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Software engineer
- Location
- San Francisco
- Type
- Full time
- Compensation
- $150k-$200k
- Posted
- 2 days ago
Join a team building useful software. Work closely with engineering and design to turn new ideas into products.
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Lead Game Designer
- Type
- Full time
- Posted
- 9MO AGO
About the role
Fenris Creations, formerly CCP Games, is seeking a Lead Game Designer to help our EVE Online design team grow, align, and deliver impactful gameplay and system as we build EVE into its third decade.
This is primarily a leadership role. While design judgment is essential, your greatest impact will come from mentorship, communication, and enabling designers to do their best work within complex, long-running live systems. Department Game Design Employment Type Permanent - Full Time Location Reykjavík Workplace type Hybrid This role's hiring manager: Greg Hennessey View Greg's Profile
Fenris Creations is an independent video game developer headquartered in Reykjavík, Iceland, with studios in London and Shanghai. Founded in 1997, the studio is renowned for creating deep, player-driven virtual worlds that connect communities across the globe.
Fenris Creations rose to international acclaim with the launch of EVE Online in 2003, a groundbreaking MMORPG that redefined emergent gameplay and player-driven storytelling. Since then, the company has continued to push boundaries through ambitious game development, technological innovation and immersive online experiences.
At Fenris Creations, we believe great virtual worlds are built through collaboration, curiosity, and courage. We create an environment where respect, open dialogue, and creativity thrive, empowering both our teams and our players to shape meaningful experiences together.
Now independently owned once again as of May 2026, Fenris Creations continues its mission to pioneer the future of virtual worlds and online games.
Our name draws inspiration from Norse mythology and honors the studio’s very first published game concept, Hættuspilið (“Danger Game”), created in 1997.
Join us in building worlds more meaningful than real life.
Apply Now
This is primarily a leadership role. While design judgment is essential, your greatest impact will come from mentorship, communication, and enabling designers to do their best work within complex, long-running live systems. Department Game Design Employment Type Permanent - Full Time Location Reykjavík Workplace type Hybrid This role's hiring manager: Greg Hennessey View Greg's Profile
What You'll Do:
- Lead, mentor, and support senior designers, with a focus on growth, feedback, and long-term career development
- Improve team effectiveness by strengthening communication, collaboration, and clarity across disciplines
- Partner with the Game Design Director to evolve and uphold EVE Online’s design process
- Guide feature teams through exploration and development, encouraging a solution-oriented mindset while preserving momentum
- Foster a culture of empowerment, experimentation, and learning within a live service environment
- Identify and address team health issues early, helping teams navigate alignment challenges
- Act as a trusted design leader for stakeholders, aligning goals and constraints into shared understanding
What We're Looking For:
- 6+ years of game design experience, including 2+ years in a people-focused leadership role
- Proven ability to mentor and grow experienced designers
- Extensive experience with gameplay systems and live game design, with the ability to give high-quality feedback
- Clear, empathetic communicator with excellent stakeholder management skills
- Experience shipping features in live service, MMO, sandbox, or similarly complex products
- A leadership mindset focused on enabling others and team outcomes, not individual ownership
- Bonus Experience: Familiarity with EVE Online, sandbox games, or player-driven economies
What We Can Offer You:
- The challenge of working on ambitious projects with amazingly smart and creative co-workers
- A multicultural work environment that encourages growth, creativity and innovation
- Double work station setup and flexible work environment
- An active fun division that hosts regular events
- An excellent canteen that offers a weekly breakfast and lunch menu as well as drinks and snacks
- Discretionary quarterly and annual performance sharing plan
- Annual sports grant
- A mobile phone as well as a mobile usage package
- Home internet
- A conditional monthly transportation grant
- Work environment that focuses on employee well-being
- On-site doctor, free of charge as well as other on-site services at a discounted price
- Relocation Package
About Fenris Creations
Fenris Creations is an independent video game developer headquartered in Reykjavík, Iceland, with studios in London and Shanghai. Founded in 1997, the studio is renowned for creating deep, player-driven virtual worlds that connect communities across the globe.
Fenris Creations rose to international acclaim with the launch of EVE Online in 2003, a groundbreaking MMORPG that redefined emergent gameplay and player-driven storytelling. Since then, the company has continued to push boundaries through ambitious game development, technological innovation and immersive online experiences.
At Fenris Creations, we believe great virtual worlds are built through collaboration, curiosity, and courage. We create an environment where respect, open dialogue, and creativity thrive, empowering both our teams and our players to shape meaningful experiences together.
Now independently owned once again as of May 2026, Fenris Creations continues its mission to pioneer the future of virtual worlds and online games.
Our name draws inspiration from Norse mythology and honors the studio’s very first published game concept, Hættuspilið (“Danger Game”), created in 1997.
Join us in building worlds more meaningful than real life.
Apply Now
Office address: Bjargargata 1, Reykjavík, Iceland, 101, IS
