Principal Game Designer - Unannounced project

Principal Game Designer – Unannounced project

Department and team: Production / Design

Status: Permanent Full-Time

Location: Montreal, QC, Toronto, ON

The role:

Are you ready to dive into the world of cutting-edge video game development? Headquartered in Montreal, Behaviour Interactive is at the forefront of the gaming industry, crafting unforgettable experiences across PC, console, and mobile platforms. We’re a dynamic, independent studio of over 1200 passionate employees, with studios in Toronto, Rotterdam, and in the UK. Our day to day revolves around two core business focuses: Services and Original Games. Our Services team collaborates with gaming and entertainment giants like Disney, Sony, Activision, and Nintendo, delivering exceptional work-for-hire development and pioneering immersive location-based entertainment. Meanwhile, our Original Games unit pushes our creative limits, with our signature IPs, including the iconic Dead by Daylight. Join us and be a part of the future of interactive entertainment!

At Behaviour Interactive, we believe in giving everyone a fair shot. We embrace a diverse and creative environment where everyone is celebrated.

We’re looking for a Principal Game Designer to play a key role in bringing a highly acclaimed and industry-recognized AAA franchise’s next title to life. In this role you will be part of a team that puts Gameplay at the heart of the player experience, working closely with peers to develop and iterate on the design and implement the intended vision, giving you the freedom to make creative decisions and bring innovative solutions to the game. If you thrive on challenging yourself technically, taking ownership and bringing a collaborative vision to life, we want to hear from you!

Why Join Us?

This is more than just a design role—it’s a chance to have real impact on a major project, take ownership of environments and crafting memorable player moments, and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in AAA game development.

If you're excited by the idea of shaping innovative gameplay, working with a talented team of veterans, and making creative decisions that truly matter, apply now and be part of the journey!

In this role you will:

• Take responsibility and work alongside leads and directors to define the vision and intentions, while guiding more junior members.
• Design and document features intentions and systems from the high to low level of detail, for all disciplines to use; bringing moments and characters to life with detailed breakdowns of content and AI behaviours.
• Actively contribute to design implementation and engage with multiple groups of expertise to drive gameplay and player experiences to a high-quality bar, receiving feedback from project leadership and spearheading the vision forward and achieving gameplay goals.
• Be involved in all stages of design and production including but not limited to prototyping, blocking, scripting, tuning and balancing, polish and debugging.
• Debug and optimize at both low and high levels for peak performance, cohesiveness, clarity, legibility, fluidity, signs and feedback, feel and responsiveness.
• Evaluate and communicate the impact of changes to ensure smooth project progression. Actively participate in reviews, sharing feedback to elevate overall design quality.
• Test and refine as well as contribute to discussions to enhance gameplay and the player experience.

What we're looking for:

• 8+ years of professional AI design experience, with proven skills in AAA projects.
• Solid understanding of various game engine environment editors and scripting tools.
• Strong understanding of Design principles: encounters, flow, rhythm, scale, tension, pacing, variety, navigation, blocking, clarity, intuitiveness, etc.
• A proactive problem-solver who thrives on solving complex technical and gameplay challenges through its designs.
• Ability to clearly articulate the complexities of hands-on gameplay experience to effectively communicate intentions and share feedback to craft memorable experiences for players.

Bonus Skills:

• A strong sense of narrative design principles.
• Experience with visual scripting and sequencing tools.
• Experience packaging and demonstrating the intent of concepts, features or gameplay to project leadership.
• Experience in leading projects as a subject expert and a strong sense of ownership.
• Excellent communication skills to support and share your ideas.

Behaviour Interactive is the largest Canadian gaming studio, with more than 1,300 employees worldwide. Behaviour is best known for its flagship franchise, the multiplayer survival horror game Dead by Daylight, which has entertained more than 60 million players across multiple platforms. The studio is currently expanding its portfolio of original IP with multiple projects. Behaviour has also established itself as one of the world’s leading providers of external development services. The company has partnered with many of the gaming industry’s leaders, including Microsoft, Sony, EA, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Take-Two, among many others. Over more than 30 years, Behaviour has developed an unparalleled, award-winning culture.