System Era Softworks is an independent development studio headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Established in 2014 out of shared passions for interesting gameplay systems and inspired by optimistic space-age futurism, we strive to build games that can serve as motivation for future generations of spacefarers. Our games focus on bringing people together.
System Era aims to make great games while still maintaining a team first focus. We believe that good games don't need to come at the cost of lowered standards for our staff. We offer top notch benefits, highly competitive salaries, profit sharing, and complete flexibility with unlimited paid time off.
System Era offers excellent health, vision, and dental insurance to all employees and their families from one of the top providers in Washington.
System Era's salaries are highly competitive and we offer quarterly profit sharing to team members.
As a studio we offer complete flexibility with your schedule and unlimited paid time off.
System Era is a small team that owns our IP, and self publishes. We strive to always make decisions that benefit the team, without any external pressure.
Narrative
Storymancer/Awkward dancer. Emmy-winning writer and animator, sci-fantasy author. Reliably pwn'd in PvP. Grognard and Forever DM.
Quality Assurance
Huge fan of sports, games, banter, and bright colors. Played in the Little League World Series at 12 and never again reached that level of fame.
Design
Game designer and digital toymaker. Former gameplay engineer on Galak-Z, and UX Designer at Envelop VR. Still amazed he gets paid to make video games.
Animation
Setter of key frames and footwear model to the stars. Lover of wife, child, and the dogs. All the dogs. Even yours.
Creative Director
Co-founder of System Era who has been making video games since '04. Too big to go to outer space so doing the next best thing instead.
Engineering
Formerly of Runic Games, AtomJack, and Vreal. Loves languages, photography, and '90s indie rock. Inventor of the VR Ham Piano.
Operations
I keep the snacks flowing and the office tidy. Fantasy enthusiast, baker supreme, tree hugger, and one crafty lady. You want me on your apocalypse team.
Engineering
A long-time bit wrangler with too many hobbies from woodworking to tabletop miniatures.
Design
Long time inhabitant of the video game industry. Formerly of PopCap Games. Giant nerd. Has way too many RPG books.
Production
A humble producer trying to get things to go according to keikaku. Spends a lot of time overseeing imaginary scenarios where fate is determined by the rolling of math rocks. Good? Alright, let's go get something to eat.
Production
Grateful for a career making games and bringing joy to others. Formerly PopCap, Xbox, and Zamboni driver. Husband, dad, and lover of dogs, baseball, Friday night burgers, and Zelda.
Communications
Good natured and sociable with a fondness for cats, crafting, and baking tasty treats. Dual wields hot glue guns.
Engineering
Previously lead client network engineer at 343 Industries and Zipper Interactive. Probably thinking about rock climbing.
Design
Designer of worlds, builder of levels.
Narrative & Design
Narrative ghoul and horror addict. Former university professor, occasional comic creator, and once Story Artist of Retro Studios. Telecommuting from Outpost #31.
Quality Assurance
Formerly of Turn 10 Studios. Reader of comics, player of Hearthstone, lover of cats. Always thinking about games.
Quality Assurance
Formerly of Nintendo, ArenaNet, and coincidentally 343 Industries. Just thrilled to help bring joy to people in the world. Nintendo Specialist, problem discoverer, creator of many documents, and Blue Mage enthusiast.
Sound Design & Music
Outdoor and indoor enthusiast.
Quality Assurance
Has turned a childhood taking apart toys into a career doing the same with games. Photographer, zombie book aficionado, and Dad.
Narrative
Narrative cryptid. Romance author. Lover of frustratingly hard video games and happily ever afters.
Art
Artist and maker of random things. Previously an artist on Minecraft and Project Spark. Fan of just about everything related to Space and Dinosaurs.
Art
Character artist and critter connoisseur. Hobbies include sculpting, pixel art, and spilling coffee on herself.
Engineering
Former Compiler Engineer. Human of many hobbies. Sailor, gamer, hiker, LEGO builder, nuclear scientist. Devourer of sweets. Dad.
Quality Assurance
Former chef who still isn't sure how he got this job. Knows more facts about Middle Earth than the actual planet we live on.
Engineering
Devotee of cats, games, and pizza. Junior TTRPG gamemaster and seasoned player. A sucker for all things purple and space.
Operations
Helping creative teams make awesome things. Keeper of the hearth and knower of things. aka: The Village Witch. Systems nerd.
Engineering
Residential fan of all things relating to voxels.
Art
Versatile 3D artist capable of filling any role when needed, from modeling magnitudes of meshes to deconstructing digital detonations. Developing virtual worlds is his passion, be it pen-and-paper or pixel-on-screen.
Engineering
Went from making tools for the government to making tools for games and loving it. Will pet every dog he sees and knows too much about Star Wars.
Production
Producer with a focus on Playtesting and User Experience but in his free time is an IPA lover and Yu-Gi-Oh player that loves to cook and is always on the lookout for the next video game experience to pull him away from Overwatch.
Production
Long-time producer and lifetime coffee drinker. Champion of collaboration, creativity, and helping teams make awesome games. Lover of travel, food, and co-op video games.
Art
Tech Artist dedicated to the realms of mathy visuals and tiny planets. Into lavender, coffee, and the sound of rain. Experiences great difficulty sticking to a given topic.
Art
A professional doodler who loves drawing characters and the places they live. Enjoys curling up on the couch to play Nintendo games and naps with her dog Winnie.
Production
Do what you want, the way you want to and I'll help you get there with data and excels sheets in hand! Still trying to convince myself that I don't make games to fund my other hobbies. Gunpla is freedom.
Quality Assurance
Just a regular human who loves horror, art, videogames and CATS! Worked on the Series X/S and Halo Infinite but now took a rocketship into space!
Engineering
When I'm not at my desk I'm probably jogging, walking my dog, or enjoying pizza. When I'm at my desk, I'm probably daydreaming about skiing, astrophysics, or enjoying pizza.
Communications
Runs the comms and marketing efforts at the studio. Avid footwear enthusiast, lighthouse aficionado, always planning the next bike trip. Cofounder of Latinx In Gaming
Engineering
Omnivorous pursuer of creative hobbies. Notable favorites include doll customization, origami, songwriting, and various fiber arts. Also a great fan of confusing novels.
CEO
Co-founder and General Manager. Formerly of 343 Industries. Dad, eater of pies.
Art
Creator of 2D and 3D art. Formerly worked at Harebrained Schemes and Amazon. A total nerd: loves video games, plays DnD and day dreams about anything medieval/sci-fi fantasy.
Engineering
Formerly of Valve. Certified beer judge. Learning about holiday lights and home automation to become 'that house'.
1986-2017
Co-founder and dear friend.
Rest in peace.
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