Balance Designer - Systems

DESIGN

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What You'll Do

Epic Games is looking for a Balance Designer to join our team working on Fortnite. In this role, you will tune and balance Fortnite items, limited-time modes, and other gameplay systems. This role will have extra emphasis on loot tables, gameplay systems design, and economy design. Balance Designers at Epic identify live issues and create hotfixes for game content in real time and will focus on proactively balancing future gameplay features in coordination with other teams.

In this role, you will

• Work on and own the design of itemization systems, including loot tables, rarity, and affixes, to ensure a satisfying and diverse loot meta for several different game modes
• Design, implement, and maintain/tune gameplay systems, such as gold bars, based on goals and data; This includes transient and persistent gameplay economies or progression systems
• Use data to inform design decisions and measure outcomes. Identify practical solutions to problems and help drive empathetic design to improve player experience
• Adjust live balance in real-time; Adjusting numbers, loot, and all knobs available to come up with the optimal solutions. Helping pre-emptively set features to be balanced/adjusted post-launch
• Tuning and balancing Fortnite items, limited-time modes, and other gameplay systems
• Work closely with other game design teams to iterate and provide feedback and polish to the design process
• Working effectively in a collaborative environment, providing input and regular feedback

What we're looking for

• 5+ years experience in game design, focusing on systems design and balance
• Previous gameplay (non-MTX) economy design is a plus
• Previous experience on a live service, multiplayer PVP, or battle royale product is a plus
• Prior experience with Unreal Engine (especially blueprints)
• Ability to communicate your ideas and collaborate with others (written or verbal)
• Ability to react to changing project needs and directions extremely quickly
• It's a plus if you have any experience with analytics tools/languages/processes (SQL, Tableau, Databricks, Grafana, etc)
• Deep understanding and passion for Fortnite

This role is open to multiple locations in North America (including CA & WA).

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).