Senior Systems Designer

Job Description

DESIGN

What We Do

Put your design skills to work at a cutting-edge company that challenges the norm. From character and level design to competitive gameplay and system design, help shape the future of interactive entertainment at Epic.

What You'll Do

Epic Games is looking for a Senior Systems Designer to join our team working on LEGO Fortnite experiences. In this role, you'll work with the team to execute on the intended gameplay to delight and engage players. Systems Designers at Epic are part of a cross-discipline development team that keeps a critical eye on the implementation of features and content that expand the LEGO Fortnite universe.

In this role, you will
• Collaborate with senior leadership and team members from various disciplines to execute on the intended gameplay of LEGO Fortnite experiences and uphold Epic's design and gameplay quality bar
• Help define better live ops tools for adjusting and balancing live games
• Utilizing systems, tools and process design, ensure a good end-user experience while producing quality documentation
• Create, contribute to, and supervise a set of clear, structured content tracking sheets
• Work with a multi-disciplinary team to guide features to final implementation, providing feedback and design input throughout the process
• Keep a critical eye on quality for both the implementation of in-game content, as well as that of our internal tickets and trackers
• Collaborate with a variety of disciplines to ensure features are coming together well and are well-balanced

What we're looking for
• Advanced level of game design experience with an emphasis in systems design, game creation tools and user experience
• Experience on live service games
• Experience with good development tools and practices for live products
• Demonstrable proficiency in written communication and a track record of effectively conveying your design through documentation
• Solution-oriented problem solver who can react quickly to changing project needs
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with experience guiding collaboration across diverse disciplines
• Ability to work well with other departments
• Professional experience working with game engines would be ideal

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gkjyk0-18-218-99-80-42 in your application.