Live Ops Technical Designer (Apex Legends)

Requisition Number: 165176

Position Title: Game Designer II

External Description:

Founded in 2010 by the original creators of the Call of Duty Franchise, Respawn was created with the philosophy that when talented people have creative freedom, they’ll make extraordinary games that achieve the unexpected. From our roots as an indie studio to joining the expansive roster of studios at Electronic Arts, this remains our guiding principle. We truly love what we do and want to share our passion with players worldwide.

Our shipped titles include critically acclaimed multi-platform games Apex Legends, Titanfall, Titanfall 2, Star Wars™ Jedi: Fallen Order and Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond.

Join us for the opportunity to create groundbreaking games with some of the best developer talent in the industry.

We're looking for an experienced Live Technical Designer who will embrace our philosophy and share their hard-earned expertise to create an incredible experience for our players.

What you’ll do..

• Work with our player base, solving problems, diagnosing the root cause of tricky issues our players experience, and implementing solutions. 
• Communicate directly with players, advocating for changes and fixes on their behalf, helping tune our matchmaking systems to maximize engagement and that feeling of “just one more game”
• Work on small teams and have ownership of your work. 
• Craft every detail with purpose to enhance the gaming experience. 
• Work with other designers and disciplines such as code, vfx, and art. 

 

As a Live Ops Technical Designer, You will have:

• Empathy for the Players -nurture and develop the relationship between our players and the dev team
• Strong Problem Solving Skills - share stories diagnosing tricky bugs and issues from incomplete data, steps to solve the problems and the systems put in place to make sure that the same problem would never trouble players again
• Design Experience and Insight - what worked well, what you would change in hindsight, and what you learned
• Openness to team members’ ideas, incorporating suggestions to tailor your work towards what’s best for the game

 

Portfolio requirements…

Whether it’s professional or personal work, we’d like to see examples in your portfolio that you developed from concept to finish. Showcase your strong game design skills:

• Robustness
• Elegance
• Creative usage of constraints
• Technical skills

 

Ideally, you also will have...

• 3+ years professional experience as a designer for games, as a scripter or systems designer in a live-service game.
• Fluency in one or more scripting or programming languages.
• Experience in communicating to players in an official capacity.
• Strong problem solving skills.
• A cool head and the ability to work under time pressure and limited resources.
• Deep player expertise in one or more game genres.

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Community / Marketing Title: Live Ops Technical Designer (Apex Legends)

Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. 是全球领先的互动娱乐软件公司。 EA 提供适用于联网主机、个人电脑、手机和平板电脑的游戏、内容和在线服务。

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Days Open: 193

Can this position be remote?: 1

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA 是一个奉行机会均等的雇主。 所有招聘决定均不考虑种族、肤色、国籍、血统、生理性别、社会性别、性别认同或表达、性向、年龄、遗传信息、宗教信仰、残障状况、医疗状况、怀孕状况、婚姻状况、家庭状况或退伍军人身份等因素的影响。 EA 还会遵照相关法律，为符合条件的残障个体改善工作环境。