Full-Time Senior Combat Designer

• Work on key systems such as: targeting, combat indicators, balancing, aggression management (AI ticketing system), enemy behavior tree, ambient enemy behavior.
• Submit ideas for a wide variety of enemy types (including key enemies and bosses), design prototypes for these enemies, implement them, manage their balancing, and deliver them.
• Calibrate the combat experience at the most detailed level: animation length, i-frames, damage volumes, etc.
• Implement the combat behavior of each character type by using techniques such as behavior trees, animation graphs, and animation blueprints.
• Work with the character art, animation, visual effects (VFX) and audio teams to deliver characters with an ultra-high level of finish.
• Create documentation to communicate your proposals and concepts, and work with production to ensure that these proposals and concepts can be implemented given the available time and resources.

• At least 5 years of professional experience in the video game industry.
• Have delivered at least one game as a combat designer.
• Have a high level of understanding of AI systems.
• Know how to design confrontations (encounter design) and what AI ambient behaviors are.
• Have experience in the development of third-person action games.
• Have a curious mind, be kind, and have a positive, professional and determined attitude.

• Know how to write scripts, whether via visual programming languages (such as Blueprint) or with text (such as Python, Lua or C#).
• Have experience with Unreal Engine 5.
• Have experience with combat and AI.
• Have a passion for action games, RPGs; or games with complex systems.

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