AI / Combat Game Designer (PC / Console, UE5)

Location: Remote

Company

hirify.global is a game development studio with over 20 years of experience creating mobile, PC, and console games, including Shadow Fight, Vector, SPINE, and Fight Me.

What you will do

• Design, prototype, implement, and iterate moment-to-moment gameplay features aligned with the project's combat vision.
• Translate high-level direction into mechanics, rules, parameters, and implementation plans.
• Build and tune gameplay directly in Unreal Engine 5 using Blueprints and project-specific tools.
• Own features from concept and prototype through playtesting, refinement, and final implementation.
• Create design documentation, diagrams, tuning tables, and implementation specifications.
• Collaborate with animation, visuals, sound, levels, and technology disciplines to deliver cohesive combat experiences.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of professional game design experience.
• Hands-on experience designing gameplay for action, combat-focused, or other real-time 3D games.
• Practical experience implementing and tuning features in Unreal Engine 4 or 5.
• Strong understanding of moment-to-moment gameplay, player feedback, readability, difficulty, and game feel.
• Ability to take ownership of features, communicate ideas through documentation and prototypes, and apply feedback.
• English sufficient for day-to-day communication with an international development team.

Nice to have

• Experience with animation-driven combat systems.
• Experience designing melee combat, firearms, or systems combining both.
• Experience developing enemy archetypes, bosses, group tactics, or combat encounters.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work format.
• Work with an international game development team.
• Opportunity to contribute to SPINE, an Unreal Engine 5 third-person beat’em’up with cinematic gun-fu combat.