Technical Designer - Old School RuneScape
Jagex: The RuneScape Company
Cambridge, England, United KingdomOn-siteTechnical Design
Location: Cambridge, UK - This position can accommodate flexible working options. However, candidates must be based (or be willing to relocate) within a comfortable commuting distance of our Cambridge office to be able to attend onsite as required.Are you a technically minded game designer with a deep love of Old School RuneScape and a passion for building smart, scalable systems?As a Technical Designer within the Old School RuneScape Mobile team, you'll play a key role in designing and implementing engaging content with a strong focus on technical foundations. You'll combine creative design thinking with scripting expertise, ensuring content is not only fun and memorable, but technically sound and efficient within the OSRS engine.Working in multi-disciplinary teams, you'll help shape weekly game updates for one of the world's most community-driven MMORPGs, while continuously expanding your knowledge of our systems, engine capabilities, and in-house tools.What you'll be doing:Design and implement engaging game content and systems that leverage the technical strengths of Old School RuneScape while supporting the mobile player experience.Script gameplay features and technical solutions using our in-house language, RuneScript, delivering scalable and maintainable implementations.Provide technical input across the team, ensuring content is efficient, stable, and aligned with engine and platform constraints.Create and maintain technical documentation, workflows, and tooling that support development efficiency and long-term maintainability.Build a deep understanding of the game's core systems, engine behaviour, and mobile platform considerations to inform implementation decisions.Collaborate within multi-disciplinary development teams to deliver live game updates and mobile-focused improvements within a weekly release cadence.What we're looking for:Technical experience with scripting or programming, and the ability to apply problem-solving skills to complex systems.Strong