Senior Game Designer

The role

You will create gameplay experiences across combat, progression, systems, mechanics, and live content for a collaboration with LEGO. You will partner with various disciplines to deliver features from concept through ship.

What you will do

• Design, prototype, tune, and ship features and systems with project leads and directors
• Document and create actionable design documents
• Oversee feature implementation from start to finish with developers across multiple disciplines
• Create scripting, data, and content by diving into the engine and leveraging tools
• Solicit and rapidly integrate feedback from across the team
• Establish and maintain design pipelines, best practices, and cross-discipline communication standards

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience on a live service game, shipping a variety of different features and content types
• Strong scripting and technical capabilities
• Demonstrated talent and a deep understanding of gameplay feel, player motivations or intent, gameplay mechanics, systemic content, and the core LEGO player fantasy
• Ability to break down high-level creative direction into actionable gameplay features and production-ready tasks
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and react quickly to changing project needs
• Commitment to quality, rapid iteration, and delivering exceptional player experiences

Nice to have

• Experience with Unreal Engine
• Experience with the Ability System

Benefits

• Generous benefit plans
• Discretionary incentive programs

About the company

Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company that makes award-winning games and engine technology. For over 30 years, they have developed Unreal Engine technology used across various industries.