Systems Designer — Player-Driven Sports Game (Hybrid)

WorkinGames; Burnaby; Hybrid; CAD 63,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunity employer

Hybrid work model

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Small Axe Studios, based in Burnaby, is seeking a Systems Designer to help shape core gameplay systems for a new sports IP. You will design, balance, and implement gameplay systems that drive depth, progression, and replayability, collaborating with engineers, artists, and other designers across feature teams to ensure cohesive player experiences.

You’ll translate high-level goals into scalable systems, own discrete subsystems, and contribute to scoping discussions with producers and leads.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in game design with a systems focus.
• Experience designing and tuning game systems such as progression, stats, or economies.

Responsibilities

• Design core gameplay systems and balance for loops.
• Balance player progression and currencies; tune system parameters.
• Collaborate with engineers, artists, and designers to prototype and implement systems.
• Document system logic and communicate design decisions clearly.

Skills

Systems design

Game design

Balancing

Analytical thinking

Collaboration

Tools

Unreal Blueprint

Unity

Job description

Small Axe Studios, based in Burnaby, is seeking a Systems Designer to help shape core gameplay systems for a new sports IP. You will design, balance, and implement gameplay systems that drive depth, progression, and replayability, collaborating with engineers, artists, and other designers across feature teams to ensure cohesive player experiences.

You’ll translate high-level goals into scalable systems, own discrete subsystems, and contribute to scoping discussions with producers and leads.