Senior Hero Designer — Lead Player Character Systems (Remote)

Praxy; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 148,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top-tier benefits package

Bonus potential

Job summary

Insomniac Games is seeking a Staff Hero Designer to own hero character systems, core combat, traversal, and progression. You will prototype, implement, and iterate hero gameplay with cross-disciplinary partners to deliver polished, world-class moment-to-moment gameplay.

The role requires leadership, strong communication, and the ability to drive quality across multiple pods, while aligning with project goals and creative direction.

Qualifications

• Eight or more years of professional game design experience.
• Proven expertise in creating, tuning, and polishing high-quality player movement, combat, controls, and gameplay balance.
• Deep understanding of 3rd person narrative games and current design craft.
• Strong written, verbal, and visual communication across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Provide creative leadership for one or more hero/player character systems.
• Prototype, implement, and iterate hero combat and traversal features.
• Collaborate with Gameplay Programmers, Animators, and VFX to realize design vision.
• Maintain clear player system documentation and tutorials as needed.
• Lead cross-disciplinary reviews and ensure alignment with project goals.

Skills

Unreal Engine

Prototyping

Game design

Character systems

Team collaboration

Tools

Unreal Engine

Maya

Job description

Insomniac Games is seeking a Staff Hero Designer to own hero character systems, core combat, traversal, and progression. You will prototype, implement, and iterate hero gameplay with cross-disciplinary partners to deliver polished, world-class moment-to-moment gameplay.

The role requires leadership, strong communication, and the ability to drive quality across multiple pods, while aligning with project goals and creative direction.