Senior Combat Designer (Warzone)

Location: Middleton, Wisconsin, United States of America; onsite four days per week

Salary: $82,240–$152,160 annual base pay

Company

hirify.global develops and publishes interactive entertainment franchises, including Call of Duty. Raven Software leads development of Call of Duty: Warzone and contributes to the Call of Duty franchise.

What you will do

• Develop, implement, balance, and maintain combat systems for Call of Duty: Warzone, including weapons, equipment, kill streaks, and perks.
• Define gameplay system structures and ensure alignment with the overall player experience, mechanics, and pacing.
• Prototype, test, and iterate combat mechanics using scripting tools and player feedback from test and live environments.
• Collaborate with designers, engineers, artists, producers, animators, the combat lead, production teams, and external partners.
• Create systems design briefs, flowcharts, implementation guidelines, and other high- and low-level documentation.
• Resolve systems-related bugs and oversee final gameplay balance, technical quality, and polish.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in the games industry in a systems design capacity.
• At least three shipped AAA/PC titles, including two titles as a combat designer.
• Current and prior implementation experience with programming or scripting languages.
• Experience balancing combat system metas, including weapons, and working on a games-as-a-service product.
• FPS experience and a strong understanding of systems design, gameplay mechanics, and the Call of Duty: Warzone experience.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, collaboration, documentation, and self-directed execution skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with visual software such as Photoshop or Illustrator.
• Experience mentoring junior designers.
• Extensive knowledge of free-to-play, FPS, and Call of Duty games.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, iterative, agile, and ego-free work environment.
• Medical, dental, vision, healthcare spending, life, disability, and related insurance programs.
• 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, and charitable donation matching.
• Paid holidays, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, parental leave, and bereavement leave.
• Mental health and wellbeing programs, fitness programs, and free or discounted games.
• Relocation assistance may be available when the company requires a geographic move for the job.