Mid to Senior-level System Designer

Overview

We are looking for a technical, creative, and adaptable to join Destiny’s Events Team. The Events Team is dedicated to limited-time experiences in Destiny with a light-hearted, off-beat, and spirited flair. Some examples include The Dawning, Festival of the Lost, Guardian Games, and Solstice. We add cheer, excitement, and a pinch of the unexpected to Destiny.

As a Systems Designer on the Destiny Events Team, you will work closely with the design team to improve existing events and build new, playful experiences. You will implement quests, reward structures, and make small-scale game loops specific to each event. Expect to contribute to concepts for new events, make systems and content to support them, and to collaborate with other disciplines to deliver the best execution available.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with a small team to create a wide variety of pursuit and reward based systems
• Perform intermediate scripting and tool work
• Collaborate with multiple disciplines to create sustainable systems that excite and engage players
• Design creative additions and improvements for existing systems
• Tune gameplay values to create compelling moments and a satisfying progression curve

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Game industry design experience
• Clear history of collaboration with designers and other disciplines
• Experience working with game development software and tools
• Ability to build content and systems such as quests, reward structures, and basic game loops
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Desire to work as part of a large team and ability to take feedback and direction appropriately
• Proactive communication for technical and creative roadblocks
• Experience building or modifying content and/or systems of a moderate scale
• Ability to build or improve upon moderately complex systems and game loops

For Senior level candidates, in addition to the above Required Skills, we are targeting:

• Experience owning large-scale and/or complex features
• Ability to operate with minimal oversight while remaining highly communicative with teammates

Listed below are the two base pay ranges associated with this role at multiple levels. In other locations that has approved for remote work, this pay range may be adjusted up to +/- 10% and some roles may be classified as non-exempt (hourly).

This range is determined by an array of factors, including training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and market demands. Additionally, it is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

In the journey to make incredible worlds, employees don't simply do meaningful work - they receive meaningful support. Competitive salaries and discretionary bonus opportunities are just the start. We offer comprehensive healthcare coverage, generous 401(k) matching, flexible time off policies, paid parental leave, social clubs, and so much more. Check out our benefits page: Benefits - Careers

to see all the perks that come with joining .

Pay Range I

$93,000—$123,000 USD

Pay Range II

$125,000—$150,000 USD

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Most full-time employees will adopt a digital first approach allowing remote work in approved locations (outside of positions identified as 100% onsite in / , or individuals preferring a hybrid/flex environment). Prospective full-time employees who are located outside of an approved state will need to establish residency in an approved state within 45 days of their start date. Contractors will follow a digital first approach adhering to the location guidelines agreed upon by our third-party employer/vendor and . ’s remote policy is subject to change at the company’s discretion.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to create a wide variety of pursuit and reward based systems that complement Destiny activity content

• Perform advanced scripting and tool work

• Design and create sustainable systems that excite and engage players

• Design creative additions and improvements for existing systems and events

• Tune gameplay values to create compelling moments and a satisfying progression curve

Required Skills

• Professional experience as a designer

• Experience working with game development software and tools

• Experience building reward and progression systems

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Experience owning features or leading small teams

• Desire to work as part of a large team and ability to take feedback and direction appropriately

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Passion for limited-time experiences and the unexpected, joyful types of play that can arise inside a game with a larger surrounding context

• Experience managing world, account, and character states through content and systems

• Technical experience writing text-based scripts to manage game systems (scripting in a Lua, Python, or similar language)

• Multiple shipped game systems within the console space

• Experience working on games as a service/live content

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