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Lead PvE Designer

ABOUT FIREWALK STUDIOS

At Firewalk Studios, our mission is to spark incredible multiplayer experiences that inspire memorable moments. We’re building a world-class, next-generation game studio where people come first. For us, setting a high-quality bar, creating something extraordinary, and treating each other with trust and respect go hand-in-hand. Creating new worlds that ignite imagination and connection takes a collaborative team of amazing creators. Join us to deliver awesome gaming entertainment, rooted in strong gameplay and inspiring art, that captures the joy of playing together. We are currently working on an unannounced, original multiplayer game that is being published by our partners at Sony Interactive Entertainment and we are actively looking to add passionate, visionary creators who thrive in environments where the “status quo” just won’t do and who genuinely want to be part of a collaborative, inclusive, and respectful team. Firewalk Studios is proud to be part of the ProbablyMonsters family of studios.

• You are extraordinarily passionate about encounter & combatant design in shooters. You enjoy picking apart your favorite PvE shooter games and imagining how you would make them better.
• You are an accomplished PvE designer. You have an impressive portfolio of shipped solo or co-op experiences.
• You take pride in your ability to mentor other designers to success. You can create insightful best practices, communicate in a way that is inspiring, and keep designers empowered and creatively aligned.
• You can reliably put other disciplines in a position to do their best work and create inspiring team dynamics.
• You have a great touch for integrating narrative into your work and working successfully with writers and narrative design.
• You are incredibly knowledgeable about PvE design tools and workflow. You can work directly with tools engineers to make sure we have truly exceptional tools.
• You have significant experience working on Live games and understand how it changes game development.
• You find time to play video games and empathize deeply with our players because you are a gamer at heart.
• Experience with the Unreal 4 Engine is a big plus.

• Helping a designer debug why a feature isn't coming together by applying concise design principles
• Playtesting the game and giving candid notes on how we can improve it
• Getting your hands dirty and working directly on a new PvE experience
• Writing a design spec for a new combatant type
• Working with other designs to update our encounter design best practices

• You have shipped at least two successful "AAA" titles from start to finish, or equivalent game development experience.
• You have strong knowledge and experience of modern PvE Shooter Design.
• You have experience successfully managing PvE-focused Designers.