Senior Game Designer – Systems, Economy

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany.

📋 Description

• Take charge of the long-term development of one or two established games with dedicated player communities.

• Design, balance, and enhance economy, progression, and reward mechanisms.

• Create player motivation loops that span events, features, and monetization strategies.

• Develop and sustain a cohesive ecosystem of LiveOps events.

• Craft systems that boost retention, engagement, and monetization while ensuring a positive player experience.

• Construct and maintain economy models, balancing spreadsheets, and simulations.

• Utilize data to pinpoint player friction points, progression bottlenecks, and monetization opportunities.

• Collaborate with Product, BI, UA, Art, and Development teams.

• Analyze key performance indicators such as Retention, ARPDAU, Conversion, LTV, and Engagement.

• Propel feature and event enhancements through testing, iteration, and experimentation.

• Articulate design rationale, trade-offs, and recommendations to the team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in designing and managing successful F2P mobile games.

• Strong background in systems design, economy design, progression design, and LiveOps.

• Proven history of working on casual or puzzle games.

• Profound understanding of player motivation, retention mechanics, and monetization strategies.

• Capability to design and assess A/B tests and convert data into actionable enhancements.

• Comfortable making decisions based on KPIs and player behavior insights.

• Self-motivated and proactive.

• Quick to grasp new games, systems, and player demographics, and able to take ownership of projects.

• Advanced spreadsheet skills with experience in building balancing, simulation, and forecasting models.

• Exceptional communication skills in English, both verbal and written.

• Passionate about crafting engaging and sustainable player experiences.

• Proficient in utilizing AI tools to enhance productivity, analysis, and decision-making.

• Qualified candidates must complete a design test.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote-first work: fully remote from wherever you perform your best, or access the Berlin office whenever preferred.

• Flexible working hours.

• No crunch culture and no overtime.

• Generous vacation policy.

• Home office budget.

• Training budget for personal and professional development.

• High-spec laptop provided.

• Monthly meal allowance.

• Monthly home office utility grant to cover electricity and internet expenses.

• Company swag.

• Annual company retreat.