Game Designer, Activities, Vancouver

DESIGN What We Do Put your design skills to work at a cutting‑edge company that challenges the norm. From character and level design to competitive gameplay and system design, help shape the future of interactive entertainment at Epic.

What You'll Do Epic Games is looking for a Gameplay Designer to help create compelling gameplay experiences across combat, progression, systems, moment‑to‑moment mechanics, and live gameplay content for our collaboration with Disney. In this role, you’ll partner closely with design leadership, art, programming, animation, UX, audio, production, and QA to deliver high‑quality features from concept through ship.

You will own and iterate on gameplay systems, mechanics, and content while balancing player experience, readability, accessibility, engagement, and long‑term retention. The ideal candidate is highly collaborative, deeply player‑focused, and comfortable working in a fast‑paced cross‑disciplinary environment where iteration and feedback are core to development.

In this role, you will

Work in close collaboration with project leads&directors to design, prototype, tune, and ship features and systems that support the engagement, gameplay, and creative vision of the project

Document and create clear, actionable design documents, and iterate on these features, working with a team of developers across multiple disciplines, and oversee their successful implementation from start to finish

Get hands‑on creating the scripting, data, and content required by those features, diving into the engine, and leveraging other tools

Be responsible for soliciting and rapidly integrating feedback from across the team on your own initiative, ensuring we’re continually delivering a fun and fresh experience to our players

Help establish and maintain design pipelines, best practices, and cross‑discipline communication standards to scope, prioritize deliverables, and hit milestone goals

What we’re looking for

5+ years of experience shipping first or third‑person shooter titles as a Gameplay Designer, working on itemization, gameplay systems, combat, ability systems, features, and content

Strong scripting and technical capabilities. Bonus points if you have experience with Unreal Engine and the Ability System

Experience working on live‑service multiplayer environments

Demonstrated talent and a deep understanding of gameplay feel, player motivations or intent, gameplay mechanics, weapon/itemization use, and combat systems contributing to delivering the most emergent player experience

Ability to break down high‑level creative direction into actionable gameplay features and production‑ready tasks

Ability to work independently, take initiative, and react quickly to changing project needs, drive decisions, and then own the outcome and vision

Commitment to quality, rapid iteration, and delivering exceptional player experiences

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long‑term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short‑term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well‑being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees&dependents.

Pay Transparency Information The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

British Columbia Base Pay Range $107,812—$158,124 CAD

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