Systems Designer

Epic Games; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game development company in Montreal is looking for a Systems Designer to shape game features, focusing on progression and economy. The role requires over 5 years of experience, particularly in live-service environments. You will work closely with a cross-disciplinary team, communicating design visions and creating necessary content. The company offers extensive benefits including full healthcare coverage for employees and their dependents, and a robust mental health program.

Benefits

100% benefits coverage for employees and dependents

Supplemental medical and dental coverage

Mental well-being program with free therapy

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience shipping titles as a Systems Designer.
• Demonstrated talent for empathizing with players.
• Strong interest and understanding in game progression.

Responsibilities

• Design, prototype, and collaborate with project leadership.
• Communicate the vision for features to developers.
• Create scripting and content for game systems.
• Iterate on features in the live environment.

Skills

5+ years of experience in Systems Design

Experience in live-service multiplayer environments

Understanding player motivations

Interest in game progression and economies

Ability to adapt to changing project needs

Passionate and innovative

Job description

Overview

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

What We Do

Put your design skills to work at a cutting-edge company that challenges the norm. From character and level design to competitive gameplay and system design, help shape the future of interactive entertainment at Epic.

What You\'ll Do

Epic Games is looking for a Systems Designer to build progression and economy-related game features on a new game project. This includes designing and prototyping the features, working with a cross-disciplinary development team to implement them, and finally creating the high-level scripting and content required to realize them in-game fully.

In this role, you will

• Design, prototype, and collaborate with other Designers and project leadership to ensure your systems deliver the desired player experience and achieve other project goals
• Communicate the vision for these features to developers across multiple disciplines, and ensure they have the information needed to implement them quickly and effectively
• Solicit and integrate feedback from across the team, ensuring we’re delivering the best version of your systems to our players
• Create the scripting/data/content required by those systems, iterating from early prototypes to final shippable quality
• Expand and iterate on those systems once they’re in the live environment, ensuring the game remains exciting and engaging to players over the long term

What we\'re looking for

• 5+ years of experience shipping titles as a Systems Designer, working on progression, economy, and/or engagement features and content
• Experience working on live-service multiplayer environments is preferred
• Demonstrated talent for empathizing with players and a deep understanding of player motivations, forms of play, and the effects of progression and goal setting on play
• Strong interest in game progression and economies, and an understanding of what makes them work
• Able to react quickly to changing project needs, drive decisions, and then own that vision
• You’re player-focused, passionate, solutions-focused, and innovative; These traits equal success at Epic and influence everything we do

Benefits

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

About Us

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we\'ve been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic\'s award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.