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Epic Games

Senior Systems Designer

Epic Games
onsite senior full-time $139,061—$203,957 CAD Vancouver
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First indexed 24 Apr 2026

Description

Senior Systems Designer

We're looking for a skilled Senior Systems Designer to join our team and help shape the future of interactive entertainment.

What We Do

As a Senior Systems Designer, you will be responsible for designing and implementing key progression, economy, and gameplay balance-related features for our new game project. This includes working closely with project leads and directors to shape and evolve complex design systems, designing and documenting prototypes, and overseeing their successful implementation from start to finish.

Key Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with project leads and directors to shape and evolve complex design systems that support engagement, gameplay, and creative vision
  • Design, document, prototype, and iterate on these systems, working with a team of developers across multiple disciplines
  • Get hands-on creating the scripting, data, and content required by those systems, diving into the engine and leveraging other tools
  • Solicit and integrate feedback from across the team on your own initiative, ensuring we're continually delivering a fun and fresh experience to our players
  • Expand and iterate on those systems once they're in the live environment, ensuring the game remains exciting and engaging to players

What We're Looking For

  • 5+ years of experience shipping titles as a Systems Designer, working on progression, economy, gameplay system, and gameplay balance features and content
  • Experience working on live-service multiplayer environments and ability to get your hands dirty in Unreal Engine is preferred, bonus points for mobile game experience
  • Demonstrated talent for empathizing with players and a deep understanding of player motivations, forms of play, and the effects of progression and goal setting on play
  • Strong interest in game progression and economies, and an understanding of what makes them work
  • Ability to take initiative and react quickly to changing project needs, drive decisions, then owning the outcome and vision

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including 100% paid benefits for employees and dependents, supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance, and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match.

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range for this position is $139,061,$203,957 CAD.

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