Epic Games is looking for a Principal Game Designer to address high-level engagement challenges within the Fortnite ecosystem. This role involves innovating existing systems like Quests and Passes, creating new structures to guide player experience across the growing platform, and driving vision across cross-disciplinary development teams to engage players with goals that enrich their knowledge and progression. The designer will collaborate with product management and marketing teams to ensure player satisfaction, drive growth, and support key activations through iterative live design.
Craft meaningful goals for players to build their exposure, experience, and mastery of game mechanics in Fortnite. Spearhead innovation in engagement design, including systems, progression, and rewards, while fulfilling key engagement metrics and supporting systematic framework needs. Communicate and represent a vision for the player's experience to multiple teams. Collaborate with product management and marketing teams to ensure player satisfaction and game health, driving ecosystem growth and supporting key activations. Drive collaborative and iterative live design for quick prototyping, live changes, and iteration.
10+ years of experience shipping multiple titles as a game designer, specifically working on engagement content or goal-based progression systems in live-service multiplayer environments. Demonstrated talent for empathizing with players and a deep understanding of player motivations, forms of play, and the effects of goal setting on play. Strong interest in Battle Royale (BR) and the Fortnite Ecosystem, with an understanding of what makes them work. Ability to react quickly to changing project needs, drive decisions, and own that vision. Must be player-focused, passionate, solutions-focused, and innovative.
Epic Games is an American video game and software developer and publisher based in Cary, North Carolina. The company is best known for developing the Unreal Engine, the globally popular game Fortnite, and operating the Epic Games Store digital storefront.
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