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"" ## What Makes Us Epic? Epic Games is a cutting-edge company that challenges the norm. We pride ourselves on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Our success is built on talented, passionate people who continually strive to innovate and push the boundaries of game development. ## Design ### What We Do As a Senior Systems Designer at Epic Games, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of interactive entertainment. You will work on designing and prototyping key progression, economy, and gameplay balance-related features for a new game project. This includes collaborating with a cross-disciplinary development team to implement these features and ensuring they meet the project's creative vision. ### Responsibilities Work closely 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 a fun and fresh experience for players Expand and iterate on those systems once they're in the live environment, ensuring the game remains exciting and engaging to players ### Requirements 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 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 * You're player-focused, passionate, solutions-focused, and innovative; These traits equal success at Epic and influence everything we do ## Pay Transparency Information The expected annual base pay range for this position in California is $158,988-$233,182 USD, and in Washington, it is $144,535-$211,984 USD. ""