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Technical Game Designer II - Riftbound: The League of Legends Trading Card Game

As a Game Designer, you will design, tweak, and optimize the player experience. Your analytical skills, player insight, and creativity aid in crafting in- and out-of-game experiences that engage and surprise players. You will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and work with every tool at hand to innovate and iterate player-focused designs that'll delight millions around the world.

As a Technical Game Designer II on Riftbound, you'll be working in open design spaces to help define the direction of an exciting new gaming experience. As a Technical Designer specializing in systems and gameplay, you will be responsible for implementing rich features that will delight players around the world and keep them engaged. You’ll design and implement tools on Riftbound.  You will report to the Game Director.

Responsibilities:

  • Understand the relevant audiences for the game, and from this, calibrate your design expertise to reflect appropriate taste for these audiences
  • Use data and sense-making to identify opportunities to improve the health of the game through cards
  • Articulate and consider a scope and depth of possible solutions, including possible effects, and collaboratively reach the best solution
  • Discover solutions conceptually through rapid prototyping
  • Implement card content and iterate on it through playtesting
  • Create tools and improve pipelines that amplify the quality and velocity of your fellow designers
  • As needed, act as a tools engineer no more than 50% of the time (generally closer to 35%, with some weeks at 0% and occasional emergencies near 100%)
  • Be a bridge between designers and engineers, and an advocate for both solid implementation and high design velocity 

Required Qualifications:

  • 2+ years of experience in professional game design, or equivalent experience
  • 2+ years of experience in professional engineering or technical game design, or equivalent experience
  • Proficiency with Python
  • Experience designing and implementing systems in large, ambiguous spaces
  • Experience leading development on features in a rapid development environment 
  • Experience with balancing product goals with design decisions

Desired Qualifications:

  • Professional experience developing in unreal
  • Professional experience developing in C++ or other early-binding compiled languages
  • Experience with both gameplay and systems design
  • Experience working on TCGs or other PVP strategy card games
  • Experience mentoring other designers

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise and a collaborative spirit that prioritizes the delight of players. We will look at your past studies and experience, but for this role, we also look for dedicated people with a personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this is the role for you!

Our Perks:

 

Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules. We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children, and a 401k with company match. Check out our benefits pages for more information.

 

Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the Summoner's Code and Community Code. Our culture embraces differences as a strength, and our values are the guiding principles for how we approach work. We are committed to putting diversity and inclusion (D&I) at the center of everything we do and promoting a fair and collaborative culture where Rioters treat one another with dignity and respect. We encourage you to read more about our value of thriving together and our ongoing work to build the most inclusive company in Gaming.



It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

  • Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
  • Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
  • Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
  • Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security. 

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