Senior Expert Systems Designer — Live Ops, AAA Multiplayer

Activision; Town of Middleton (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) match

Paid holidays

Mental health programs

Free games

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Activision's Middleton, WI studio seeks an Expert Systems Designer to own player-facing systems for Call of Duty: Warzone, guiding features from concept through launch and live operation. You will balance gameplay quality with commercial goals in a fast-paced, live-service environment.

You will collaborate with Design, Engineering, Analytics, UX, Product Management, and partner studios, using telemetry and research to drive decisions.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional game development experience, with a focus on systems design.
• Shipping multiple AAA multiplayer titles with live-service post-launch experience.
• Experience designing multiplayer modes, progression, economies, or engagement features.
• Experience with free-to-play or large-scale live-service products.
• Owning complex player-facing features from concept through launch and live operation.
• Hands-on experience with scripting languages and proprietary tools.
• Experience partnering with Product Management and Analytics teams.

Responsibilities

• Define vision, structure, and goals of gameplay and engagement systems.
• Design and refine game modes, progression, economies, and rewards.
• Implement and tune systems using scripting and tools.
• Build models to evaluate loot, XP curves, economies, and system behavior.
• Evaluate design proposals and identify risks and tradeoffs.
• Establish design workflows and best practices for scalable systems.
• Create design briefs, specs, test plans, and patch notes.
• Communicate design rationale through presentations and visuals.
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to deliver player experiences.

Skills

Multiplayer systems

Live-service design

Telemetry analysis

Documentation

Tools

Confluence

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Visio

Job description

Activision's Middleton, WI studio seeks an Expert Systems Designer to own player-facing systems for Call of Duty: Warzone, guiding features from concept through launch and live operation. You will balance gameplay quality with commercial goals in a fast-paced, live-service environment.

You will collaborate with Design, Engineering, Analytics, UX, Product Management, and partner studios, using telemetry and research to drive decisions.