Job
- Level
- Senior
- Job Field
- Games
- Employment Type
- Part Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Berlin
- Working Model
- Full Remote
Job Summary
In this role, you will design and optimize game mechanics, progression systems, and monetization for a Solitaire TriPeaks game while developing LiveOps events and conducting player engagement analyses.
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 evolve one of our leading Solitaire TriPeaks games. You will own the long-term evolution of a mature live game with a loyal player base, balancing player satisfaction, engagement, and commercial performance.
- 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.
- Own and evolve the game's economy, progression, reward systems, and monetization.
- Balance and optimize game systems, collaborating closely with the Level Designer to deliver a rewarding long-term player experience.
- Design and evolve LiveOps events, tournaments, and seasonal content that drive engagement, retention, and revenue.
- Optimize monetization systems including offers, currencies, energy systems, and booster economy.
- Build and maintain economy models, balancing spreadsheets, simulations, and forecasting models.
- Analyze player behavior, progression bottlenecks, and monetization opportunities using game data and KPIs.
- Define hypotheses, design A/B tests, and iterate features based on data-driven insights.
- Partner closely with Product, Level Design, BI/Analytics, Art, and Development to continuously improve game performance.
- Confidently evolve a mature live game by introducing meaningful improvements while respecting the expectations of a loyal player base.
- 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.
- Strong understanding of player motivation, retention mechanics, monetization, and long-term engagement.
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate player data into actionable product improvements.
- Self-driven and proactive, with the ability to identify opportunities and take ownership.
- Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and written.
- Proficient in using AI tools to improve productivity and decision making.
Experience
- 5+ years of experience designing and operating successful free-to-play mobile games.
- Strong experience in systems design, economy design, progression design, and LiveOps.
- Experience working on mature live games with long-term player progression and economy balancing.
- Ideally experienced with Solitaire TriPeaks, card games, casino games, or other long-lived casual games.
- Experience balancing existing systems while minimizing disruption to long-term player behavior.
- Advanced spreadsheet skills and experience building balancing, simulation, and forecasting models.
- Experience in defining and evaluating A/B tests and making data-driven product decisions.
- Passion for games and creating outstanding player experiences.
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What we offer
- SOFTGAMES offers a competitive package, including:
- Remote first - We have a flexible working setup.
- 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.
- Monthly extra grant for home office electricity + internet costs.
- Swag - Enjoy our stylish Hoodies, Bags, Mugs, etc.
- Offsite Retreats - At least once 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
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
- English Only
- English only required
