narrative designer for Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

Fatshark is a Swedish video game studio known for the Warhammer: Vermintide franchise. It has also contributed to several AAA titles and launched Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. The studio focuses on creating first-person co-op games.

• Establish robust narrative foundations for the team
• Communicate which areas are narratively important and explain why they matter to the game and team
• Help the team understand and convey narrative priorities
• Drive the game's narrative while accounting for production realities and constraints
• Develop narrative within the constraints and nature of a game like Darktide
• Build reactive narrative worlds rather than purely linear, written-story structures
• Find creative solutions that move development forward and prevent narrative needs from blocking production discussions
• Apply a design-oriented approach to storytelling that supports and elevates gameplay

• Prior experience in a narrative role in game development, with a strong grasp of interactive, non-linear storytelling
• Strong narrative craft and collaboration skills in a game production context
• Genuine interest in the Warhammer 40,000 universe
• Able to work fully on-site at the Stockholm office
• Будет плюсом: A background in tabletop RPGs (TTRPGs), game design experience that broadens the skill set without becoming the core identity, experience with live service games

• Regulated flex time and paid overtime
• Occupational pension
• Health benefits and health check-ups
• Bonus program
• Relocation package for international talent
• Playful, friendly, and inclusive workplace
• Personal growth opportunities through varied projects, experienced co-workers, and recurring hack weeks/days
• Parties, social events, and team-building activities
• Dog-friendly office in central Stockholm
• Four days per week in the office; one optional work-from-home day
• Onboarding is fully office-based
• Start ASAP