Lead Game Designer, Engagement (R27003)

Epic Games is seeking a Lead Game Designer to tackle high-level engagement challenges across the Fortnite ecosystem. This role involves innovating existing systems like quests and passes, while also envisioning new structures to guide player experience within an evolving platform. Designers at Epic define vision and guide multidisciplinary development teams to deliver challenging objectives that enrich player experience and integrate with broader progression systems.

Must Have

• Design meaningful player objectives that foster learning and mastery of new game mechanics in Fortnite.
• Drive design innovation in engagement, including systems, progression, and rewards.
• Communicate and embody the player experience vision to multiple teams.
• Collaborate with product management and marketing teams to ensure player satisfaction and game health.
• Lead a collaborative and iterative live design approach, including rapid prototyping and iteration.
• Over ten years of game design experience, with participation in the release of multiple titles.
• Experience working on objective-driven engagement or progression systems in continuously serviced multiplayer environments.
• Demonstrated talent for understanding player motivations, play styles, and the impact of objective setting.
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing project needs, make informed decisions, and fully assume the creative vision.

Perks & Benefits

• 100% paid premiums for employee and dependent benefits (medical, dental, vision)
• Additional coverage for critical illness, telemedicine, life insurance, AD&D, and long-term disability
• Weekly indemnity (short-term disability)
• Competitive retirement savings plan with employer contribution
• Employee assistance program
• Extensive mental wellness program through Modern Health (free therapy and coaching for employees and dependents)

What we do

Put your design skills to work for a cutting-edge company that challenges norms. From character and level design to high-performance systems and game design, help shape the future of interactive entertainment at Epic.

What you will do

Epic Games is looking for a Lead Game Designer to tackle high-level engagement challenges across the Fortnite ecosystem. You will be called upon to innovate on existing systems like quests and passes, while also imagining new structures designed to guide player experience within a constantly evolving platform. Designers at Epic define the vision and guide multidisciplinary development teams to deliver challenging objectives that enrich player experience and integrate with broader progression systems.

What you will be responsible for

• Design meaningful player objectives that foster learning and mastery of new game mechanics while immersing them in the world of Fortnite.
• Drive design innovation in the field of engagement, particularly for systems, progression, and rewards, to achieve key objectives and meet the structural needs of the platform.
• Communicate and embody the player experience vision to multiple teams across the company and support teams of all disciplines to optimize player engagement.
• Collaborate with product management and marketing teams to ensure player satisfaction and overall game health, while fostering ecosystem growth and supporting major activations.
• Lead a collaborative and iterative approach to live design, rapidly prototyping, applying changes in production, observing results, and iterating on learnings.

What we are looking for

• Over ten years of game design experience, with participation in the release of multiple titles and work on objective-driven engagement or progression systems in continuously serviced multiplayer environments.
• Demonstrated talent for understanding player motivations, play styles, and the impact of objective setting on their experience.
• Strong interest in Battle Royale mode and the Fortnite ecosystem, as well as a deep understanding of what makes them appealing.
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing project needs, make informed decisions, and fully assume the creative vision.
• Passion for players, creativity, proactivity, and a solution-oriented approach — qualities that lead to success at Epic and influence everything we do.

Benefits

We pay 100% of premiums associated with benefits, for both employees and dependents, and offer additional coverage for medical, dental, and vision care, critical illness, telemedicine, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and long-term disability insurance. We also offer weekly indemnity (short-term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer contribution. In addition to the employee assistance program, we offer an extensive mental wellness program through Modern Health, an organization that provides free therapy and coaching services to employees and dependents.