Senior Game Designer (Boss) - F/M/NB

Descriptif du poste Why do we need a Senior Game Designer (Boss)?

We are looking for a Senior Game Designer to lead the creation of high-quality, modern action-combat bosses from concept to final polish. You will own boss encounters end-to-end: defining mechanics, implementing attacks and behaviors directly in Unreal Engine 5, driving iteration, and ensuring encounters meet the project's gameplay, technical, and quality benchmarks.

This role requires strong hands-on implementation skills, clear design thinking, and the ability to collaborate and lead within a cross-disciplinary environment.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive boss encounters from early concept through final implementation, tuning, and polish.
• Design and implement boss mechanics, attacks, behaviors, and phases directly in Unreal Engine 5.
• Produce and maintain high-quality high-level and low-level design documentation for bosses and related systems.
• Act as a design owner for assigned bosses, ensuring consistency, clarity, and alignment with the project's combat vision.
• Collaborate closely with programmers, animators, artists, VFX/SFX, and production to ensure designs are feasible, performant, and well-integrated.
• Lead iteration cycles based on playtests, internal reviews, and leadership feedback.
• Identify design risks early and proactively propose solutions.
• Support and elevate overall boss design quality through reviews, feedback, and shared best practices.

Team Composition Work within a boss-focused game design group, contributing to a cohesive and consistent boss lineup. Collaborate with cross-disciplinary feature teams including gameplay programmers, animators, artists, and technical designers.

Teamwork & Leadership

• Serve as a senior point of contact for boss-related design topics within your feature team.
• Clearly communicate design intent, constraints, and priorities to all collaborators.
• Review work across disciplines to ensure bosses meet gameplay, readability, and quality goals.
• Work closely with senior game design leadership to align on vision, direction, and standards.
• Mentor or support less experienced designers when appropriate.

Core Mandate (3 main missions)

• Documentation: Own and maintain clear, structured, production-ready documentation that supports implementation, iteration, and long-term maintainability.
• Implementation: Hands-on implementation in Unreal Engine 5, including boss attacks, AI behaviors, state logic, tuning, and balancing.
• Communication & review: Drive collaboration across disciplines, lead reviews, and ensure alignment from concept to shipped-quality content.

Success Criteria

• Boss designs that are mechanically deep, readable, and memorable.
• High-quality, complete boss encounters with polished attacks and behaviors.
• Clear, reliable documentation that enables efficient production.
• Strong cross-team collaboration with minimal friction.
• Consistent delivery of stable, fun, and engaging boss gameplay.

Key Information

• Type of contract: Contractor (6 months renewable) via Deel
• Availability: ASAP (if available later, do not hesitate to apply!)
• Location: Full remote possible (Europe only)

Links about us

• We released the first trailer: https://tinyurl.com/yd9k7fa8
• Our website: https://tinyurl.com/2ae4hxuu
• A short article about us: https://tinyurl.com/mr23zkkb
• Good summary of our game: https://tinyurl.com/bdzxd9cc

Profil recherché

Hard skills

Mandatory:

• 5+ years of professional experience as a Game Designer.
• Strong, hands-on experience working in Unreal Engine 5.
• Proven implementation experience with:
  • Gameplay Abilities / Blueprints
  • Behavior Trees and visual scripting
  • Animation Graphs and attack logic
• Experience owning features or content from concept to completion.
• Excellent documentation skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to articulate design intent clearly.

Nice to have:

• Shipped at least one AA or AAA title in a Game Design role.
• Significant experience designing AI-driven enemies or bosses.
• Previous leadership or feature-ownership experience.
• Deep familiarity with melee-focused, boss-centric action games.
• Experience working with motion capture pipelines.
• Knowledge of Indian culture, Indian cinema/comics, and/or the Ramayana.

Déroulement des entretiens

1. First conversation (20 min) by video call with Arthur (Recruiter): To learn more about your experience, your expectations and Novaquark.
2. Hiring Manager interview (1 hour) with Baptiste (Lead Game Designer): To meet your future manager and to go deeper in our current context and the position itself.
3. C-level interview (1 hour) with Francisc (Design Director): To meet our Design Director to give you a bigger picture of the project and the game.

Throughout the entire recruitment process, Arthur will ensure follow-up and coordination. Do not hesitate to send your portfolio in addition to your CV to showcase your creations!