Technical Game Designer

Meta Platforms, Inc.; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 231,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta Platforms, Inc. is seeking an experienced game designer for Reality Labs in Bellevue, WA. You will design end-to-end experiences, prototype innovatively, and help align cross-functional teams from concept to launch and post-launch support.

The role requires a strong portfolio of shipped titles or extensive design experience, including Unity/C++ coding, and leadership of multi-disciplinary teams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of game design experience or 2 shipped titles on any platform that have been successful.
• Experience with coding in Unity with C# or C++.
• Experience leading end-to-end development efforts and designing games from concept to launch and live ops.
• Experience coordinating and collaborating with diverse cross-functional teams to bring a vision to life.
• A portfolio that features games you've prototyped or shipped, showcasing game design skills.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end experiences with core mechanics and loops.
• Create prototypes independently and with others.
• Help establish processes to align cross-functional teams.
• Contribute to strategic decisions with Design and Product teams.
• Provide and solicit real-time feedback to raise quality and craftsmanship.
• Partner with PMs, engineers, researchers, content strategists & QA to oversee UX from conception to launch and post-launch support.
• Collaborate with cross-functional leads including user research, data science, and product management to solve issues.
• Articulate prototypes and design decisions to internal stakeholders.
• Advocate for game design and build an inclusive game design community within Reality Labs and Meta.

Skills

8+ years game design

Shipped titles

End-to-end development leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Portfolio of prototyping/shipping

TypeScript

Tools

Unity

C++

C#

Job description

• Design end-to-end experiences with satisfying and novel core mechanics and loops
• Create prototypes independently and in collaboration with other designers
• Help establish preliminary processes to align cross-functional teams
• Contribute to strategic decisions, working with the Design and Product teams
• Give and solicit real time feedback from other designers to continually raise the quality and craftsmanship of the product
• Partner with PMs, engineers, researchers, content strategist & QA, overseeing the implementation of the user experience from product conception to launch - as well as post-launch design support
• Quickly solve issues with your cross-functional leads including user research, data science, and product management
• Clearly articulate prototypes, design decisions, and concepts to a vast set of internal stakeholders,
• Advocate for game design and help us build a great, welcoming, and inclusive game design community within Reality Labs and throughout Meta

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of game design experience or a minimum of 2 shipped titles on any platform that have been successful (highly rated, critically acclaimed, award-winning, etc.)
• Experience with technical aspects of game design such as coding in Unity with C# or C++
• Experience leading end-to-end development efforts and designing games from concept to launch and live ops
• Experience coordinating and collaborating with diverse cross functional teams to bring a vision to life
• A portfolio that features some games you have prototyped or shipped, and showcases your game design skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing or designing VR or AR games
• General design knowledge across a range of design specializations
• Experience in design strategy in addition to fluency in executing such as tuning the feel of the game
• Experience utilizing research and data to drive strategy and decision making
• Experience with TypeScript

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

Meta is committed to providing reasonable support (called accommodations) in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to [e-mail].

$165,000/year to $231,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual pay is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base salary, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.