Senior Systems Designer

Epic Games • Cary, NC

11h

About The Position

Epic Games is looking for a Senior Systems Designer to own the development of key progression, economy, and gameplay balance-related features for a new game project. This includes designing and prototyping the features, working with a cross-disciplinary development team to implement them, and ultimately seeing them through to ship and beyond, maintaining and evolving them in a live game environment, and above all, making sure our players are having fun.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience shipping titles as a Systems Designer, working on progression, economy, gameplay system, and gameplay balance features and content
• 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

Nice To Haves

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Benefits

• We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match.
• In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed