BioWare: Systems Designer- Contract

Requisition Number: 118485

Position Title: Associate Game Designer

External Description:

At BioWare, our mission is to create worlds of adventure, conflict, and companionship that inspire you to become the hero of your story.  Our teams drive innovation using cutting-edge tech and tools such as the Frostbite engine and collaborate with thousands of world-class developers across EA’s network of studios.  We are passionate about games and their potential as a creative medium to reach and inspire people through emotion, artistry, and engaging storytelling.  If you share this passion, this is an amazing opportunity to help shape the next generation of gaming.

 

What the Systems Designer will do at BioWare Austin:

• Reports to the Creative Director and is responsible for developing and implementing gameplay, economy and progression elements into exciting and fun game experiences.
• Create design documents based off of high-level game vision and player metrics.
• Implement documentation into useable systems, features.
• Collaborate with other disciplines to ensure features maintain a high quality in game play, art, sound, visual effects and animation.
• Implement leadership and peer-based feedback, bug fixing, and polish on your work.

 

Who You Are:

• 2 – 5 years’ experience in systems design and game design 
• Familiarity with SWTOR game systems, particularly the Cartel Market
• Familiarity with microtransaction systems in MMO or mobile games
• Familiarity with the fantasy genre and role-playing games is a plus
• Proven ability to create and implement game systems
• Excellent documentation skills, particularly Excel
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

 

What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!

Since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that thrives off of creativity and individuality. At EA, we live the “work hard/play hard” credo every day. 

 

More about our location: http://careers.ea.com/our-locations/austin

 

EA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, age, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. es una empresa de software de entretenimiento interactivo líder a nivel mundial. EA distribuye juegos, contenido y servicios en línea para consolas, ordenadores personales, teléfonos móviles y tabletas conectados a Internet.

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Days Open: 147

Can this position be remote?:

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EA ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. Nuestras decisiones de empleo se hacen independientemente de raza, color, nacionalidad, ascendencia, sexo, género, identidad o expresión de género, orientación sexual, edad, información genética, religión, discapacidad, condición médica, embarazo o estado civil, familiar o de veterano. EA también lleva a cabo ajustes de espacios de trabajo para individuos cualificados con discapacidades, de acuerdo con la ley aplicable.