Niantic's Design Team seeks a System Designer to help craft the gameplay of a brand-new game.

Niantic Design works with some of the world's most advanced AR technologies to design visually innovative, ground-breaking mobile experiences for tens of millions of users worldwide, encouraging discovery, exercise, and meaningful social experiences.

Responsibilities

• Find opportunities for, and ideate on, new game systems, content, and features.
• Communicate game system concepts, implementation processes, risks, and interactions.
• Create, review, and revise game design documents.
• Collaborate with our creative team to implement game features and content for iterative improvement of the product design.
• Prototype, test and tune gameplay throughout the product life-cycle.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members and stakeholders to cultivate strong working relationships with project team members, including regular and reliable attendance and participation in meetings.

Qualifications

• Experience in using interaction design to build user-centric game experiences.
• Experience with social systems and multiplayer game balance and pacing in a free-to-play economic model.
• Proficiency in Unity game development.
• Passion for video games; an avid gamer with a solid understanding of games.
• 3+ years crafting digital games.
• 1+ years optimizing live games.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced hybrid environment and handle stress appropriately and/or ability to solve practical problems and be sufficiently adaptable to handle dynamic situations with little advance notice.
• Experience working on cross-functional teams with ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal communications, including synchronous interactions with others.

Plus If…

• Experience with AR and Geo-location games or features.
• Proficiency with version control software such as GitLab, Perforce, SourceTree or Fork.
• Experience with rapid iteration and deployment of game data updates.
• Shipped a high performing digital free-to-play game.

The total compensation package for this position includes a new hire offer base salary range of $105,000 - $122,850 + bonus + equity + benefits.

Individual pay within this salary range is determined by work location and additional factors, including assessed job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can answer any questions about new hire total compensation during the hiring process. An overview of benefit offerings for your location can be found on the careers page.

Join the Niantic team!

Niantic is the world's leading AR technology company, sparking creative and engaging journeys in the real world. Our products inspire outdoor exploration, exercise, and meaningful social interaction.

Originally formed at Google in 2011, we became an independent company in 2015 with a strong group of investors including Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, and Alsop Louie Partners. Our current consumer titles include pioneering global-control game Ingress, record-breaking AR game Pokémon GO, and Pikmin Bloom. In November 2021, we launched our developer platform, Lightship, enabling creators to build immersive AR experiences around the globe. Niantic is an Equal Opportunity employer.

We believe that cultivating a workplace where our people are supported and included is essential to creating great products our community will love. Our mission emphasizes seeking and hiring diverse voices, including those who are traditionally underrepresented in the technology industry, and we consider this to be one of the most important values we hold close.

Niantic is a hybrid first company. We believe that in person interaction and collaboration is good for Niantic's culture, and critical to our future success as a company. We support flexibility and know new ways of working are here to stay.

We're a hard-working, fun, and exciting group who value intellectual curiosity and a passion for problem-solving! We have growing offices located in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Bellevue, Los Angeles, New York, London, Tokyo, Hamburg, and Zurich. #LI-HYBRID