Senior Technical Designer

3 Months ago • 5 Years + • Systems Design • $98,280 PA - $145,250 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Epic Games seeks a Senior Technical Designer to design systems and features, refining tools and workflows for first-party and individual creators building engaging experiences within the Fortnite ecosystem. This role involves designing gameplay features expanding Fortnite to new genres and audiences, establishing tools and workflows, collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team, providing design feedback, and acting as the primary contact for issue triage. Responsibilities include developing new features and processes within the design team, ensuring a quality user experience through design and documentation, and guiding features to final implementation.
Must have:
  • 5+ years experience shipping multiple titles as a technical designer
  • Passionate about player experience and deep understanding of player motivations
  • Technical Game System Design expertise: Data Asset Architecture, Spreadsheet Automation, Blueprints, Algorithm efficiency
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience guiding collaboration across various disciplines
Good to have:
  • Experience with multiple engines, including Unreal
Perks:
  • 100% employer-paid benefits for employees and dependents
  • Supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine
  • Life and AD&D, long-term disability insurance, weekly indemnity
  • Retirement savings plan with employer match
  • EAP and robust mental well-being program

Job Details

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

DESIGN

What We Do

Put your design skills to work at a cutting-edge company that challenges the norm. From character and level design to competitive gameplay and system design, help shape the future of interactive entertainment at Epic.

What You'll Do

Epic Games’ Creator Platform team is looking for a Senior Technical Designer. In this role, you will help design systems and features, while refining the tools and workflow used by both first-party and individual creators to build engaging experiences. You will be working on core gameplay systems straddling Unreal Engine, UEFN, and Fortnite to empower developers. Our ideal candidate has experience in systems and gameplay design and brings a passion for creative empowerment for both players and developers alike.

In this role, you will

  • Help identify and design gameplay features that expand the Fortnite Ecosystem to new genres and audiences.
  • Establish both the tools and workflow, ensuring a good end-user experience and producing quality documentation.
  • Work with a multi-disciplinary team to guide the feature to final implementation, providing feedback and design input throughout the process.
  • Provide constant design feedback about features and take on feedback from other team members and disciplines.
  • Be the primary point of contact for triage of open issues related to your feature.
  • Help develop new features and processes within the design team.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years experience shipping multiple titles as a technical designer, building and supporting gameplay systems.
  • Passionate about player experience, with a deep understanding of player motivations, player expectation, and player agency.
  • Technical Game System Design: Data Asset Architecture; Spreadsheet Automation; Strong software architecture in Blueprints; Algorithm efficiency and robustness; Impeccable ability to translate between programmers and designers.
  • Demonstrated understanding of gameplay systems, tools, and workflow.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience guiding collaboration across various disciplines.
  • Experience working with multiple engines including Unreal would be ideal.

This role is open to multiple locations in Canada (including British Columbia).

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

British Columbia Base Pay Range
$152,967$224,352 CAD

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy .

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found .

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About The Company

Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content. Epic has over 40 offices worldwide with headquarters in Cary, North Carolina.

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