Senior Encounter Designer

Job Overview

We’re looking for an Encounter Designer to help shape the next generation of event modes for World of Tanks at Wargaming. As a senior member of the event team, you will define and champion the combat experience and encounter philosophy behind our seasonal and limited-time modes.

What will you do?

• Act as the bridge that connects player combat, enemy combat, and level design teams.
• Own and advocate for the full combat experience, making sure player abilities, enemy behaviour, and encounter design fit together into engaging gameplay.
• Design, prototype, and refine player combat systems, enemy mechanics, encounters, and moment-to-moment gameplay.
• Set up combat and encounter design frameworks, standards, and best practices so that several feature teams can build at scale.
• Build combat encounters that challenge players, reward mastery, allow for different playstyles, and support progression goals.
• Analyse player feedback, telemetry, and playtest results to find ways to improve combat feel, pacing, difficulty, and engagement.
• Work with leadership to spot risks, agree on priorities, and keep combat work aligned with the wider goals of the game.
• Hold a high bar for quality, accessibility, usability, and player experience throughout development.

What are we looking for?

• Deep knowledge of combat design fundamentals, including pacing, responsiveness, game feel, encounter design, progression, and player mastery.
• Substantial hands-on experience building and balancing combat systems for action games.
• Strong skills in gameplay prototyping, iterative development, tuning, and using playtests to guide design decisions.
• Experience working closely with engineering teams to turn design goals into solid, reliable gameplay features
• Excellent written and spoken communication, with the ability to explain design intent clearly and give feedback people can act on.
• Hands-on experience with current game development tools and engines
• Solid grasp of what motivates and engages players, how progression systems work, and how great gameplay keeps players coming back.
• Thorough knowledge of game development pipelines and of how disciplines work together in production.

Work mode

• Remote (from anywhere within Ukraine).
• This role isn't eligible for relocation & immigration support.

Benefits

Benefits and perks are tailored to the local market and culture. Our benefits in Kyiv include:

• 24 business days of annual leave per calendar year
• 6 personal days per calendar year
• Career development and education opportunities within the company
• Premium Private Health Care (with wellness program option)
• Mental well-being program (iFeel)
• Life event bonuses (Employee’s Birthday, Marriage, Child’s Birth, etc.)
• English courses with 50% contribution
• Employee discounts
• Personal Gaming Account
• Coffee, fruits, and snacks in the office
• Company events
• Seniority Awards
• Referral program - You can recommend the best talents to the company and receive a reward

Please submit your CV in English to ensure smooth processing and review.

About Wargaming

Wargaming is an award-winning online game developer and publisher headquartered in Nicosia, Cyprus. Operating since 1998, Wargaming has become one of the leaders in the gaming industry with 15 offices worldwide, including studios in Chicago, Prague, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Vilnius. Our diverse and multicultural team works together to deliver a top-class experience to millions of players who enjoy Wargaming's titles across all major gaming platforms. Our flagship products include free-to-play hits World of Tanks, World of Warships and World of Tanks Blitz.

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- Act as the bridge connecting player combat, enemy combat, and level design teams.- Own and advocate for the full combat experience, ensuring player abilities, enemy behaviour, and encounter design fit into engaging gameplay.- Design, prototype, and refine player combat systems, enemy mechanics, encounters, and moment-to-moment gameplay.- Set up combat and encounter design frameworks, standards, and best practices for scalable feature development.- Build combat encounters that challenge players, reward mastery, allow for different playstyles, and support progression goals.- Analyse player feedback, telemetry, and playtest results to improve combat feel, pacing, difficulty, and engagement.- Work with leadership to identify risks, agree on priorities, and align combat work with wider game goals.- Maintain high quality, accessibility, usability, and player experience throughout development.- Possess deep knowledge of combat design fundamentals, including pacing, responsiveness, game feel, encounter design, progression, and player mastery.- Have substantial hands-on experience building and balancing combat systems for action games.- Demonstrate strong skills in gameplay prototyping, iterative development, tuning, and using playtests to guide design decisions.- Experience working closely with engineering teams to translate design goals into solid gameplay features.- Exhibit excellent written and spoken communication, with the ability to explain design intent clearly and provide actionable feedback.- Possess hands-on experience with current game development tools and engines.- Solid grasp of player motivation, engagement, progression systems, and retention strategies.- Have thorough knowledge of game development pipelines and cross-disciplinary collaboration in production.