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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’ Creator Platform team is looking for a Senior Technical Designer. In this role, you will help design systems and features, while refining the tools and workflow used by both first-party and individual creators to build engaging experiences. You will be working on core gameplay systems straddling Unreal Engine, UEFN, and Fortnite to empower developers. Our ideal candidate has experience in systems and gameplay design and brings a passion for creative empowerment for both players and developers alike.
In this role, you will
- Help identify and design gameplay features that expand the Fortnite Ecosystem to new genres and audiences.
- Establish both the tools and workflow, ensuring a good end-user experience and producing quality documentation.
- Work with a multi-disciplinary team to guide the feature to final implementation, providing feedback and design input throughout the process.
- Provide constant design feedback about features and take on feedback from other team members and disciplines.
- Be the primary point of contact for triage of open issues related to your feature.
- Help develop new features and processes within the design team.
What we're looking for
- 5+ years experience shipping multiple titles as a technical designer, building and supporting gameplay systems.
- Passionate about player experience, with a deep understanding of player motivations, player expectation, and player agency.
- Technical Game System Design: Data Asset Architecture; Spreadsheet Automation; Strong software architecture in Blueprints; Algorithm efficiency and robustness; Impeccable ability to translate between programmers and designers.
- Demonstrated understanding of gameplay systems, tools, and workflow.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience guiding collaboration across various disciplines.
- Experience working with multiple engines including Unreal would be ideal.
This role is open to multiple locations in North America (including CA & WA).
Pay Transparency Information
The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).
California Base Pay Range
$158,988—$233,182 USD
Washington Base Pay Range
$144,535—$211,984 USD
Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.
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Founded in 1991, Epic Games is an American company founded by CEO Tim Sweeney. The company is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, and has more than 50 offices worldwide. Today Epic is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates one of the world’s largest games, Fortnite, and Epic has over 600 million accounts with over 5 billion friend connections across Fortnite, Fall Guys, Rocket League, and the Epic Games Store. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is also adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content.
