Senior Combat Designer (Call of Duty: Warzone)

Location: Middleton, Wisconsin, United States. Onsite work is required four days per week.

Base pay: $82,240–$152,160 annual in the U.S.; incentive compensation may also be available.

Company

hirify.global is a game development studio contributing to the Call of Duty franchise, including Call of Duty: Warzone and Black Ops campaigns.

What you will do

• Develop, implement, balance, and maintain weapons, functional equipment, kill streaks, perks, and other combat systems for Warzone.
• Define gameplay system vision, structure, mechanics, and pacing for seasonal content.
• Prototype and test combat systems, use scripting tools to iterate on mechanics, and analyze 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 performance, and polish.

Requirements

• 8+ years of games industry experience in systems design.
• At least three shipped AAA/PC titles, including two titles as a combat designer.
• Experience implementing with programming or scripting languages and balancing combat metas, including weapons.
• Experience working on a games-as-a-service product and FPS games.
• Strong understanding of Call of Duty: Warzone systems, modes, gameplay, and the broader systems design process.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, collaboration, adaptability, and ownership skills.

Nice to have

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

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, iterative, agile, and low-ego working environment.
• Medical, dental, vision, health spending, life, disability, and related insurance programs.
• 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, and charitable donation matching.
• Paid holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave, bereavement leave, and floating holidays.
• Mental health, wellbeing, fitness, and employee game discount programs.
• Relocation assistance may be available when a company-required geographic move is necessary.