Senior Systems Designer

Job Description

Senior Systems Designer (Modifiers)

Ripple Effect, an evolution of Battlefield's DICE LA, is a Los Angeles-based game studio on a mission to build community-first experiences through continuous innovation and boundary breaking technology.
Our Values: We believe in an honest and transparent environment, where developers grow in our crafts. We value bold risk-taking followed by excellence through iteration. We seek developers with diverse experiences who will enrich our studio creativity.

We are looking for a Senior Systems Designer like you to join us in our mission to create amazing games and experiences, and to improve ourselves and our craft. You will report to our Studio Design Line Director. We are considering on-site and hybrid working options, and welcome full-time remote candidates who are within a three hour time difference to the Pacific Time Zone to apply.

Responsibilities:
• Design and document new systems within a large live service project
• Work with engineers to investigate and prototype future features
• Ensure documentation is on time, detailed enough for estimation, and all partners have reviewed and responded
• Give and receive feedback from partners and team members in a graceful, constructive manner, to improve processes and the project
• Work with Experience Design to incorporate feedback from research, playtest data, and the community, to create an outstanding player experience
• Oversee content quality targets, and monitor the results

Qualifications:
• Shipped at least one AAA game, or at least 2 years live service experience in a systems design role
• FPS or live service experience
• Passion for playing and making games, with an understanding of what makes them fun
• Understanding of mass-market appeal, and the ability to innovate within it
• Understand the importance of documentation and respectful communication

Valuable additional skills:
• Experience using mod tools to tweak or enhance existing games
• Comfortable with technical implementation; using game editors, scripting languages, or tools
• Interest in user generated content for games
• Experience working with AI in action games

Benefits

We are proud of the great perks we offer like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, 401k with company match, and of course, free video games. And since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer great compensation packages and a culture that appreciates creativity and individuality.

Next Steps

As part of the application process, we may ask you to complete a practical work exercise. Apply online with a resume.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gx6po1-3-146-221-204-42 in your application.