Senior Gameplay Designer - Weapons/Combat (Apex Legends)

Role Overview

Join Respawn Entertainment to help shape the future of Apex Legends, a leading live service franchise. As a Senior Game Designer, you will create exciting and innovative new weapons and combat systems, and ensure the competitive health of the game. You will work on new weapons and combat systems from early prototype through release, and focus on tuning and evolving the sandbox in response to player feedback.

What You Will Do

Work with other disciplines to create the concept for a weapon, create playtestable prototypes, see weapons and combat systems through production, and hold and communicate the vision for weapons and combat systems to collaborators.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You have experience on a live service game in weapon and combat design, and have strong technical and scripting abilities to work independently. You have a strong track record in design and balance, and a drive to accomplish your goals.

Requirements

• 5+ years professional experience as a game designer on a competitive multiplayer game
• Experience in rapid prototyping and iterative design
• Experience in balancing competitive game metas
• Understanding of game feel and polish
• Solid technical understanding of scripting and 3D action game fundamentals

Benefits

• Paid time off (3 weeks per year to start)
• 80 hours per year of sick time
• 16 paid company holidays per year
• 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• 401(k)
• Vacation (3 weeks per year to start)
• 10 days per year of sick time
• Paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child
• Extended health/dental/vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Retirement plan