Remote Senior Game Designer

Summary

Join Wildlight Entertainment as a Senior Game Designer to contribute to the creation of AAA games with a focus on multiplayer gameplay. This role requires strong technical skills in text-based scripting, excellent design sensibilities, and collaboration skills.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience as a Game Designer, Gameplay Scripter, or similar role in Game Development
• Have 2+ Shipped titles in a similar role
• Have excellent design sensibilities and collaboration skills, particularly with other disciplines including Engineers, Designers, and Artists
• Experience with Programming/Scripting languages such as Python, C#, Java, or any C based scripting language
• Experience prototyping, building, and owning gameplay features from concept to release
• Proven ability to be self-directed, effective, and productive even when the path ahead is unclear
• Able to drive playtesting; collect & process feedback, ceaselessly iterate, and determine when a design meets quality

Responsibilities

• Design and implement various player facing gameplay features, such as game mechanics, weapons, player abilities, and game mode events
• Work directly in UE5 to create awesome AAA-quality gameplay mechanics that are fun to use, have great feel, and are balanced for multiplayer
• Fully own features through all phases of development—ideation, prototyping, implementation, iteration and finalizing
• Drive testing and iteration on features based on feedback from playtests, peers and design leadership
• Effectively scope, prioritize, optimize and deliver high quality features on time without a large production team
• Quickly identify and debug technical issues
• Attend playtests, provide feedback, and actively participate in improving the game outside of your specific features

Benefits

• Competitive industry standard base salaries
• Annual bonus
• Comprehensive healthcare, dental & vision coverage for you and your family
• Paid parental leave