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Senior Technical Game Designer

Amazon Game Studios is seeking a Senior Technical Game Designer to join our team in sunny San Diego, CA. This designer will work with our Creative Director to design the captivating game systems and content that drive exciting and dynamic game play for an unannounced massively multiplayer game.
You have a proven track record designing and balancing highly technical game systems and content. You have knowledge of game design theory and tools pipelines. You possess strong communication skills and production sensibilities. You have the talent to produce and implement high quality work. You want to create delightful and surprising experiences for our players. You are able to work independently and are comfortable taking direction. You’ll share your knowledge while working within a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary team of designers, artists, and programmers as you continue to develop your skill set by learning from your teammates.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
· Work closely with the Creative Director and leads to design, implement, and own game systems, features, and content.
· Generate documentation to clearly communicate ideas and goals.
· Prototype, implement and balance system variables to create an entertaining gameplay experience for a diverse array of play styles.
· Work with all departments on the scheduling and integration of systems designs, as well as feature development goals and execution.
· Develop data-gathering methods for game balancing and tuning through focus testing, then implement changes based on the data.
· Work closely with QA to ensure quality throughout the product lifecycle.
· Design, learn, and optimize new tools and workflows with minimal supervision.

Basic Qualifications

· 5+ years of game design experience in a relevant role.
· Shipped 1+ AAA titles as a game designer.
· Experience with Unreal Engine 4 in AAA game production

Preferred Qualifications

· Proven experience in a professional game production pipeline.
· Comfortable working in game editors and understanding engine/game constraints and opportunities.
· Knowledge and experience using UE4 Blueprints.
· Strong methodology and problem solving ability, with focus on creative and fun gameplay.
· Experience designing systems and content for multiplayer games.
· Experience designing systems and content for RPGs.
· Able to accept and give constructive criticism and maintain a professional attitude.
· Independently self-motivated, team player with excellent communication skills.
· Experience creating and balancing game play with a holistic, "get your hands dirty" approach.
· Passionate gamer with knowledge of current commercial game titles.
· Has been a key contributor from prototype to polish.
· Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role.
· Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role.
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