Principal Systems Designer, Live Service

About the role

This role is responsible for designing and maintaining live-service systems, specifically focusing on weekly events, social structures, and onboarding. The position involves driving the architecture for LiveOps and community systems while partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure scalable, data-driven player experiences. It is a principal-level individual contributor role reporting to the Design Director.

Responsibilities

• Design reusable, configurable event formats that scale to audience needs.
• Manage event design end-to-end, including entry conditions, currencies, and reward pacing.
• Define configuration surfaces and tooling requirements for event management.
• Establish standards for event instrumentation, review, and iteration.
• Design social and community systems to foster player growth and interaction.
• Partner with the onboarding team to sequence meta systems and define re-entry logic.

Required skills

• Game design
• Live-service operations
• Progression design
• Economy design
• Telemetry
• System design

Nice to have

• Tools design
• Configuration design

Benefits

• Generous PTO allowance
• Summer and Winter holidays studio closure
• Private Medical & Dental Healthcare
• Private Mental Health scheme
• Annual Health & Wellbeing allowance
• Discretionary Studio Bonus
• Home office tech setup

About the Company

Escape Velocity is a studio dedicated to building a culture of play and valuing the time and talent of both players and colleagues. They prioritize honesty, autonomy, and constant improvement in their development processes.