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Location: Hybrid: Los Angeles, Remote: Pacific Time Zone

Department: Game Design

Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role:

Refactor Games is a AAA sports video game studio. We are developing the next generation of professional football (soccer) video games using Unreal Engine 5.

We are looking for a talented Game Designer to help design and implement engaging game modes for a AAA European football video game built in Unreal Engine. You’ll contribute to the design and tuning of gameplay systems that shape how players experience match modes, progression structures, competitive features, and seasonal content.

You will collaborate with designers across systems, live ops, economy, UX, and engineering to ensure game modes are intuitive, fun, and deeply connected to football culture and player motivations.

** NOTE: All applications must include a Cover Letter. Please detail your past experience with Sports Game development and relevant soccer experience/fandom, if applicable. **

Experience:

• 2–5 years of professional game design experience on shipped titles.
• At least 1 shipped AAA title, bonus points for sports titles.

What You'll Work On:

• Work with lead designers to design, prototype, and tune game mode mechanics, rulesets, and progression structures that deliver compelling player experiences.
• Use Unreal Engine tools (Blueprints and gameplay scripting) to prototype and test gameplay features inside the engine.
• Collaborate with cross-discipline partners (engineering, UX, animation, economy) to implement and polish game mode features.
• Contribute to documentation including design specs, tuning notes, and mode rule definitions.
• Participate in playtests and use feedback and player telemetry to evolve and balance systems.
• Maintain knowledge of contemporary football titles and player expectations to inform mode design.
• Support iteration throughout development, balancing mode depth with accessibility and replayability.

Requirements:

• Familiarity with Unreal Engine 5 workflows, including Blueprints and gameplay implementation.
• Strong understanding of game mode design, progression loops, and player engagement systems.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with programmers and other designers.
• Passion for football (soccer) games and appreciation of how different game modes drive engagement.

Bonus Points:

• Experience designing online or competitive game modes, progression systems, or live features.
• Comfortable working with data and telemetry to drive design decisions.
• Familiarity with football culture, leagues, progression expectations, and live content pacing.
• Experience with prototyping tools or scripting languages beyond Blueprints.
• Experience contributing to documentation and tuning spreadsheets.

What We Offer:

• A chance to define cutting-edge football game modes at a AAA level.
• Collaboration with an experienced team across design, UX, engineering, and live ops.
• Competitive salary, and benefits.
• Opportunity for professional growth into senior design roles.

Benefits:

* Medical / Health Benefits with multiple plan options, Flexible Spending Accounts, Dental and Vision

* 401k

* On the job training / cross-training

* Life Insurance, disability insurance, and voluntary life insurance for family members available.

* Accident and critical illness insurance optional.

* Scheduled performance reviews

* Referral program

JOB DESIGNATION:

The Product Repair Technician performs inspections, tests, troubleshoots and repairs on customer returned equipment, in accordance with rules and regulations. Provides an efficient and effective repair service that meets company and departmental obligations and objectives.

JOB CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Performs teardowns, overhauls and functional testing of various repair station products and items

· Ensures that all repair work is performed according to procedures and per correct document revision

· Assists in the development and implementation of product improvement initiatives

· Inspects, tests, troubleshoots and repairs shop equipment as required

· Completes necessary trainings to maintain knowledge and skills required for job performance

· Performs documentation of all repairs and re-certifications of equipment according to regulatory, customer and departmental requirements

· Other responsibilities as assigned

· Regular, consistent and punctual attendance is required.

· May need to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) and additional hours as necessary

JOB SPECIFICATIONS:

Education: A Secondary Certificate/High School Diploma and work experience that will allow successful performance of job expectations is preferred.

Certifications: Vocational training, apprenticeships or the equivalent experience in related field

Skills:

· Must have the ability to read, understand, and follow manuals blueprints, and all written work instructions and procedures

· Must be able to use all hand tools

· Excellent technical knowledge and skills in product repair

· Good communication skills both written and verbal

· Proven troubleshooting skills to component level on complex electronic circuits

· Ability to recognize and solve typical problems that can occur in own work area; evaluates and selects solutions from established options

· Computer proficient

· Must have the ability to read, understand, and follow manuals blueprints, and all written work instructions and procedures

Location: Hybrid: Los Angeles, Remote: Pacific Time Zone

Department: Game Design

Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role:

Refactor Games is a AAA sports video game studio. We are developing the next generation of professional football (soccer) video games using Unreal Engine 5.

We’re seeking a seasoned Senior Game Designer - Game Systems to drive the design and implementation of advanced gameplay systems for a next-generation AAA European football video game built in Unreal Engine 5. You will conceptualize, prototype, tune, and polish interconnected systems that define how the game feels and plays across gameplay mechanics, progression, meta features, and player engagement loops.

You’ll work closely with engineers, animators, AI designers, UX, and production to ensure systems are robust, performant, and deeply aligned with the total football experience. This role requires strong systems thinking, Unreal Engine proficiency, and a passion for football that shows in both design insight and execution.

** NOTE: All applications must include a Cover Letter. Please detail your past experience with Sports Game development and relevant soccer experience/fandom, if applicable. **

Experience:

• 5+ years of professional game design experience, with meaningful ownership of gameplay or systems features on shipped titles.
• At least 2 shipped AAA titles, bonus points for sports titles.

What You'll Work On:

• Design and own complex game systems such as player mechanics, controls, progression loops, mode rules, match logic, meta interactions, and balancing frameworks.
• Prototype and iterate features using Unreal Engine 5 (Blueprints; C++ exposure a plus) to explore, validate, and polish systems.
• Collaborate with engineering to define technical requirements and implementation plans, ensuring your designs are feasible and maintainable in UE5.
• Partner with AI and animation teams to integrate systems with player behavior, character movement, and tactical responses.
• Tune systems using playtest feedback and telemetry data to achieve engaging and fair gameplay across modes.
• Deliver detailed design documentation, system diagrams, and tuning guidelines for cross-discipline reference.
• Work closely with UX and live ops to surface system states and progression in ways that feel intuitive to players.
• Mentor and guide other designers in systems methodology and UE5 workflows.

Requirements:

• Proven experience in designing and tuning interconnected game systems (Progression, balancing, meta loops, etc.).
• Hands-on proficiency with Unreal Engine 5 workflows, particularly Blueprints, and familiarity with scripting/design implementation.
• Strong analytical mindset—comfortable analyzing player behavior, balancing large systems, and iterating based on data and playtests.
• Deep knowledge of football and football games (e.g., understanding of team tactics, player roles, ball mechanics, game flow, and competitive balance).
• Excellent communication skills and experience working with multidisciplinary teams.

Bonus Points:

• Experience on a sports or competitive multiplayer title, especially football/soccer games.
• Exposure to C++ within Unreal Engine and ability to collaborate closely with engineers on technical design solutions.
• Familiarity with live service design, seasonal content, or event-driven progression systems.
• Experience using analytics tools or telemetry to inform and refine design decisions.
• Prior mentoring or team leadership roles within design.

What We Offer:

• Opportunity to shape the core systems behind a next-generation AAA European football franchise.
• Highly collaborative environment with top designers, programmers, animators, and technical teams.
• Competitive compensation, and benefits.
• Career growth into leadership or cross-discipline strategic design roles.

12-Month W2 Contract (No Visa Sponsorship/No Student Sponsorship/No C2C)

Onsite daily in Sunnyvale (94086).

Pay up to $42/hr. (No PTO and No Paid Holidays)

The ideal candidate will have a solid background supporting both Mac and Windows enterprise environments (over 500 end users), with a stronger emphasis on Mac. Experience supporting SaaS applications such as Okta, Slack, Google Workspace, Github, Gitlab administration, GenAI LLM platform administration are needed. White-glove support supporting VIPs/executives is highly preferred.

The IT Service Desk Technician provides basic technical assistance and support to internal end users as well as augments the IT Service Desk Team by performing repetitive tasks and functions, such as imagining hardware, swapping devices, and counting IT hardware inventory.

Responsibilities:

• Be the face of IT to corporate employees in the respective office location.
• Ensure that the physical IT technology in the office is operational (e.g. AV rooms, wifi, badge readers, cameras, etc).
• Oversee the suite of collaboration tooling in use and ensure end users have great experiences using the tools provided.
• Work to improve the procurement and asset management practices for IT hardware and software.
• Be responsible for the physical inventory of computer assets, and ensure the local equipment is tracked efficiently and securely.
• Work with Finance and IT leadership to manage budgets and costs for IT spend.
• Work with the broader IT team to provide training, documentation, and learning opportunities to peers and IT staff on support processes and techniques.
• Execute standard Onboarding & Offboarding processes for employees joining and leaving the company.
• Engage directly with employees and internal users who are experiencing IT related service issues. Resolve incidents such as network access, hardware break/fix, and software related problems as well as execution of defined service requests (e.g., installing licensed software, provisioning user access to software applications).
• Use defined escalation processes to escalate support issues that require staff with specialized skills or higher-level administrative permissions to resolve.
• Utilize standard operation procedures (SOPs) to perform routine tasks and work with engineering teams to define new SOPs for common support functions.
• Participate in after-hours, on-call support rotation.

Required Skills:

• 3+ years of IT end user support experience in a Mac focused environment (80% Mac/20% Windows)
• Prior experience providing Desktop Support at Tier 2 levels as well as being in an active member of an on-call support rotation.
• Experience using desktop imagining and MDM tools, such as Intune, SmartImager, Imperious, and SmartDeploy.
• Thorough knowledge of PC hardware, PDA devices, desktop software, Windows 10 and 11, O365, anti-virus, internet browsers, and network connectivity.
• Hands-on experience working with and updating support tickets in a ticket management platform such as ServiceNow, Zendesk, or Jira.
• Customer focused approach to delivering excellent service and support to internal customers.

The estimated pay range for this position is USD $39.00/Hr. - USD $42.00/Hr.

Exact compensation and offers of employment are dependent on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, licenses or certifications, and location. We also offer comprehensive benefits. The Talent Acquisition Partner can share more details about compensation or benefits for the role during the interview process.

Our client, a rapidly scaling startup, is looking for a dynamic Executive Assistant to work closely with the CEO and amplify the effectiveness of the leadership team. This role is ideal for a highly organized, proactive professional who thrives in fast-moving, high-impact environments and enjoys ensuring smooth operations and clear communication at the executive level.

*Onsite daily in San Francisco*

Key Responsibilities

• Manage complex calendars, coordinate travel logistics, and handle expense reporting with precision.
• Serve as a primary liaison for internal teams and external partners, ensuring all communications are handled with professionalism and discretion.
• Prepare and organize materials, agendas, and follow-ups for executive-level meetings.
• Foster strong working relationships across the organization and with external stakeholders.

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years of experience supporting senior executives, preferably in high-growth or fast-paced settings.
• Exceptional organizational and multitasking abilities, with the agility to adapt to shifting priorities.
• Proactive problem-solving skills and a solutions-focused approach.
• Strong verbal and written communication, able to engage effectively with technical and non-technical audiences alike.
• High level of discretion, integrity, and sound judgment in managing confidential information.
• Comfort working in ambiguous, rapidly evolving environments with resilience and adaptability.

Salary Range:

$160,000 - $180,000

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Location: Hybrid: Los Angeles, Remote: Pacific Time Zone

Department: Game Design

Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role:

Refactor Games is a AAA sports video game studio. We are developing the next generation of professional football (soccer) video games using Unreal Engine 5.

We are seeking a Game Designer - Economy to help design and balance the in-game economy for our AAA European football title developed in Unreal Engine 5. You’ll work on systems that define how players earn, spend, and progress through the game, ensuring a fun, fair, and engaging progression experience that supports long-term player engagement and economic health. Your work will influence reward structures, currency flows, seasonal content, and player motivation loops that keep players invested in the game.

** NOTE: All applications must include a Cover Letter. Please detail your past experience with Sports Game development and relevant soccer experience/fandom, if applicable. **

Experience:

• 2+ years of experience in game design, including roles focused on economy, progression, or balancing systems (AAA or live service experience preferred).
• At least 1 shipped AAA title preferred, bonus points for sports titles.

What You'll Work On:

• Design and balance in-game economies, including player earnings, currency flows, reward pacing, and progression structures that align with game vision and player expectations.
• Build and maintain models, spreadsheets, and simulations to represent economic flows and outcomes, helping to inform design decisions and tuning.
• Collaborate with game designers, live ops teams, and engineers to ensure economy systems integrate smoothly with gameplay mechanics, progression, and live content updates.
• Analyze economic data, player behavior, and KPIs to identify friction points, balance issues, or opportunities for improvement.
• Contribute to defining reward structures, progression loops, and player incentives that support both engagement and retention.
• Create clear documentation for economy systems, assumptions, design decisions, and tuning rationale for implementation by development teams.
• Participate in playtests and iterate designs based on feedback and performance metrics.

Requirements:

• Strong analytical and modeling skills, including comfort with spreadsheets and economic simulations.
• Understanding of reward loops, progression pacing, and player motivation models for modern games.
• Ability to communicate concepts and design rationale clearly in both written and verbal form.
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• Passion for football games and knowledge of how progression and economy should support meaningful, long-term player engagement.

Bonus Points:

• Experience working with or in Unreal Engine 5 workflows or tools (data assets, config systems, scripting).
• Familiarity with live service economies, seasonal content, or ongoing content updates.
• Basic data analysis skills using BI tools (e.g., Looker, Tableau) or analytics dashboards.
• Experience with telemetry or A/B testing to validate tuning decisions.

What We Offer:

• A chance to work on a high-profile AAA football franchise and drive key systems that impact millions of players.
• Close collaboration with top designers, engineers, and live ops experts.
• Competitive salary, and benefits.
• Growth opportunities into senior design or specialized economy roles.

Why Join Us

Yotta’s huge fanbase has helped turn us into a globally ranked game developer with offices worldwide. Despite our success, at heart we are still players trying to create exciting and engaging, never-before-experienced games. That drive to make games that we want to play is what animates our well-resourced, ambitious, creative team members. Working together in a supportive, open workplace and taking cues from our gaming communities, we create products that entertain the world.

Responsibilities

Yotta is in the process of staffing up the R&D team located in Los Angeles, with talented game professionals to build our first AAA open world game project. We are looking for a talented and experienced lighting expert who will report to the game director and collaborate with other teams like the cinematics team and technical art team to help create a highly immersive game environment and cutscenes.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Create lighting for all game world environments when taking into account the requirements of gameplay, game narrative and game feel;
• Collaborate with different team members such as level, mission, and narrative designers to present the perfect visuals and the resulting player experience;
• Adjust in-game lighting according to the art directions and the requests of artists;
• Make use of lighting system tools to streamline processes;
• Create lighting for cutscenes, working alongside the Cinematic Director;
• Teach other team members about the finer points of lighting in AAA game design.

Qualifications

We Expect You To Have:

• Over 5 years working experience in lighting;
• Participated in the production of at least 2 shipped AAA games in lighting role;
• Familiarity with Unreal Engine 5 and 3D softwares, especially Lumen in UE5;
• Deep knowledge base in the art of lighting, including the use of light, color, source, brightness, and shadow;
• In-depth knowledge of the latest developments in lighting tech, with experience in various lighting techniques and tools;
• Highly self-motivated, great communication skills and team spirit;
• Passion for the game industry.

Even Better If You Have:

• Experience working with international teams in different time zones.

Additional Information

• Hybrid role based in El Segundo (Monday, Wednesday & Thursday on-site)
• Working hours: 11am – 8pm (including one-hour break);
• Salary: 100-140k/year depending on experience.

Yotta is committed to building an inclusive environment where creative professionals from a multitude of diverse cultural backgrounds collaborate to inspire audiences and each other. We are passionately supportive of equality in all its forms and never discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, orientation, identity, national origin, handicap, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law.

Job Title: Workday Functional Consultant (Advanced Compensation / Absence / Talent Management)

Location: Palo Alto / San Francisco Bay Area, CA (Hybrid). Candidates local to Bay Area willing to go onsite 3 days a week highly preferred

Employment Type: Long-Term Contract

Start Date: Immediate

1099 / Corp to Corp is fine

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Workday Functional Consultant with 4–5 years of hands-on experience supporting Workday HR modules. The ideal candidate will have strong functional expertise in Advanced Compensation, Absence, or Talent Management (any combination of these modules is acceptable). This is a hybrid, long-term contract opportunity based in Palo Alto or the San Francisco Bay Area, and candidates must be located in or willing to work from the Bay Area.

Key Responsibilities:

• Configure, maintain, and support Workday modules including Advanced Compensation, Absence, and/or Talent Management.
• Gather business requirements and translate them into functional Workday solutions.
• Perform configuration, testing, and deployment of Workday enhancements and updates.
• Collaborate with HR, IT, and business stakeholders to optimize Workday processes.
• Support Workday releases, regression testing, and system improvements.
• Provide functional guidance and troubleshooting for Workday-related issues.
• Assist with integrations and cross-module configurations when required.

Required Qualifications:

• 4–5 years of recent experience as a Workday Functional Consultant/Analyst.
• Hands-on experience with Advanced Compensation, Absence, or Talent Management modules (any combination).
• Strong understanding of Workday business processes, security, and reporting.
• Experience gathering requirements and delivering functional configurations.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Greenhouse ATS is a strong plus.
• AI-savvy mindset with interest or experience in leveraging AI tools to improve HR or Workday processes.
• Experience working in fast-paced or product-based environments.

We are looking for a Data Collection Associate to join our growing team in Kirkland, WA OR Santa Clara, CA.

Qualitest is looking for Data Collection Associates (DCAs) to support Ground Truth Data Collection initiatives and contribute to the development of VR and AR products. The focus of ground truth data collection is to capture various types of data relating to humans, speech, and environments to enable quality Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning algorithms. DCAs will be responsible for performing data collection directly with participants while utilizing sophisticated scanning equipment in a simulated environment. The ideal candidate has the perfect blend of customer service and technology skills.

Responsibilities

• Entry level position
• Handles constructive feedback well
• Guide hired research participants for data collection sessions in a secured office or home environment to perform scripted motion captures
• Prep and maintain assigned equipment and ensure security of proprietary devices
• Prep participants for capture including intake,NDAs, scripting and answering questions
• Maintain capture environment and implement lighting and staging changes
• Respond swiftly to project updates and changes
• Provide feedback to operations lead on project improvements
• Perform data uploads
• Troubleshooting: Ability to mitigate issues, customer facing, or technology related
• Other duties as assigned, per business needs

Skills and Requirements

• Strong face to face customer service experience
• Strong communication skills
• Professional appearance and demeanor
• Technologically adept and familiar with latest trends in technology; AI/ML/AR/VR
• Organized and detail oriented
• Thrives in a team environment
• Ability to manage responsibilities in a fast-paced environment
• Physical/Vision Requirement: Ability to perform job duties while wearing a head-mounted device daily, including maintaining clear vision at a distance of approximately 6–8 feet.

Experience Required

• Experience in a related role such as customer service or data collection
• Experience with Microsoft Office 365 and all its components (SharePoint, Forms, Power Automate, Outlook, Word, Excel)
• High school diploma and 2+ years working in a team environment

Benefits

Why QualiTest?

• Be a part of a company who strives to support for diversity and inclusion in the workplace – we are one, we are many at Qualitest. Celebrate culture, share knowledge with engineers from around the globe, and inspire each other through our differences. We have more than 40% women and around 120 different nationalities.
• Local and global opportunities – we offer you internal rotation and international mobility opportunities to grow your career.
• Clear view of your career and progression with the company – Qualitest is growing massively (since 2021 – tripled our employees base – we now have more than 8,000 engineers) and giving you the opportunity to grow with us.
• Work hard and play harder with our flexible and casual culture. Take a break from work and join an employee event, or enjoy the amenities and games provided from one of our Employees Centers.Save your earnings and prepare for your future by enrolling in our 401k plan where Qualitest will match your contributions accelerating your savings plan.
• Take care of health with enrollment into one of our competitive healthcare benefits. Qualitest will match towards your HSA if you choose to participate.
• Never stop experimenting and learning with QCraft – our Learning & Development platform: 50,000+ courses, 300+ virtual labs, mentorship and leadership programs, professional tribes, sponsored certifications, and much more.
• Stay active and get rewarded with our Corporate Wellness Program. We pay your Gym membership and giving you opportunities to Earn additional vacation times for attendance the gym!
• Earn bonuses via our Client Referral and Employee Referral Program’s. Refer and earn – tap your network for net-worth.
• We recognize our employees work via our Qudos platform - You can earn bonuses and spot awards by celebrating your and your peers’ achievements.
• Planning a vacation? Looking for car insurance? Get access to Qualitest Employee Perks for discounts on anything from travel to electronics. With so many offerings the savings are endless!
• The salary rate for the role is $47k/ year
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