Senior Competitive Systems Designer — Apex Legends

Electronic Arts; West Chatsworth (CA); Híbrido; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Tempo integral

Benefícios oferecidos por esta vaga

Paid time off

Health insurance

Bonus programs

401(k)

Resumo da vaga

Electronic Arts’ Respawn Entertainment in Los Angeles/Chatsworth area is seeking a Senior Systems Designer – Competitive Systems to shape Apex Legends’ competitive play. You will own progression, matchmaking, scoring, and rewards while collaborating with design, analytics, engineering, and esports teams.

You will prototype, implement, tune, and support features across live service, balancing fairness, speed, and engagement for players of all skill levels.

Qualificações

• 5+ years of professional game design experience owning progression and competitive structures.
• Experience designing Ranked modes, rating systems, ladders, and tournaments.
• Familiarity with MMR and competitive matchmaking concepts.
• Proven ability to take features from concept to launch and live iteration.
• Strong scripting and prototyping using in-house tools.
• Deep understanding of multiplayer systems, live-service needs, and player motivation.

Responsabilidades

• Design and own major competitive systems for Apex Legends including Ranked progression, matchmaking-related features, scoring, and competitive rewards for both seasonal, annual and lifetime career cycles.
• Develop new competitive formats, limited-time modes, and structured competition beyond Ranked play.
• Define competitive goals, rules, progression, eligibility, and recognition to motivate players across all skill levels.
• Partner with Matchmaking, Analytics, Anti-Cheat, and Esports to ensure match quality, integrate integrity systems to deter abuse, and connect in-game competitive structures to ALGS and professional pathways.
• Balance competitive accuracy with queue times, accessibility, social play, and long-term engagement.
• Use telemetry, feedback, and live-service learnings to define metrics, evaluate outcomes, and iterate on features.
• Collaborate across UX, Matchmaking, Analytics, Anti-Cheat, Engineering, Esports, and Community teams to align on design intent, ensure competitive integrity, evaluate player outcomes, and support cross-functional goals.
• Prototype, implement, tune, and support features throughout development and live service operations.

Conhecimentos

Game design

Live-service design

Progression systems

MMR / ranking concepts

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven design

Ferramentas

Text scripting

Prototype tools

In-house tools

Descrição da vaga

Electronic Arts’ Respawn Entertainment in Los Angeles/Chatsworth area is seeking a Senior Systems Designer – Competitive Systems to shape Apex Legends’ competitive play. You will own progression, matchmaking, scoring, and rewards while collaborating with design, analytics, engineering, and esports teams.

You will prototype, implement, tune, and support features across live service, balancing fairness, speed, and engagement for players of all skill levels.