Eleventh Hour Games

Designer

• Design, implement, and balance core gameplay systems such as loot, progression, economy, and combat mechanics
• Develop and maintain detailed design documentation, feature specs, and system flow diagrams for internal teams
• Collaborate cross-discipline with engineers, artists, and producers to ensure system features are implemented faithfully and on schedule
• Prototype new systems or gameplay features, either through in-engine tools or paper/system design methods
• Analyze gameplay data and player feedback to identify areas of imbalance or opportunity for refinement
• Ensure systems interconnect logically and contribute to a cohesive, long-term player experience
• Work within the design team to establish best practices for system design documentation and iteration
• Maintain balance between depth, accessibility, and player agency across all systems
• Support the creation of internal tools or pipelines that streamline data tuning and content updates

Systems Game Designer

Art Director

• Define and own the visual direction of the game with studio leadership across all art departments
• Lead a team of leads: 2D Art Lead, 3D Art Lead, Lead Animator, and Lead Environment Artist
• Collaborate with the Creative Director and narrative/design leadership to ensure the art direction supports and elevates the broader vision
• Partner with production to plan resourcing, scheduling, and prioritization of deliverables
• Review major asset groups and features to ensure quality and consistency of visual style
• Develop and document art guidelines and pipelines to support scalability and iteration
• Identify staffing needs, participate in hiring, and mentor emerging leaders within the art team
• Encourage healthy team culture, clear communication, and creative ownership among team members
• Help ensure that the game’s visuals are both beautiful and performant
• Collaborate with MTX, UI, VFX, Animation, Technical Art, and Level Design to ensure art cohesion across gameplay, narrative, and monetization features
• Participate in milestone reviews, giving clear, actionable feedback on art execution
• Contribute hands-on when necessary to unblock teams or prototype new artistic directions

QA Engineer

• Own testing process, risk management, and quality evaluation of Last Epoch
• Manually tests, in build and Unity Editor, new features and bug fixes from the development team
• Create, own, and maintain test planning and documentation for complex features and systems
• Translate feature requirements into effective test cases
• Work with Developers to investigate and gather information that helps their efforts
• Integrating into a feature team as an embedded analyst, maintaining a clear line of communication and writing reports for relevant stakeholders
• Assist with release candidate build verification
• Verify fixes are implemented correctly throughout the product cycle in both consumer and development environments
• Work with product owners, developers, and QA management to define acceptance criteria, identify risks, and plan testing coverage for upcoming features/releases
• Investigate player reported bug reports to create comprehensive, easy to understand internal reports for developers

Systems Game Designer

Art Director

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst