Senior Stealth & Combat Designer (Unannounced Project)

11 bit studios S.A., located in Warszawa, Poland, is the employer offering this role.

• 7+ years of professional experience in Combat design, Gameplay Design, Technical Design, AI Design or related discipline.
• Shipped at least two PC or console titles, including ownership of a significant gameplay feature from concept to release.
• Strong experience designing stealth gameplay, combat gameplay or both.
• Deep understanding of player agency, gameplay readability, encounter design, and moment-to-moment pacing.
• Experience designing NPC behaviors, enemy archetypes, and AI-driven gameplay systems.
• Practical experience working directly in Unreal Engine.
• Strong knowledge of Blueprints, Behavior Trees, State Trees, or equivalent gameplay scripting solutions.
• Hands-on approach to gameplay implementation, not just documentation.
• Ability to define and drive long-term vision of complex gameplay systems.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
• Highly organized, self-driven, comfortable with minimal supervision.
• Ability to balance creative vision with technical constraints and production realities.
• Experience creating concise, actionable gameplay documentation.
• Ownership mindset.
• Communication skills in English and Polish (minimum B2 level).

Nice to have:

• Portfolio with examples of combat mechanics, enemy archetypes, AI behaviours, combat systems, hands-on implementation, and illustration of design process and problem-solving approach.

• Own the design and quality of stealth and combat systems.
• Responsible for NPC behaviours, enemy archetypes, encounters, and combat spaces.
• Drive features from concept to final polish.
• Collaborate closely with gameplay and AI programmers, animation, level design, UI/UX, VFX, audio, and production teams.
• Balance the moment-to-moment gameplay loop.

This position requires working in hybrid model in our Warsaw office — 3 days in office, 2 days remotely.