Game Designer

Our client is a young and ambitious mobile game studio founded by a team of senior professionals with strong expertise in product, marketing, monetization, and game development. The company’s mission is to build commercially successful hybrid-casual puzzle and word games that combine high-quality gameplay with data-driven decision-making.

You will join a compact, professional team where everyone contributes directly to the product’s success. The studio is fully funded with a long planning horizon, stable budgets, and mature management processes.

As a Game Designer, you will shape the core gameplay, meta-systems, and in-game economy of hybrid-casual puzzle and word games for mobile platforms. You will work closely with developers, artists, and the producer to design engaging mechanics, optimize progression and retention, and build content that drives long-term player engagement.

This is a full-time remote role with the option to start immediately.

На какие задачи (обязанности)?

Game Design

• Develop core gameplay rules, mechanics, constraints, and level objectives

• Design progression systems: difficulty curves, pacing, themes

• Create engaging game loops focusing on retention and engagement

• Balance parameters: timers, lives, hints, and other gameplay variables

Level Design

• Create and configure levels manually or via editors, ensuring variety and challenge

• Design rules for procedural level generation (when used)

• Conduct A/B tests and analyze feedback on level quality and performance

Analytics and Iteration

• Collect and interpret data: retention, level funnels, drop-off points

• Generate hypotheses and propose changes based on user behavior

• Optimize gameplay balance and UX based on metrics and tests

Monetization and Economy

• Design in-game economy: currencies, boosters, consumables

• Create engagement systems: daily rewards, challenges, bonus levels, events

• Integrate rewarded ads, in-app purchases, and other F2P mechanics

Feature Prototyping

• Draft clear and structured GDDs

• Collaborate with developers and artists to prototype and implement new mechanics and UI

• Test features from concept to final implementation

Documentation and Communication

• Maintain and update all design documentation

• Present ideas to the team and participate in regular design discussions

• Take part in playtests and discussions about game feel and visual direction
  

Какого профессионала ищем?

Must have:

• 2–4+ years of experience as a Game Designer on mobile projects (ideally puzzle games)

• Deep understanding of the mobile puzzle/word games market, top titles, and trends

• Experience designing core and meta-gameplay systems

• Experience creating and balancing levels (including procedural generation)

• Proficiency working with analytics (retention, funnels, level drop-off)

• Confident use of Unity and level design tools

• Experience with F2P monetization systems

• Strong skills in writing GDDs and clear documentation

• Technical English (documentation and written communication)

• Native Russian language
  

Nice to have:

• Experience with LiveOps (seasonal events, A/B testing)

• Background in word games or sorters

Что для нас важно в человеке?

• Proactive and autonomous approach

• Strong ownership and accountability

• Clear communication and teamwork mindset

• Analytical thinking and data-driven approach

• Flexibility and openness to experimentation

• High motivation and engagement with product metrics

Почему у нас приятно работать?

• Full-time remote work with a flexible schedule

• Immediate start with a direct contractor agreement

• Compensation in USD or EUR

• Coworking space reimbursement from day one

• Transparent management and professional environment

• Creative freedom and the ability to influence products and processes

• Paid vacations and sick leaves

• Potential future benefits: performance bonuses, health insurance, support for sports activities