Lead Systems Designer (Game Development)

Company

Insomniac Games operates within hirify.global and develops large-scale video game productions.

What you will do

• Manage, mentor, coach, and support the career development and performance of a team of Systems Designers.
• Design, prototype, implement, iterate, and polish gameplay systems including player mechanics, world simulation, economy, progression, and game balance.
• Lead development pods and collaborate with Gameplay Programming and other disciplines on systems design and implementation.
• Plan systems design schedules, milestones, priorities, assignments, dependencies, and stakeholder alignment with Project Management.
• Review work in progress, gather feedback, drive iteration, and maintain creative and technical quality across the game.
• Create gameplay documentation, tutorials, standards, metrics, brainstorms, and design reviews.

Requirements

• Experience managing, mentoring, directing, hiring, and evaluating Systems Designers.
• Intermediate knowledge of level editing tools and scripting systems such as Unreal Engine, Unity, or similar editors.
• Intermediate knowledge of Maya or another major 3D modeling program.
• Strong verbal, written, interpersonal, and cross-discipline communication skills.
• Ability to plan work, resolve problems, build alignment, and support a collaborative design environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with Adobe Illustrator.
• Experience with UE4 Blueprint scripting.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.

Culture & Benefits

• Focus on practical, high-quality execution and continuous improvement.
• Supportive, safe, creative, and inclusive work environment.
• Cross-discipline collaboration and shared systems design practices across the studio.
• Background checks are conducted at the offer stage for new employees.