Senior Systems Designer

Description

The company makes online multiplayer games and is a team of developers who value inclusivity, safety, and trust.

The team believes that varied perspectives make both the team and its games stronger.

The role is for a Senior Systems Designer who will help shape how players progress, earn rewards, and develop over time across the studio's online multiplayer work.

You will act as a main driver for key features and work with cross-functional teams throughout.

Responsibilities

• Take a small set of complex features from first creative ideas through stakeholder buy-in, regular design reviews, and daily execution.
• Respond to feedback quickly with stable in-engine changes and iterate fast.
• Lead design within your feature area, and help raise overall game quality by mentoring others and sharing what you learn.
• Gather ideas from across the studio, your own proposals, and examples from other products to solve design problems and find new approaches.
• Communicate and align with teams inside and outside your own on the work, tradeoffs, and dependencies. Pass changes along across the organization, set and push toward feature goals, and give forward-looking direction that fits the broader design philosophy.
• Share best practices and techniques with peers to improve the player experience.

Requirements

• Strong experience with Unreal Engine and Blueprint visual scripting. Programming experience in C++, C, or similar is a plus.
• Proven record designing and building gameplay features in released multiplayer games, especially reward loops, systemic content integration, and player-driven choice.
• Skilled at theory-crafting, with past experience designing for depth in multiplayer gameplay.
• Analytical, with a history of building and testing economy models and simulations to check and align design decisions.
• Good understanding of how UI, art, engineering, audio, VFX, and other disciplines combine to create a great player experience.
• Self-starting, able to work toward team goals while creating your own solutions when needed.
• Able to quickly sort large amounts of feedback into clear, useful improvements.
• Able to design, implement, and iterate under tight deadlines and production constraints.
• Experienced in multiplayer PvP and competitive play, and able to explain what works and why.
• Able to turn single solutions into broader patterns and models of player behavior, offering flexible design options.

Conditions

Base pay in California at the start of employment is expected to be between $112,700 and $166,820 per year.

Base pay depends on market location and may vary based on individual factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations.

Work model is onsite or hybrid.

Ontario only: artificial intelligence is not used to screen candidates.

This is an existing vacancy.

Benefits

• Total compensation may include a bonus and or equity awards, plus eligibility for the 401(k) plan and the Employee Stock Purchase Program.
• Full-time employees are eligible for medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
• 14 paid holidays per calendar year.
• Paid vacation of 15 to 25 days per calendar year, or eligibility for the company's discretionary time off program.
• Up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year.
• Paid parental and compassionate leave.
• Wellbeing programs covering mental health and other wellness support.
• Family planning support through Maven.
• Commuter benefits.
• Reimbursement for fitness-related expenses.