Senior Systems Designer (Gamedev)

TL;DR

Senior Systems Designer (Gamedev): Owning the development of key progression, economy, and gameplay balance-related features for a new game project with an accent on designing and prototyping the features, working with a cross-disciplinary development team to implement them. Focus on maintaining and evolving them in a live game environment, and making sure players are having fun.

Location: Bellevue, Larkspur, United States

Salary: $144,535 — $233,182 USD

Company

hirify.global spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally, making award-winning games and engine technology.

What you will do

• Work in close collaboration with project leads & directors to shape and evolve various complex design systems that support the engagement, gameplay, and creative vision of the project
• Design, document, prototype, and iterate on these systems, working with a team of developers across multiple disciplines, and oversee their successful implementation from start to finish
• Get hands on creating the scripting, data, and content required by those systems, diving into the engine and leveraging other tools
• Be responsible for soliciting and integrating feedback from across the team on your own initiative, ensuring we’re continually delivering a fun and fresh experience to our players
• Expand and iterate on those systems once they’re in the live environment, ensuring the game remains exciting and engaging to players

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience shipping titles as a Systems Designer, working on progression, economy, gameplay system, and gameplay balance features and content
• Experience working on live-service multiplayer environments and ability to get your hands dirty in Unreal Engine is preferred, bonus points for mobile game experience
• Demonstrated talent for empathizing with players and a deep understanding of player motivations, forms of play, and the effects of progression and goal setting on play
• Strong interest in game progression and economies, and an understanding of what makes them work
• Ability to take initiative and react quickly to changing project needs, drive decisions, then owning the outcome and vision
• You’re player-focused, passionate, solutions-focused, and innovative; These traits equal success at Epic and influence everything we do

Culture & Benefits

• hirify.global deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer