Investment Designer (Contract)

Sony Interactive Entertainment; United States; Hybrid; USD 47,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking an Investment Designer to create cosmetic rewards and progression features for Marathon content and store, collaborating with a large team in a hybrid work environment.

You will implement scripting, tune progression values, and contribute to sustainable content that excites players; strong communication and experience with live content are valued.

Qualifications

• Minimum professional game development experience.
• Experience with cosmetic and reward systems in games.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work in a large team and incorporate feedback.

Responsibilities

• Implement cosmetic rewards that complement Marathon activities and store.
• Perform scripting and tool work to support content.
• Design sustainable content to engage players.
• Tune progression values for compelling moments and progression satisfaction.

Skills

Game development experience

Team collaboration

Cosmetic/reward systems knowledge

Strong written and verbalcommunication

Feedback-oriented

Tools

Lua scripting

Scripting tools

Live service game experience

Job description

Do you dream about creating worlds imbued with real value and consequence? Can you imagine reward chases that excite and delight players without feeling like chores? Can you devise ways for players to meaningfully express themselves? If you answered yes to these questions, Bungie wants you on our team as our newest Investment Designer.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implement a wide variety of cosmetic rewards that complement Marathon activities and store.

• Perform scripting and tool work

• Design and implement sustainable content that excite and engage players

• Tune progression values to create compelling moments and a satisfying progression

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Professional game development experience

• Some experience working with game development software and tools

• Knowledgeable in reward and cosmetic systems

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Desire to work as part of a large team and ability to take and provide feedback and direction appropriately

NICE-TO-HAVE SKILLS

• Technical experience writing text-based scripts to manage game systems (scripting in a Lua, Python, or similar language)

• Experience & understanding player motivation; knowing what drives people to engage with content

• Experience working on games as a service/live content

At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role's base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this role is eligible for SIE's top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package.

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$47-$58.50 USD

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