Senior Stealth & Combat Designer (Unannounced Project)

11 bit studios S.A., located in Warsaw, is hiring for a senior designer role in game development.

• Minimum 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, with ownership of a significant gameplay feature from concept to release.
• Strong experience designing stealth and/or combat gameplay.
• Deep understanding of player agency, gameplay readability, encounter design, and 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 gameplay implementation experience.
• Proven ability to define and drive long-term vision for complex gameplay systems.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills, fluent in English and Polish (minimum B2 level).
• Highly organized and self-driven with ownership mindset.
• Ability to balance creative vision with technical and production constraints.
• Experience creating concise, actionable gameplay documentation.

• Own stealth and combat systems, NPC behaviors, enemy archetypes, encounters, player feedback, and gameplay balancing.
• Drive features from concept to final polish.
• Collaborate closely with gameplay and AI programmers, animation, level design, UI/UX, VFX, audio, and production.
• Maintain overall quality, consistency, and feel of stealth/combat experience.

This position requires working in a hybrid model in the Warsaw office with a combination of office and remote work days.