Systems Designer
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Systems Designer
The Gearbox Entertainment Company is an award-winning creator and distributor of entertainment for people around the world. Gearbox Entertainment develops and publishes products through its subsidiaries Gearbox Software and Gearbox Publishing. Gearbox Entertainment has become widely known for successful game franchises including Brothers in Arms and Borderlands as well as acquired properties Duke Nukem and Homeworld. Gearboxs ambition is to entertain the world and its key driving objectives include the pursuit of happiness for our talent partners and customers the prioritization of entertainment and creativity and a measured respect for profitability. For more information visit .
A Systems Designer at The Gearbox Entertainment Company is a development role focused on creating gameplay systems and systemic content that result in a fun imaginative rewarding experiences for all players. A Systems Designer is responsible for creating and maintaining systems based on the direction of the Lead Systems addition this role involves working with a small team of other systems and content designers making sure the team maintains quality consistency and cohesive vision across multiple game systems.
This role often works in collaboration with representatives of various other departments (code art animation level design etc) to ensure new systems are built well for other departments to use and implement and for players to experience with optimal performance. This role requires deep understanding of modern first-person shooters RPG growth systems and core gameplay tentpoles from various Gearbox games. For the right candidate this job might also entail training and mentoring entry level hires.
Responsibilities:
- Design build and iterate core gameplay systems for a multi-platform AAA FPS
- Coordinate with the Lead Systems Designer and Creative Director to make sure core gameplay systems are meeting their goals and delivered to players in a complete polished and fun state
- Work in multidisciplinary teams with coders artists and other designers to coordinate development complex systems and solve problems
- Ability to break down requests from other departments into standardized systems
- Provide feedback for the development of internal tools and processes to ensure rapid content production and fewer bugs
- Take a keen interest in team morale and the growth of other team members craft. This may include mentoring entry level hires
Qualifications:
- 1 or more AAA Projects shipped to completion in a design role leadership roles are a plus
- Understanding of the Borderlands franchise and core gameplay mechanics
- Shipped Unreal Engine 4 experience is preferred
- Must possess proficiency in math.
- While previous software engineering is not a must previous work or examples of coding or text based scripting are a huge plus for the position.
Gearbox Entertainment believes that all team members should be able to enjoy a work environment free from all forms of discrimination and harassment. We are committed to reflecting the diversity of the world we strive to entertain. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we provide fair and equal treatment to all team members and applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin disability genetic information pregnancy or maternity veteran status or any other status protected by applicable national federal state or local law.
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