Jagex

Systems Designer – RuneScape: Dragonwilds

Jagex

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Cambridge • United Kingdom

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Tech Stack

Unreal Engine

About the role

  • Work closely with design Leads & Principals to help establish and implement progression for new regions and refine progression in existing regions.
  • Understand, maintain and further develop a global resource economy
  • Create, manage and maintain an extensive library of data assets and data tables, relating to items, progression and recipes
  • Create new world object blue prints for the world team that act as sources for new item i.e. plants, minerals and other interactive objects
  • Integrate narrative entries for all items and materials in the game
  • Manage and balance AI, object and special loot drop tables in keeping with established patterns and best practices
  • Create new decorative item blue prints to engage and excite our players
  • Work close with production, art, audio and engineering to make sure all survival progression dependencies are delivered, implemented and are of suitable quality
  • Listen to and work with data and product in identifying and addressing issues, perceived or otherwise, finding the root cause and offering then implementing potential solutions
  • Propose changes, improvements and new ideas relating to the survival progression pillar of the game

Requirements

  • Have shipped or maintained systems in a live MMO, survival MMO, or similar.
  • 2+ years in a System Design role or similar
  • Excel at designing and balancing interconnected gameplay systems.
  • Understand live economies, resource scarcity, and player progression pacing.
  • Enjoy working across teams to translate creative direction into functional, scalable systems.
  • Experience working in the Unreal Engine, or similar AAA game development engine
Benefits
  • Private Healthcare, including Dental Plan.
  • Minimum 6% Pension contributions.
  • Employee Assistance Programme & onsite Counselling.
  • Life Insurance.
  • Discretionary annual performance bonus.
  • Enhanced family leave policies from day 1.
  • Flexible working hours.
  • 25 days annual leave + Bank holidays & the option to buy/sell holidays + so much more!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
system designgameplay systems designdata managementAI balancingloot drop table managementblueprint creationresource economy developmentnarrative integrationitem progressiongame balancing
Soft Skills
collaborationproblem-solvingcreativitycommunicationattention to detailadaptabilitycritical thinkingteamworkanalytical skillsproject management