Senior Gameplay Designer - Weapons/Combat (Apex Legends)

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Job Title: Senior Game Designer – Weapons/Combat (Apex Legends)

Location: Los Angeles CA, Vancouver BC, Madison WI

Work Model: Hybrid

Respawn Entertainment

Founded in 2010, Respawn was created with the philosophy that when talented people have creative freedom, they’ll make extraordinary games that achieve the unexpected. Respawn Entertainment is the Academy Award-winning studio behind Apex Legends, Titanfall, and Star Wars™ Jedi titles. Join us to help shape the future of one of the world’s leading live service franchises.

Apex Legends is looking for a Senior Game Designer who will help us create exciting and innovative new weapons and combat systems, and ensure our combat sandbox is a strong competitive experience. You will work on new weapons and combat systems from early prototype through release. With our existing combat sandbox, you will focus on tuning and evolving the sandbox in response to player feedback and ensuring the competitive health of Apex. You have experience on a live service game in weapon and combat design, and have strong enough technical and scripting abilities to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Work with other disciplines to create the concept for a weapon.
• Create a playtestable prototypes by kitbashing existing assets
• See weapons and combat systems through production, including tuning, polishing, and writing robust, shippable script
• Hold and communicate the vision for weapons and combat systems to your collaborators in other departments
• Ensure a high quality release by bug fixing, balancing, and creating combat systems.
• Work with other designers on to improve multiple parts of Apex
• Playtest frequently and provide high quality feedback.

Qualifications

• 5+ years professional experience as a game designer on a competitive multiplayer game.
• Experience in rapid prototyping and iterative design.
• Experience in balancing competitive game metas.
• Understanding of game feel and polish.
• Solid technical understanding of scripting and 3D action game fundamentals.
• Strong track record in design and balance.
• Played and formed a lot of opinions about many live games.
• Strong opinions on how we could do better and a drive to accomplish them.

Pay Transparency - North America

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 
The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs). 
PAY RANGES * British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) *$114,300 - $156,200 CAD * California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. San Francisco) *$127,700 - $190,600 USD
Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. In the US, we offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity. For Canada, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity. About Electronic Arts We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.
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