Remote Senior Combat Designer: Enemies & Bosses

Insomniac Games; United States; Remote; USD 96,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Insomniac Games is seeking a Senior Combat Designer (Enemies/Bosses) for a 6‑month contract, remote in the United States via Yoh Enterprise Solutions. You will lead combat design for enemies, mini‑bosses, and bosses, from pitches to polish.

Collaborate across disciplines, document systems, iterate on AI, and balance encounters. Requires 5+ years in game design and shipping at least one combat‑focused title; Unreal/ Unity or similar engines experience.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of professional game design experience, with at least one shipped title as a Combat Designer.
• Expertise in the current state of combat design craft across the games industry.
• Experience in designing, prototyping, implementing, and polishing enemy AI combatants and boss characters.
• High proficiency with modern game engines, such as Unreal or proprietary engines; scripting and prototyping.
• Strong written and verbal communication across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on implementation of enemy AI, mini-bosses, and boss encounters.
• Collaborates with Gameplay Programming, Animation and other team members.
• Writes clear gameplay system documentation detailing functionality and best practices for Enemy AI across missions and levels.
• Gathers and prioritizes feedback; iterates on enemy/boss design to improve clarity, balance and playability.
• Supports Mission Designers and other combat design staff on game-wide combat issues.

Skills

Combat design

Enemy AI

Boss design

Unreal Engine

Scripting

Communication

Tools

Unreal Engine

Unity

UE4 Blueprint

Job description

Insomniac Games is seeking a Senior Combat Designer (Enemies/Bosses) for a 6‑month contract, remote in the United States via Yoh Enterprise Solutions. You will lead combat design for enemies, mini‑bosses, and bosses, from pitches to polish.

Collaborate across disciplines, document systems, iterate on AI, and balance encounters. Requires 5+ years in game design and shipping at least one combat‑focused title; Unreal/ Unity or similar engines experience.