Senior Systems Designer - Live-Service RPG Progression

Scopely; Canada; On-site; CAD 200,000 - 299,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Retirement benefits

Pet insurance

Paid holidays

Paid Scopely free days

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Scopely is seeking a Principal Systems Designer to own core progression, economy, and combat-related systems for a new mobile-first live-service title built on a globally recognized IP. You will work with the Director of Systems Design and cross-disciplinary teams to define, implement, tune, and balance systems that scale with future content.

You’ll lead in-engine implementation and tuning with Unity and related design tools, turning ambiguous problems into shippable, well-instrumented solutions

Qualifications

• 8+ years owning complex progression and related live-service systems.
• Strong technical ability with spreadsheets and engine tools.
• Deep understanding of RPG progression, scaling, and gear relationships.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills with data judgment.
• Experience turning design concepts into shipped systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and build core systems: progression, economy, rewards from definition to implementation.
• Collaborate with gameplay designers to align progression with live-service gameplay.
• Develop models, simulations, and tuning tools for loot, XP curves, and stat scaling.
• Implement and iterate in Unity and supporting tools.
• Create clear design docs for engineers, designers, and producers.
• Partner with engineering to define tools and pipelines for tuning and balancing.
• Use playtest results and analytics to evaluate performance and iterate.
• Assess design proposals, flag risks and opportunities for future content.

Skills

Progression design

Unity/Unreal

Data analytics

Documentation

Collaboration

Live ops

Tools

Spreadsheets

Design tools

Scripting environments

Job description

Scopely is seeking a Principal Systems Designer to own core progression, economy, and combat-related systems for a new mobile-first live-service title built on a globally recognized IP. You will work with the Director of Systems Design and cross-disciplinary teams to define, implement, tune, and balance systems that scale with future content.

You’ll lead in-engine implementation and tuning with Unity and related design tools, turning ambiguous problems into shippable, well-instrumented solutions