Senior Combat Designer - Unreal Boss Encounters (Remote)

the hive; Braga; Hybrid; EUR 69,000 - 117,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Global remote work

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Side is seeking a hands-on Senior Technical Combat Designer for remote freelance work to create and balance boss encounters and enemies in Unreal Engine. The role covers design, animation hookup, and in-engine execution, with overlap to the CEST team.

Requirements include 5+ years in combat design, Unreal Engine proficiency, and experience with Maya/Blender. The contract is 3–6 months, up to 40 hours per week, and remote with flexible location.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing combat for video games.
• Ownership of 2+ combat characters or equivalent systems.
• Hands-on Unreal Engine experience with Blueprints and Animation Blueprints.

Responsibilities

• Build and balance bosses and enemies in Unreal Engine with ownership of combat characters/systems.
• Design attacks end to end: animation hookup, hitboxes, cancel windows, i-frames, telegraphs.
• Iterate to improve combat variety and feel through balancing and testing.

Skills

Unreal Engine

Blueprints

Animation

Combat design

C++ basics

Niagara

Tools

Maya

MotionBuilder

Blender

Job description

Side is seeking a hands-on Senior Technical Combat Designer for remote freelance work to create and balance boss encounters and enemies in Unreal Engine. The role covers design, animation hookup, and in-engine execution, with overlap to the CEST team.

Requirements include 5+ years in combat design, Unreal Engine proficiency, and experience with Maya/Blender. The contract is 3–6 months, up to 40 hours per week, and remote with flexible location.