Senior Systems Designer, Progression

About Us

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating. Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company with over 30 years of experience making award-winning games and engine technology. Our award-winning Unreal Engine technology empowers developers to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, and is also embraced by content creators across industries like media, automotive, and architectural design.

About the Role

Put your design skills to work at a cutting-edge company that challenges the norm. As a Senior Systems Designer, Progression, you will tackle high-level engagement challenges across the Fortnite ecosystem. This includes innovating existing systems like Quests and Passes and creating entirely new structures to guide the player experience across the growing platform. Designers at Epic drive vision across cross-disciplinary development teams to engage players with goals that enrich their knowledge and tie into broader forms of progression.

Responsibilities

• Craft meaningful goals for players that build their exposure, experience, and mastery of new and existing game mechanics, all while immersing them in the world of Fortnite.
• Spearhead innovation in design for the engagement space, including systems, progression, and rewards, fulfilling key engagement metrics and supporting broad systematic framework needs.
• Communicate and represent a vision for the player’s experience to multiple teams across the company, as well as supporting teams of all crafts to optimize their engagement.
• Collaborate with product management and marketing teams to ensure player satisfaction and overall game health while driving growth across the ecosystem and supporting key activations.
• Drive collaborative and iterative live design to prototype quickly, make changes live soon after, learn from them, and iterate.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience shipping multiple titles as a game designer, working on engagement content or goal-based progression systems in live-service multiplayer environments.
• Demonstrated talent for empathizing with players and a deep understanding of player motivations, forms of play, and the effects of goal setting on play.
• Strong interest in BR and the Fortnite Ecosystem with an understanding of what makes them work.
• Able to react quickly to changing project needs and drive decisions, then own that vision.
• Player-focused, passionate, solutions-focused, and innovative.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with 100% of premiums paid for you and your dependents.
• Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, and a 401k with competitive match.
• Robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, offering free therapy and coaching for employees and dependents.
• Unlimited PTO and sick time.
• Company-wide paid breaks and events throughout the year.
• Paid sabbatical for individuals with 7 years of employment.