Technical Game Designer (Gameplay Bots)

Electronic Arts • Vancouver, BC

7d • CA$92,900 - CA$129,200 • Hybrid

About The Position

Electronic Arts and Respawn are hiring a Technical Game Designer to shape and iterate on in-game Bots components for Apex Legends Battle Royale. The designer will analyze expected player behaviors at different skill levels and determine how automated players (Bots) can reproduce them. The role involves improving the quality of life of existing Bot systems, designing updates, guiding them through release, and providing post-release support. The designer will balance performance constraints with healthy Bot behaviors to create autonomous opponents that can challenge players in Apex’s dynamic Battle Royale environment. Decisions should incorporate player metrics, sentiment, and playtest feedback. The position requires experience in live-service game AI or systems design, along with technical and scripting abilities sufficient to work independently. The role reports to the Senior Lead Game Designer.

Requirements

• Experience on a live-service game in AI or Systems design.
• Strong technical and scripting abilities to work independently.
• Ability to balance performance constraints with healthy Bot behaviors.
• 3+ years of professional game design experience on a multiplayer game is listed as an ideal qualification.
• Direct experience building NPC or AI behaviors is listed as an ideal qualification.
• Experience in rapid prototyping and iterative design is listed as an ideal qualification.
• Experience implementing designs via scripting is listed as an ideal qualification.
• Understanding of game feel and polish is listed as an ideal qualification.
• Strong track record in design and balance is listed as an ideal qualification.
• Played and formed opinions about many live games is listed as an ideal qualification.
• Strong opinions on best practices for Bot behavior in an FPS is listed as an ideal qualification.

Nice To Haves

• 3+ years of professional game design experience on a multiplayer game.
• Direct experience building NPC or AI behaviors.
• Experience in rapid prototyping and iterative design.
• Experience implementing designs via scripting.
• Understanding of game feel and polish.
• Strong track record in design and balance.
• Played and formed opinions about many live games.
• Strong opinions on best practices for Bot behavior in an FPS.

Responsibilities

• Analyze Apex Legends match flow and tactics to identify patterns of successful play.
• Design AI behaviors and establish performance expectations for Bots.
• Partner with and support engineers implementing updates to Bot systems.
• Hold and communicate the feature vision to collaborators, including Product, Data and Analytics, and Production.
• Support a high-quality release by bug fixing, balancing, and creating a robust system for Bots in Battle Royale.
• Provide post-release support for Bot updates and systems.
• Support other designers with broader gameplay.
• Use player metrics, sentiment, and playtest feedback to inform decisions.

Benefits

• Vacation (3 weeks per year to start).
• 10 days per year of sick time.
• Paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when welcoming a new child: 12 weeks for maternity and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave.
• Extended health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• Retirement plan for regular full-time employees.
• Certain roles may be eligible for bonus and other incentive programs.
• Benefits may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, and complimentary games.

What This Job Offers

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