Senior Unreal Combat Designer - Boss Encounters & Systems

Pole To Win International; Portugal; Remote; EUR 78,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Dynamic, multicultural environment

World's leading game services provider

Regular progression opportunities

Job summary

Side is seeking a Senior Technical Combat Designer for remote freelance work to create, balance, and implement boss encounters and combat systems in Unreal Engine. You will own multiple combat characters, wire animations to gameplay, and iterate with the team to refine feel and responsiveness.

Ideal candidates have strong animation and technical implementation skills, plus experience with Unreal Blueprints and related tools.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing and implementing combat for games.
• Own at least two combat characters or systems.
• Strong animation and gameplay integration knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Design and balance bosses and enemies in Unreal Engine.
• Hook up animations, hitboxes, and telegraphs with careful timing.
• Iterate combat feel through hands-on balancing and testing.
• Collaborate with engineering and art teams to improve gameplay.

Skills

Unreal Engine

Gameplay design

Animation integration

Blueprints/AI

C++ basics

Debugging & iteration

Tools

Unreal Engine Blueprints

Behavior Trees

Animation Blueprints

Niagara

Maya

MotionBuilder/Blender

Job description

Side is seeking a Senior Technical Combat Designer for remote freelance work to create, balance, and implement boss encounters and combat systems in Unreal Engine. You will own multiple combat characters, wire animations to gameplay, and iterate with the team to refine feel and responsiveness.

Ideal candidates have strong animation and technical implementation skills, plus experience with Unreal Blueprints and related tools.