Senior Unreal Game Designer - Shanghai (Relocation)

Brawl Stars; Shanghai (VA); On-site; USD 59,044 - 103,327; Full time

Job summary

Supercell in Shanghai is seeking a passionate and experienced Senior Game Designer who specializes in Unreal Engine to join our Shanghai Studio. You will design new features and systems and help implement them, with a track record of second‑to‑second action gameplay, level mechanics, and enemy/AI behavior.

The role involves prototyping gameplay, iterating on features, collaborating with other disciplines, and supporting game development with additional skills.

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of professional experience as a Gameplay Designer with a portfolio demonstrating combat gameplay and/or level content created by yourself using Unreal Engine & Blueprint.
• Proven ability to implement enemies, NPCs and combat mechanics into interesting encounters
• Proactive doer who takes responsibility and pride in their own work when given the freedom to work independently
• Strong cross-discipline communication skills
• Being a great teammate - we believe making games is a team sport
• A self-starter approach to use AI. You’ve found ways to use it in your day-to-day work, you experiment, figure things out and bring the same energy to every new challenge.

Responsibilities

• Prototype gameplay content (mechanics, enemies, level interactivity) by yourself with minimal dependencies on other disciplines.
• On-hands design and iteration of new features, game mechanics and gameplay content
• Collaborate with other disciplines to follow your designs from initial documentation through to final in-engine polish.
• Support the development of the game with any additional skills.

Skills

Unreal Engine

Blueprint

Gameplay design

Level design

Enemy AI

AI behavior

Team collaboration

Self-starter

Cross-discipline comms

Combat gameplay

Job description

Supercell in Shanghai is seeking a passionate and experienced Senior Game Designer who specializes in Unreal Engine to join our Shanghai Studio. You will design new features and systems and help implement them, with a track record of second‑to‑second action gameplay, level mechanics, and enemy/AI behavior.

The role involves prototyping gameplay, iterating on features, collaborating with other disciplines, and supporting game development with additional skills.