity, UE, CryEngine)
• Understanding of the basics of programming C#/C++/Python/JS/Lua
• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop or other graphic editors: cutting UI, working with vector graphics, layer effects, bulk export of files
• Knowledgeable about and comfortable using Git
• Experience creating xml/json, understanding of structure
• Fluency in Russian and reading proficiency in English (professional literature)

Preferred

• Animation skills (Animate, Spine)

Our Perks

Flexibility at work.

• We offer a flexible schedule, and our employees can work from anywhere in the world (except for the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus). It doesn't matter to us where or how you do your work — we only evaluate the final results.

Caring for health and well-being.

• We provide voluntary health insurance for employees and their children, and reimburse online sessions with a psychologist.

• We offer fully paid vacation days and sick leave. In certain circumstances, you can request additional days off.

• We support leading a healthy lifestyle and reimburse the cost of gym memberships and fitness app subscriptions.

Professional development and education.

• We pay for participation in specialized conferences and courses and hold our own internal conferences.

• We offer discounts on English language courses and courses for the languages of the countries in which the company operates.

Events and merch.

• We regularly hold offline events like team meetings, big corporate parties, and informal office parties.

• We also regularly organize fun competitions, quizzes, hackathons, and online fitness challenges.

• We have a merch store with an internal currency you can use to buy unique gifts. We give out this currency as a gift for significant dates, and you can earn more by participating in events and company activities.