Multiplayer Game Designer

Apex Systems; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 54,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth Apex in Vancouver, BC, is seeking a multiplayer game designer to partner with the Lead Multiplayer Designer to craft engaging missions, modes, and combat systems in Unreal Engine.

You will collaborate with designers, level art, programmers, and other teams to realize the design vision, own mission design, and contribute to critique sessions while maintaining design documentation. This contract role offers hybrid work in Vancouver.

Qualifications

• Experience with visual scripting and Unreal Engine.
• Strong understanding of game design fundamentals and narrative.
• Experience building gameplay systems for levels.
• Proven ability to collaborate across disciplines.
• Experience with scripting languages and level editors.
• Familiarity with game consoles and development tools.

Responsibilities

• Ideate and shepherd missions, modes and gameplay to polish.
• Use Unreal and proprietary tools to implement missions.
• Own mission design and gameplay system quality.
• Collaborate with designers, technical designers, and artists.
• Present progress to leads and adapt to feedback.
• Create and maintain design documentation.

Skills

Visual scripting

Unreal Engine

Gameplay systems

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Scripting languages

Level editors

Game consoles

Tools

Unreal Engine

Job description

# Multiplayer Game DesignerApply**Job#: 3052936****Job Description:****Multiplayer Game Designer****HYBRID - Vancouver, BC****Pay: $43.00 - $48.00 Hourly****Multiplayer Game Designer**Our client is seeking an inspiring, highly motivated Game Designer with a proven track record of delivering highly engaging, high-quality combat, missions, modes, and gameplay systems in action games. In this position you will work with the Lead Multiplayer Designer to improve missions and modes and create compelling gameplay objectives. You will be expected to partner with other members of the Design team, the Level Art team, programmers, and other design disciplines to help make the design vision set out by design direction a reality.**Responsibilities:**• Ideate and steward the design of missions, modes and gameplay to the final stages of polish.• Use Unreal as well as proprietary tools to create and debug missions and gameplay.• Own the design and quality of your missions and gameplay systems.• Regularly collaborate with other designers, technical designers, and artists.• Become a contact point for other departments (Cinematics, VFX, Sound, Programmers, etc.)• Use the Unreal tools to implement memorable challenges, combat, objectives, and scripted events.• Participate in critique sessions to provide input to personal and peers’ work.• Regularly present your work to your leads and adjust quickly to Feedback.• Create and maintain design documentation.**Qualifications:**• Experience working on visual scripting/scripting languages, ideally in Unreal Engine.• Experienced with the game design fundamentals, constraints, and narrative.• Demonstrated knowledge and experience using gameplay systems in levels.• Experience working collaboratively in a cross-discipline development environment.• Experience with current scripting languages and level editors.• Experience with game consoles and tools.**Soft Skills:**• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills• Awareness of accessibility and inclusivity with respect to both video games and workspace environments• Comfortable working with and communicating with other disciplines and teams• Proactive approach to improve workflows and pipelines• A positive, collaborative team-centric mentality• Passionate about games and gaming. *Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.****Everforth Apex Benefits Overview:** In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.***Employee Type:** Contract**Location:** Vancouver, BC, CA**Job Type:****Date Posted:** September 21, 2026**Pay Range:** $43 - $48 per hour