Principal Technical Designer

The Principal Technical Designer will join EA SPORTS FC to create amazing games and experiences and to improve the team and its craft. The role reports to the Game Design Director and focuses on establishing design standards, templates, and technical workflows in Frostbite. The designer collaborates with the World design team and engineers to integrate gameplay features and support the design team.

• Establish and maintain design standards by developing comprehensive guidelines and best practices for design implementation in Frostbite, ensuring consistency and high quality across the project.
• Create and implement reusable templates that improve development efficiencies and encourage creative experimentation among the design team.
• Work with the World design team to integrate gameplay features into the game world.
• Collaborate with engineers to refine tools that empower designers, ensuring a seamless workflow and maintaining performance standards.
• Provide ongoing technical support and mentorship to the design team in the implementation of complex gameplay sequences and mechanics.
• Maintain detailed documentation of Frostbite standards, templates, and best practices to ensure knowledge sharing and consistency across the team.

• 5+ years of experience as a technically-oriented game designer, with multiplayer experience
• Strong expertise in visual scripting, and implementing with game editors like Frostbite or Unreal
• Proficient at debugging
• Solid understanding of mass-market appeal, and the ability to innovate within it
• Enjoy creative problem-solving, and value respectful feedback processes
• Understand the importance of documentation, teaching others, and knowledge-sharing
• Broad taste in games

• Degree in computer science or similar
• Experience working on Open World games

• Vacation (3 weeks per year to start)
• 10 days per year of paid sick time
• Company top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when welcoming a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave)
• Extended health/dental/vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Retirement benefits to regular full-time employees
• Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and long-term cash programs

EA SPORTS FC is one of the largest sports entertainment platforms in the world, redefining football with genre-leading interactive experiences and connecting a global community of fans to The World's Game through innovation and unrivalled authenticity.