Job
- Level
- Senior
- Job Field
- Games
- Employment Type
- Part Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Berlin
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will optimize the game's economy and progression systems for a puzzle game, enhancing player engagement through data-driven analysis and cohesive LiveOps events.
Your role in the team
- At SOFTGAMES, we build games played by millions of players worldwide. We are looking for a Senior Game Designer (Systems & Economy) to help take one of our leading puzzle games to the next level.
- In this role, you will own the design and optimization of the game's progression, economy, events, and monetization systems. Your mission is to create compelling short-, mid-, and long-term goals that keep players engaged for months and years while maximizing player satisfaction and business performance.
- Design, balance, and optimize the game's economy, progression, and reward systems.
- Create engaging player motivation loops across events, features, and monetization.
- Develop and maintain a cohesive ecosystem of LiveOps events, ensuring they work together rather than compete for player attention.
- Design systems that improve retention, engagement, and monetization while preserving a great player experience.
- Build and maintain economy models, balancing spreadsheets, and simulations.
- Use data to identify player friction points, progression bottlenecks, and monetization opportunities.
- Collaborate closely with Product, BI, UA, Art, and Development teams to improve game performance.
- Analyze KPIs such as Retention, ARPDAU, Conversion, LTV, and Engagement to guide design decisions.
- Drive feature and event improvements through continuous testing, iteration, and experimentation.
- Clearly communicate design rationale, trade-offs, and recommendations across the team.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- Proven track record working on casual or puzzle games.
- Deep understanding of player motivation, retention mechanics, and monetization design.
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to design, execute and translate data with e.g. A/B Tests into actionable improvements.
- Comfortable making decisions based on KPIs and player behavior.
- Self-driven and proactive, with the ability to identify opportunities without waiting for direction.
- Proficient in using AI tools for data analysis.
- Deep passion for games.
- Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and written.
Experience
- 5+ years of experience designing and operating successful F2P mobile games.
- Strong experience in systems design, economy design, progression design, and LiveOps.
- Advanced spreadsheet skills and experience building balancing models.
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What we offer
- SOFTGAMES offers a competitive package, including:
- Remote first - We have a flexible working setup. Either fully remote wherever you are or on-site in our modern office in central Berlin - You decide.
- Flexible working hours - Structure your working hours to your needs. No crunch, no overtime!
- Generous vacation regulation no matter where you are!
- Home office allowance - Working from home but something is missing? We offer a budget to make your home office as productive as possible.
- Further Training - Everyone at SOFTGAMES is offered training opportunities to strengthen their skills or learn something new!
- Studio - We're a remote-first company but also offer a super modern office with state-of-the-art tech, based in the center of Berlin.
- Equipment - Choose between a MacBook Pro or Lenovo Laptop.
- Meal allowances - A monthly budget is additionally granted to be spent for your lunches.
- Wellness Benefits - Access to Virtual Yoga, Meditation, and more to stay healthy!
- Monthly extra grant for home office electricity + internet costs.
- Swag - Enjoy our stylish Hoodies, Bags, Mugs, etc.
- Offsite Retreats - Twice a year, the entire company comes together to learn, share ideas, focus on the future, and celebrate our successes. Our events in general are epic, but our off-site Retreat is one of a kind.
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SOFTGAMES - Mobile Entertainment Services GmbH
SOFTGAMES is a leading developer of the most popular Instant Games. Our flagship games Cookie Crush, Solitaire Story and Candy Match are being played by tens of millions of users every month. Our mission is to enable everybody to instantly play great casual games with their friends across any devices. Our line of products includes over 400 hyper casual games within our innovative HTML5 games platform which allows our partners to engage and retain their user base.
Description
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Sports, Leisure, Internet, IT, Telecommunication
Senior Game Designer
- Location
- Berlin
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
- English Only
- English only required
