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Senior Systems Designer

Full-Time

Senior Systems Designer at Epic Games

Company Epic Games
Location Montreal, Canada
How You'll Work onsite
Level senior
Sector Technology
Posted Posted on March 8, 2026

Job Description

Senior Systems Designer

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Systems Designer to join our team at Epic Games. As a Senior Systems Designer, you will be responsible for designing and implementing key features related to progression, economy, and gameplay balance for a new game project.

What You Will Do

  • Collaborate closely with project leads and directors to shape and evolve complex design systems that support engagement, gameplay, and creative vision
  • Design, document, prototype, and iterate on these systems working with a multidisciplinary team of developers, and oversee their successful implementation from start to finish
  • Participate actively in creating scripts, data, and content required by these systems by diving into the engine and leveraging other tools
  • Solicit and integrate proactive feedback from the entire team to ensure a fun and engaging experience for players
  • Develop and iterate on these systems once they are deployed in live environment to ensure the game remains engaging and fun for players

What We Are Looking For

  • More than 5 years of experience in delivering titles as a systems designer, having worked on progression, economy, game systems, and gameplay balance
  • Experience working in multiplayer live service environments and ability to work directly in Unreal Engine, with mobile game experience being a plus
  • Demonstrated talent for empathy towards players and a deep understanding of their motivations, play forms, and the effects of progression and objectives on the gaming experience
  • Strong interest in game progression and economy, and understanding of their success mechanisms
  • Ability to take initiative and react quickly to changing project needs, orient decisions, and assume results and vision
  • Player-focused, passionate, solution-oriented, and innovative – these traits are a guarantee of success at Epic and influence everything we do

Benefits

We pay 100% of employee and dependent benefits premiums, and offer additional coverage for medical, dental, and vision care, serious illness, telemedicine, life insurance, death or mutilation by accident insurance, and long-term disability insurance. We also offer a weekly indemnity (short-term disability) and a retirement savings plan with employer matching contributions. In addition to the employee assistance program, we offer a comprehensive mental well-being program through Modern Health, an organization that provides free therapy and coaching services to employees and dependents.

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