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Description

KLANG IS A WELL-FUNDED ENTERTAINMENT STUDIO EXPLORING THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY THROUGH VARIOUS FORMS OF MEDIA. WE AIM TO PRESENT DEEP, MEANINGFUL SUBJECT MATTER AND GAMEPLAY IN A WAY THAT'S CAPTIVATING, EASY-TO-DIGEST, AND ENTERTAINING FOR ALL AGES.

At the heart of Klang is SEED, a large-scale, persistent virtual world that we believe will redefine the MMO landscape and have a positive impact on our species.

We aspire to bring people together through engaging media experiences and by building strong communities.

Role

Klang is looking for a Senior Systems Designer (f/m/d) who sees that the potential of games goes well beyond just providing fun distractions. You will imagine, design, implement, and improve systems that bring an engaging virtual world to life. One of your key tasks will be to create accessible, fun gameplay systems, going hand in hand with the simulation aspect of SEED, as well as improving the design content implementation pipeline.

If you are looking to join a team that offers strong career growth, and you want to work on an ambitious and ground-breaking project we have an amazing opportunity for you!

What you will do:

  • System design as part of an interdisciplinary, outcome-focused feature team
  • Design systems that help SEED gain momentum and keep player engaged over a long period of time
  • Liaise between Live-Ops, Production, Player Insights, and other stakeholders
  • Support the effort of building a growing city environment for the simulation
  • Champion tight implementation and validation loops
  • Strengthen the design discipline through improving the content implementation pipeline
  • Evolve systems that support our players actively co-sponsoring, contributing, and refining SEED’s virtual world

Who we think will be a great fit:

  • PC Game Designer with 6+ years of relevant experience
  • Strong knowledge of multiplayer games and their motivations
  • Well versed in strategy games, simulations, and RPGs
  • Passion for creating worlds that celebrate community, player happiness and collaboration
  • Experienced in creating player operated content systems from scratch and driving their improvement iteratively
  • Strong knowledge of unity
  • Excellent written and verbal communication (office language is English)
  • Thriving working in an agile environment

Bonus:

  • Knowledge of content implementation handling in Unreal Engine
  • Experience in user research-driven validation

Benefits

  • An opportunity to work on a groundbreaking project from its inception with a lot of room for professional and personal development
  • Competitive salary and 27 days of paid vacation
  • Monthly public transport travel pass
  • Monthly company co-contributions to private pensions
  • Reimbursement for physical health activities
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Mental health support
  • Flexible office hours (with core hours)
  • Our own cafeteria serving free lunches daily - once we are back at the office
  • Monthly team events and activities
  • A dog-friendly office, adjustable standing desks, ergonomic chairs and mobile aircon units for hot summers
  • Healthy snacks and drinks in the office

We explicitly encourage applications from applicants from groups underrepresented in games/tech spaces. We value all kinds of backgrounds and walks of life.