Senior Technical Combat Designer

Requirements

• Experience in combat design for FPP or TPS games
• Experience in working on at least one released PC or console title
• Hands-on experience with Unreal Engine
• Ability to prototype, configure, and tune gameplay using Blueprints, Data Assets, Behavior Trees, AI Perception, or similar tools
• Experience with designing, implementing, or tuning enemy AI behaviors
• Experience working with behavior, perception, movement, target selection, attack, cooldown, and difficulty parameter systems
• Very good understanding of enemy design, combat AI, encounter design, combat pacing, and combat readability
• Ability to diagnose combat issues based on playtests, player observations, and data
• Ability to create documentation that is clear and understandable for programmers, level designers, animators, audio, VFX, and production teams
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of the quality of assigned areas

Responsibilities

• Designing enemies, combat archetypes, and AI roles for FPP combat
• Defining enemy behaviors, including perception, movement, target selection, aggression, retreat, flanking, pursuit, attacks, damage reactions, and group behaviors
• Prototyping, configuring, and tuning combat AI in Unreal Engine using Blueprints, Data Assets, Behavior Trees, AI Perception, or similar tools
• Designing encounters together with Level Design, including enemy composition, spaces, lines of sight, cover, flanking opportunities, pacing, and escalation
• Balancing combat: TTK, damage, enemy counts, attack frequency, cooldowns, survivability, engagement distances, and AI pressure
• Analyzing playtests to evaluate combat quality, including readability, dynamics, frustration, chaos, dominant strategies, lack of pressure, and unfair deaths
• Collaborating with AI / Gameplay Programmers on the implementation, debugging, and development of enemy behaviors
• Collaborating with animation, VFX, and audio teams on attack timing, hit reactions, telegraphing, and threat feedback
• Creating documentation such as enemy briefs, behavior specifications, encounter rules, diagrams, tuning sheets, test cases, and acceptance criteria
• Ensuring combat remains consistent with the FPP perspective, the game world, and the project's creative vision

Nice to Have

• Experience working on AAA or AA productions
• Experience designing combat for open-world games
• Experience with action-adventure, survival, immersive sim, or shooter games
• Experience with State Trees, EQS, Gameplay Ability System, or advanced AI Perception configuration
• Experience developing or working with custom AI / combat tools
• Basic knowledge of C++ or a technical understanding of implementation constraints
• Experience working during the pre-production stage
• Experience analyzing telemetry or playtest data

What We Offer

• Clear, consistent vision for the project and a well-structured production process
• Real impact on the direction and shape of the title from an early stage of development
• On-site cooperation in Wrocław (working on-site is our preference, but we’re open to considering all options!)
• Relocation package