Game System Designer

Location
France, Paris- Department
Game Design, GAMEPLAY, GROW and WIN

To be a part of Virtuos means to be a creator and aim at excellence.

At Virtuos, we harness the latest technologies to make video games better and more immersive than ever before. That is why we pride ourselves in constantly pushing the boundaries of possibility since our founding in 2004.

Virtuosi are a team of experts - people who have come together to share their mutual passion for producing high-quality games. People who share the same enthusiasm in exploring new ideas and the constant drive to excel in their field. People who believe in earning success through dedication.

As a group, Virtuos has become a recognized leader in its field, has been growing faster than its peers have in recent years, and is pursuing an aggressive global expansion strategy. To this end, we are seeking an experienced Game System Designer who can join our team and help pave the way towards our new goals.
- About the position
- With over 2,000 staff, Virtuos is one of the largest and most recognized game developers. Since 2004, Virtuos has contributed to hundreds of games on all major platforms.

Our track record is full of achievements. Virtuos has worked with 15 of the top 20 game companies worldwide (Square Enix, Warner Bros., 2K, Ubisoft, EA, Activision, Sony, Microsoft...) by contributing to many of their largest AAA, New-Gen titles as well as shipping over 10 co-developed titles each year in recent years. Virtuos aims at being the Number One game development partner by providing the best games and art to developers and publishers worldwide.

Our French studio located in Cergy is specialized in co-development on Xbox, PlayStation and PC platforms, and contributed to Batman - Return to Arkham (2016), L.A. Noire : The V.R. Case Files (2017), Vampyr (2018), Assassin's Creed Liberation Remastered (2019), The Outer Worlds (2019), Marvel's Avengers (2020) and Horizon Zero Dawn : Complete Edition (2020).
- Responsibilities
As a System Designer, you will collaborate with different developers from other studios to deliver the best user experience, following the game’s creative direction. You will also be responsible for the progression, economic and player’s character systems.

**Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and balance game systems.
- Build systems such as player's level, abilities, equipment etc. And any other progression system related to player's progression.
- Design gameplay on paper, in a succinct and easy to understand format, in line with the game’s vision.
- Carry out all of the adjustments so as to facilitate game system control and understanding.
- Expand or subtract from existing gameplay features, according to the scope of the game.
- Provide balancing documents and tweak the game in-engine.
- Qualifications
- **Qualifications**
- 1-2 years of relevant professional experience on designing game systems and player progression systems
- Unreal engine or blueprint scripting skills are required;
- Excellent communicator (spoken and written); English is mandatory.
- Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
- Game balancing skills

**Personal qualities**:

- Initiative on problem solving;
- Ability to adapt and use to their maximum given tools;
- Adaptability to change, be it design ingredients or project rescoping;
- Attention to details, thoroughness in development and documentation;
- Efficient and autonomous.
- Variety and depth of personal references (games, movies, art, culture, activities, etc).

**What we offer**:

- Open and collaborative employee culture
- Team buildings and company activities
- Healthcare plan
- Possible Work from home
- Overseas work opportunities
- Located in a green campus near RER
- Meal allowance
- Videogames and board-games library
- Complimentary drinks
- And more...
- Position Name
Game System Designer