Hybrid Systems Designer – RuneScape: Dragonwilds

at Jagex

• Job title: Systems Designer – RuneScape: Dragonwilds
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Unreal Engine
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Cambridge, United Kingdom

About the role

• Systems Designer on RuneScape: Dragonwilds defining systems for cooperative survival-crafting gameplay with a focus on long-term player engagement.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with design Leads & Principals to help establish and implement progression for new regions and refine progression in existing regions.
• Understand, maintain and further develop a global resource economy
• Create, manage and maintain an extensive library of data assets and data tables, relating to items, progression and recipes
• Create new world object blue prints for the world team that act as sources for new item i.e. plants, minerals and other interactive objects
• Integrate narrative entries for all items and materials in the game
• Manage and balance AI, object and special loot drop tables in keeping with established patterns and best practices
• Create new decorative item blue prints to engage and excite our players
• Work close with production, art, audio and engineering to make sure all survival progression dependencies are delivered, implemented and are of suitable quality
• Listen to and work with data and product in identifying and addressing issues, perceived or otherwise, finding the root cause and offering then implementing potential solutions
• Propose changes, improvements and new ideas relating to the survival progression pillar of the game

Requirements

• Have shipped or maintained systems in a live MMO, survival MMO, or similar.
• 2+ years in a System Design role or similar
• Excel at designing and balancing interconnected gameplay systems.
• Understand live economies, resource scarcity, and player progression pacing.
• Enjoy working across teams to translate creative direction into functional, scalable systems.
• Experience working in the Unreal Engine, or similar AAA game development engine

Benefits

• Private Healthcare, including Dental Plan.
• Minimum 6% Pension contributions.
• Employee Assistance Programme & onsite Counselling.
• Life Insurance.
• Discretionary annual performance bonus.
• Enhanced family leave policies from day 1.
• Flexible working hours.
• 25 days annual leave + Bank holidays & the option to buy/sell holidays + so much more!