Senior Technical Designer

4 Hours ago • 5 Years + • Systems Design • Game Design • Undisclosed

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Job Description

As a Senior Technical Designer at Epic Games, you'll be part of a cross-discipline team evaluating tools and features for the Creator Community. Responsibilities include designing and implementing novel gameplay experiences, leading iterative prototyping (both paper and in-game), facilitating ideation sessions, providing feedback on new tools, advocating for Creator Experience, and setting a high design quality bar. You'll work on projects that may become community samples, educational materials, or QA regression tests. The role requires a strong understanding of game design, rapid prototyping, and cross-discipline skills.
Must have:
  • 5+ years game design experience with shipped titles
  • Strong rapid prototyping experience
  • Cross-discipline skills
  • Flexible design approach
  • Excellent communication & collaboration
  • Ability to create design specs and functional prototypes
  • Fortnite & Epic Games product familiarity
Perks:
  • 100% premium coverage (Medical, Dental, Vision HRA, LTD, Life Insurance)
  • 401k with competitive match
  • Robust mental well-being program
  • Unlimited PTO & sick time
  • Paid sabbatical after 7 years

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

In this role, you’ll be part of a cross-discipline group of developers whose role is to evaluate tools and features in development for the Creator Community. The Alpha Team designs and builds example projects, exploring game mechanics and gameplay features to test the readiness of Fortnite Ecosystem features before release. These examples may then become sample projects for the community, the subject of blog posts or other educational material, or regression tests for QA.

In this role, you will

  • Own the design and implementation of novel gameplay experiences from start to finish, driving the vision forward as well as possible using the tools available
  • Drive collaborative and iterative prototyping, both “paper”-based and in-game
  • Lead Ideation sessions for the team on how to best approach evaluation of the new features available, making interesting new gameplay and experiences that may not have been considered in the original implementation
  • Provide clear, considered feedback and propose potential improvements for new tools and features; identify practical solutions to problems
  • Be an advocate for the Creator Experience
  • Lead by example to set the quality bar for design

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of game design experience with shipped titles
  • Strong experience with rapid prototyping
  • A broad skill set! We function as a small team, so cross-discipline skills are highly valued
  • A flexible approach to design, that can adapt to newly discovered limitations or opportunities provided by new tooling
  • Ability to communicate your ideas and collaborate with others
  • Ability to create clear and concise design specs
  • Ability to create your own functional prototypes
  • Familiarity with Fortnite and Epic Games suite of products

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.

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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