Hiring: Principal Systems Designer Company: Scopely Location: United States Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 11:06:31 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : Systems Design About the job Experience: •8+ years of experience owning complex progression, economy, combat-adjacent, or related systems through development and launch or live operations Required Skills: •Design and build core systems, including progression, combat scaling, economy, and rewards, from initial definition through shippable implementation •Partner with gameplay designers to ensure combat abilities, RPG progression, and scaling reinforce one another across the live-service lifecycle •Build and maintain models, simulations, and tuning tools that define loot tables, costs, XP curves, and stat scaling as the game evolves •Implement, tune, and iterate on systems directly in Unity and supporting design tools •Create clear design documentation that enables designers, engineers, and producers to execute effectively •Partner cross-functionally with engineering to define tools and pipelines that enable efficient systems authoring, tuning, and balancing •Use playtest results and analytics to evaluate system performance, identify opportunities, and iterate based on evidence •Evaluate system proposals constructively, identifying design risks, tradeoffs, and opportunities for improvement while supporting systems that can evolve with future content Qualifications: •Ideally 8+ years of experience owning complex progression, economy, combat-adjacent, or related systems through development and launch or live operations •Strong technical capability, including experience building/maintaining spreadsheets and implementing systems in Unity, Unreal, a proprietary engine, or a scripting/tools environment •Comprehensive expertise in RPG progression and scaling, including power curves, stat growth, gear or ability scaling, and their relationship with combat and content difficulty •Strong quantitative and analytical skills, including sound judgment about the strengths and limitations of data •Demonstrated capacity to translate ambiguous design problems into clear documentation that engineering, production, and other design partners can act on •Evidence of learning from feedback, collaborating constructively across disciplines, and staying closely involved in implementation and iteration •CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA Annual Salary Range Compensation: •$144,200 - $215,000 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) •Competitive benefits and rewards package Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!