Senior Gameplay Designer - Weapons/Combat (Apex Legends)
Los Angeles, California, United States of America•Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada•Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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full-time
design
British Columbia: $114,300 - $156,200 CAD; California: $127,700 - $190,600 USD
Job Summary
Join Respawn Entertainment as a Senior Gameplay Designer for Apex Legends to innovate and refine weapons and combat systems, shaping the future of a leading live service franchise. This hybrid role offers the chance to make a significant impact on a global community of players.
About this job
Electronic Arts is seeking a Senior Gameplay Designer to join the Apex Legends team, focusing on creating and evolving exciting new weapons and combat systems. This role involves working on new features from prototype through release, tuning the combat sandbox based on player feedback, and ensuring a strong competitive experience. The ideal candidate has experience in live service game weapon and combat design with strong technical and scripting abilities.
Requirements
- 5+ years professional experience as a game designer on a competitive multiplayer game.
- Experience in rapid prototyping and iterative design.
- Experience in balancing competitive game metas.
- Understanding of game feel and polish.
- Solid technical understanding of scripting and 3D action game fundamentals.
- Strong track record in design and balance.
- Played and formed a lot of opinions about many live games.
- Strong opinions on how we could do better and a drive to accomplish them.
Benefits & Perks
- Paid time off (3 weeks per year to start in US, vacation 3 weeks per year to start in Canada)
- 80 hours per year of sick time (US), 10 days per year of sick time (Canada)
- 16 paid company holidays per year (US)
- 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby (US), paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave) (Canada)
- Medical/dental/vision insurance (US), extended health/dental/vision coverage (Canada)
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- 401(k) (US), retirement plan (Canada)
- Bonus and equity eligibility for certain roles
- Complimentary games
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