Copy of Senior Systems Designer (Multiplayer Games)

Location: San Mateo, California, United States. Onsite and hybrid work indicators are listed.

Salary: $112,700–$166,820 per year in California at the start of employment.

Company

hirify.global develops online multiplayer games through diverse, cross-functional teams focused on innovation, inclusivity, and player experiences.

What you will do

• Drive a portfolio of complex features from creative input and stakeholder alignment through design reviews and execution.
• Design and implement gameplay features involving player progression, rewards, economies, systemic content, and player-driven optionality.
• Iterate rapidly through stable in-engine updates and respond to feedback with concrete improvements.
• Provide design leadership, mentor peers, and share best practices across the studio.
• Partner with production, game leadership, and cross-functional disciplines to align on goals, trade-offs, dependencies, and design direction.
• Use ideas, product references, and player-behavior models to solve complex design challenges.

Requirements

• Strong experience with Unreal Engine and Blueprint visual scripting.
• Experience designing and implementing gameplay features in released multiplayer games, especially reward loops and systemic content integration.
• Experience designing multiplayer gameplay, including competitive PvP systems.
• Experience building and analyzing economy models and simulations to validate design decisions.
• Ability to collaborate across UI, art, engineering, audio, and VFX disciplines and work under tight production constraints.
• Ability to communicate and document feature intent, specifications, trade-offs, and dependencies clearly.

Nice to have

• Programming experience with C++, C#, or similar languages.

Culture & Benefits

• Autonomous, self-directed development environment focused on high-quality game creation.
• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage.
• Paid holidays, vacation, sick days, parental leave, and compassionate leave.
• Wellbeing, family planning, commuter, and fitness reimbursement benefits.
• Eligibility for bonus or equity awards, a 401(k) plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Program.