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Epic Games Hiring for Senior Systems Designer, 2 New Projects

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Epic Games is hiring for a Senior Systems Designer for “unannounced competitive online action game that includes player progression, heavy itemization, and a dynamic economy.”

The following are the qualifications, directly from the developer:

Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will have the following:

  • Passion for game and systems design, and the desire to work with the biggest data sets possible
  • Experience and Passion for building and/or playing Shooters, MMO’s, RPG’s, or RTS games
  • Excellent math and analytical skills
  • Ability to work well within a team environment
  • 5 plus years in a design role
  • Demonstrated experience with advancement, itemization and progression based systems
  • Experience developing  best practices on building scalable and maintainable systems and be comfortable educating others as to their value
  • Experience with competitive multiplayer balance a plus

The designer will “join one of two projects. One of the teams is working on an unannounced competitive online action game that includes player progression, heavy itemization, and a dynamic economy; the other is for Fortnite. In either of these roles you’ll be working on the biggest most important systems and will have a hand in designing everything from economics and itemization to balancing combat mechanics. You’ll be responsible for general design, balance, rules, interface, etc. and will play an integral role in defining the outcome of the project.”

Are you interested in the position or know someone who is?

 

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