[Hiring] Senior Design Director @Believer

Role Description

As a Senior Design Director, you will lead gameplay design in close partnership with the Game Director and studio leadership to deliver best-in-class gameplay experiences. This is a hands-on leadership role, where you will actively prototype, implement, and tune gameplay in-engine while building and mentoring a cohesive, high-performing design team. You will ensure that gameplay is interactive, intuitive, and deeply engaging, and that decisions are validated through disciplined playtesting and iteration. You will report to the Game Director.

• Own and shape the core gameplay experience, implementing and tuning mechanics in-engine across combat, levels, encounters, characters, and progression.
• Partner with studio leadership to translate creative pillars into clear, playable gameplay direction and design principles.
• Lead and develop game designers from associate to principal level.
• Design and own complex gameplay systems and content across early prototypes.
• Drive rapid prototyping and playtest-driven iteration, turning player feedback into clear design decisions.
• Work with artists, animators, writers, sound designers, producers, and engineers to bring our gameplay to life.
• Champion a playtest-driven culture where gameplay decisions are validated through real player experience.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in game development, including shipping and/or maintaining at least two significant titles (AAA and/or live service experience preferred).
• 7+ years of experience leading and developing game designers, with demonstrated ownership of team performance and craft standards.
• Deep expertise in moment-to-moment gameplay design, including combat, encounters, and systems-driven experiences.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience prototyping and implementing gameplay in-engine.
• Experience in early-stage development and rapid prototyping.
• Experience scripting, modding, or other technical skills highly desired.

Requirements

Please note - research shows that certain groups of candidates may not apply to jobs unless they meet every single requirement. If you see yourself at Believer but don't check every requirement, we would still love to be in touch with you for current and future opportunities.

Benefits

• Annual salary range: $193,000 - $330,000.
• Great compensation package and equity.
• Medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance. Believer pays 100% of monthly costs for these plans.
• 10 observed holidays + 10 days for Winter Break and "Take What You Need" PTO policy.
• Remote-friendly team #LI-Remote.
• We are committed to continuing to expand our benefits and perks to support all Believers.

Company Description

Believer is a global games company with developers all over the world, headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

• We've built our lives around creating and serving games we're proud of — from Words With Friends to League of Legends, from Destiny to Apex Legends.
• We hope you've enjoyed them, and if our wishes have come true, you're still playing them today.
• We still think this is just the beginning.
• We are Believers, bonded together by a deep love for players, and a commitment to put them at the center of the games we create, the worlds we build, the stories we tell, and the business we run to keep the fun going for as long as players keep believing.