Lead Designer (Unreal Engine)

Location: San Mateo, California, United States

Salary: $127,500–$190,000 per year at the start of employment in California.

Company

hirify.global develops multiplayer games with a focus on inclusive collaboration, growth, innovation, and strong player experiences.

What you will do

• Lead a feature team by defining scope, approach, design objectives, sprint goals, and milestone objectives.
• Guide designers through support, mentoring, development, and actionable feedback.
• Design and lead multiplayer features spanning game modes, characters, economy, progression, and other interconnected systems.
• Evaluate gameplay work, diagnose improvement opportunities, and define plans for resolving them.
• Align cross-functional teams on design decisions, tradeoffs, dependencies, and organizational changes.
• Maintain execution standards for scripting, in-engine design work, and documentation.

Requirements

• Experience managing, mentoring, and holding people accountable within a feature area.
• Proven experience designing multiplayer features with strong integration across multiple systems.
• Strong understanding of multiplayer gameplay depth, theory-crafting, PvP, and competitive games.
• Ability to collaborate across UI, art, engineering, audio, and VFX disciplines to create cohesive gameplay.
• Experience filtering large volumes of feedback into concrete improvements and managing design tradeoffs.
• Strong experience with Unreal Engine and Blueprint visual scripting.

Nice to have

• Programming experience in C++, C#, or similar languages.
• Ability to abstract designs into reusable patterns and models of player behavior.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular full-time employees receive medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage.
• Benefits include 14 paid holidays, paid vacation, paid sick days, and paid parental and compassionate leave.
• Additional support includes mental health and wellness programs, family planning support, commuter benefits, and fitness expense reimbursements.
• Total compensation may include a bonus, equity awards, a 401(k) plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Program.