Lead Systems Designer
Escape Velocity Entertainment
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
About the role
- **What we will do together:**
- - Collaborate closely with the Studio Design Director, Design Director’s, and other Design Leads to drive the vision for the major systems and systems balancing for a robust online multiplayer experience.
- - Create expert level creative vision and technical guidance for our metagame experience, to include matchmaking systems, ELO algorithms and theories, skills systems, currencies and economy, and weapon/ability balancing.
- - Grow, then lead a formidable team of metagame/systems designers to assist you with the implementation of these major systems, and work closely with the game’s user experience, level, gameplay, and content teams to ensure a cohesive player experience.
- - Communicate with Leads and Directors of other disciplines, particularly engineering, and ensure that everyone is on the same page before beginning systems development.
- - Advocate for the player, always putting the player experience first when considering and making all design decisions.
Requirements
- **What you will bring:**
- - A can-do attitude that is player oriented…systems design is one of the most technical areas of design, but you remember that simplicity is often a player’s best friend.
- - Strong Managerial experience, leading a team of Designers.
- - Leadership skills that include genuinely caring about the career growth of those that work for you and around you
- - At least two shipped AAA titles where you worked in a systems design capacity
- - Expert knowledge of off-the-shelf design tools, and expertise with Unreal Engine (UE5 preferred)
- - Professional understanding of the many major metagame systems found in contemporary game titles, and a keen knowledge for how those systems work.
- - Strong creative and technical problem-solving skills
- - Exceptional communication skills
Benefits
- **Interested… a bit about Escape Velocity:**
- Escape Velocity is a team of passionate, talented developers working at a studio that offers excellent benefits, on what we believe is a unique project with a committed publisher. But that doesn’t necessarily make us unique. What does make us special? We value the time, energy, and talent of our players and our colleagues. We want every hour spent developing and playing our games to be an incredibly rewarding and worthwhile use of your time.
- To that end, we are ‘Fully Remote’ and support team members nearly anywhere in the world. We prioritize honesty, even when that means sharing bad news. We strive to give everyone autonomy so they can determine how best to work and play, and we care more about what you bring to the game and studio than how many hours you’re clocking. We’re dedicated to building a culture of play, which not only makes us better game makers, but also strengthens the bonds between us all. We believe in constant improvement across all areas – from the game itself to our production design – and are constantly re-evaluating how we spend our time to ensure that we’re not wasting yours and we’re all always working on the most important things.
- ** A few benefits you can expect from us: **
- - A generous PTO allowance
- - Summer and Winter holidays studio closure (separate to PTO allowance)
- - Private Medical & Dental Healthcare
- - Private Mental Health scheme
- - A generous annual Health & Wellbeing allowance
- - Discretionary Studio Bonus
- - Top range tech for your home set up
- - Other benefits based on your region
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
systems designmatchmaking systemsELO algorithmsskills systemscurrencies and economyweapon balancingability balancingproblem-solving
Soft skills
managerial experienceleadershipplayer-oriented attitudecareer growth advocacycommunication skills