Senior Game Designer – Systems, Economy

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

📋 Description

• Design, balance, and optimize the game's economy, progression, and reward systems.

• Create captivating player motivation loops across events, features, and monetization strategies.

• Develop and sustain a unified ecosystem of LiveOps events, ensuring they complement rather than compete for player attention.

• Design systems that enhance retention, engagement, and monetization while maintaining an excellent player experience.

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

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

• Collaborate closely with Product, BI, UA, Art, and Development teams to boost game performance.

• Analyze key performance indicators such as Retention, ARPDAU, Conversion, LTV, and Engagement to inform design decisions.

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

• Effectively communicate design rationale, trade-offs, and recommendations throughout the team.

⛳️ Requirements

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

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

• Proven experience working on casual or puzzle games.

• In-depth understanding of player motivation, retention mechanics, and monetization design.

• Strong analytical mindset with the capability to design, execute, and translate data from A/B tests into actionable improvements.

• Advanced spreadsheet skills and experience in building balancing models.

• Comfortable making decisions based on KPIs and player behavior.

• Self-motivated and proactive, with the capability to identify opportunities independently.

• Proficient in utilizing AI tools for data analysis.

• A deep passion for games.

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

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote-first - We offer a flexible working arrangement. You can choose to work fully remote from anywhere or on-site in our modern office in central Berlin - the choice is yours.

• Flexible working hours - Arrange your working hours to suit your needs. No crunch, no overtime!

• Generous vacation policy applicable regardless of your location!

• Home office allowance - If you're working from home and feel something is missing, we provide a budget to enhance your home office productivity.

• Further Training - Everyone at SOFTGAMES is given access to training opportunities to strengthen their skills or learn something new!

• Studio - While we are a remote-first company, we also provide a super modern office with cutting-edge technology located in the heart of Berlin.

• Equipment - Choose between a MacBook Pro or a Lenovo Laptop.

• Meal allowances - A monthly budget is additionally allocated for your lunches.

• Wellness Benefits - Access to Virtual Yoga, Meditation, and more to help you stay healthy!

• Monthly additional grant for home office electricity and internet costs.

• Swag - Enjoy our stylish hoodies, bags, mugs, and more.

• Offsite Retreats - Twice a year, the entire company gathers to learn, share ideas, focus on the future, and celebrate our successes.