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Senior Game Engineer, GenAI - Games

Los Angeles, CA · On-site

  • Medical

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Work elbow-to-elbow with Game Designers to prototype and ship AI-augmented gameplay. * Player-Centric AI: Implement GenAI features that directly enhance the player experience, ensuring that AI ...

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Senior Game Engineer, GenAI - Games

Los Gatos, CA · On-site

  • Medical

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Work elbow-to-elbow with Game Designers to prototype and ship AI-augmented gameplay. Player-Centric AI: Implement GenAI features that directly enhance the player experience, ensuring that AI ...

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Senior Game Engineer, GenAI - Games

Los Angeles, CA · On-site

  • Medical

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Work elbow-to-elbow with Game Designers to prototype and ship AI-augmented gameplay. * Player-Centric AI: Implement GenAI features that directly enhance the player experience, ensuring that AI ...

Netflix

Senior Game Engineer, GenAI - Games

Los Angeles, CA · On-site

  • Medical

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Work elbow-to-elbow with Game Designers to prototype and ship AI-augmented gameplay. Player-Centric AI: Implement GenAI features that directly enhance the player experience, ensuring that AI ...

Netflix

Senior Game Engineer, GenAI - Games

Los Gatos, CA · On-site

  • Medical

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Work elbow-to-elbow with Game Designers to prototype and ship AI-augmented gameplay. * Player-Centric AI: Implement GenAI features that directly enhance the player experience, ensuring that AI ...

Netflix

Senior Game Engineer, GenAI - Games

Los Angeles, CA · On-site

  • Medical

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Work elbow-to-elbow with Game Designers to prototype and ship AI-augmented gameplay. * Player-Centric AI: Implement GenAI features that directly enhance the player experience, ensuring that AI ...

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What is a weekend game designer?

Weekend Game Designers are professionals or hobbyists who primarily work on designing video games during the weekends, often as a side project or freelance role. They focus on creating game concepts, mechanics, levels, and storylines in their limited available time, collaborating remotely or independently. This role is ideal for individuals who have a passion for game design but hold other commitments during the week, such as full-time jobs or studies. Weekend Game Designers often contribute to indie projects, game jams, or personal portfolios.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a weekend game designer, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Weekend Game Designer, you need a solid understanding of game design principles, creativity, and familiarity with platforms such as Unity or Unreal Engine, often backed by a relevant degree or portfolio. Proficiency in digital art tools, scripting languages, and version control systems like Git is typically required. Strong communication, time management, and problem-solving abilities help you collaborate efficiently and deliver engaging gameplay within tight timelines. These skills and qualities are essential for producing high-quality, innovative games while effectively balancing part-time work commitments.

How does working as a weekend game designer typically differ from a full-time game design position in terms of responsibilities and collaboration?

Weekend Game Designers often focus on specific tasks or projects that can be completed within a shorter timeframe, such as level design, prototyping, or balancing gameplay elements. Collaboration usually happens through digital platforms, with regular updates and feedback sessions scheduled to maximize efficiency during limited weekend hours. While you may not be involved in every stage of development like a full-time designer, you'll still work closely with artists, programmers, and other designers to ensure your contributions fit seamlessly into the overall game. This role is ideal for those seeking industry experience or looking to supplement their skills while managing other commitments.

What is the difference between Weekend Game Designer vs Part-Time Game Designer?

AspectWeekend Game DesignerPart-Time Game Designer
Work SchedulePrimarily works on weekends, limited hoursFlexible hours, may include weekdays or weekends
CredentialsTypically requires a portfolio, relevant game design experienceSimilar credentials, often with formal education or portfolio
Work EnvironmentOften freelance or contract, remote or studio-basedSimilar, varies by employer
Industry UsageCommon in indie or freelance projectsUsed across studios and freelance roles

Both roles involve game design skills and similar credentials, but Weekend Game Designers focus on weekend hours, often in freelance or indie settings, while Part-Time Game Designers have flexible schedules that may include weekdays. The choice depends on your availability and career goals.

What are the most commonly searched types of Game Designer jobs in California?

The most popular types of Game Designer jobs in California are:

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Sr. Manager, Game Design - Unpublished R&D Product

Riot Games

Los Angeles, CA • On-site

$206K - $289K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 22 days ago

Job description

As a Game Designer, you will design, tweak, and optimize the player experience. Your analytical skills, player insight, and creativity aid in crafting in- and out-of-game experiences that engage and surprise players. You will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and work with every tool at hand to innovate and iterate player-focused designs that'll delight millions around the world.
As a Sr. Manager, Game Design on an unpublished R&D product, you will help decipher one of Riot's next big bets. You will help prove an innovative game concept in the early stages of development. You'll partner with other designers, artists, and engineers to innovate and iterate player-focused designs that aim at delivering a groundbreaking experience. As a you'll participate in the hiring process of the multiple design teams, manage the team to ensure consistent quality across all, and mentor designers in their professional development. You will report to the Director of Game Design on the team.
Responsibilities:
  • Build and manage multiple teams of designers spanning multiple design sub-disciplines.
  • Coach, manage, and mentor design teams tackling multiple design challenges
  • Work collaboratively with the design team and team leads to create a great holistic experience
  • Create clear design documentation that can be evaluated and implemented by non-designers
  • Help guide the project from pre-production to launch and ongoing live support
Required Qualifications:
  • 4+ years of experience managing design teams
  • 8+ years of professional experience working in game design or a similar field
  • Has owned major feature work including directing multi-discipline teams
  • Experience working in the early-prototype phase of development on at least one game
Desired Qualifications:
  • Experience with game engines (i.e. Unreal, Unity, etc.)

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise and a collaborative spirit that prioritizes the delight of players. We will look at your past studies and experience, but for this role, we also look for dedicated people with a personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this is the role for you!
Our Perks:
Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules. We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children, and a 401k with company match. Check out our benefits pages for more information.
At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you're working directly on a new player-facing experience or you're supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we're better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we're looking forward to your application.
It's our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.
Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:
  • Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
  • Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
  • Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
  • Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security.
(Los Angeles Only) Base salary range between $206,700.00 - $289,000.00 USD + incentive compensation + equity + 401K with company match + medical, dental, vision, and life insurance + short and long-term disability + open PTO.
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About Riot Games

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Riot Games was founded in 2006 by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill with the intent to change the way video games are made and supported for players. In 2009, Riot released its debut title League of Legends to worldwide acclaim. The game has since gone on to become the most played PC game in the world and a key driver of the explosive growth of esports. Players are the foundation of our community and it's for them we continue to evolve and improve the League of Legends experience.

Industry

Computer and electronic product manufacturing

Company size

1,001 - 5,000 Employees

Headquarters location

Los Angeles, CA, US

Year founded

2006

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