Game Designer

We are looking for a Game Designer (Level & Balance) to join a new project for one of our clients — a mobile multiplayer strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world. The project is currently in an active game-systems design phase and is gearing up for production.

Responsibilities:

• Building and balancing mini-game levels, including enemy compositions and waves, boss encounters, level mechanics, difficulty curves, and pacing.
• Balancing heroes, their skills and RPG stats, as well as monsters, bosses, and dungeons.
• Designing and balancing event mini-games.
• Contributing to the design and development of gameplay mechanics and systems.
• Validating balance through calculations and simulations and tuning it based on playtest results and analytics data.
• Creating and maintaining clear, up-to-date design documentation, including GDDs, feature specs, and balance documentation, for the development, analytics, production, and QA teams.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including analysts, QA specialists, developers, artists, and other team members.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of game design experience on mobile F2P titles.
• Hands-on level design experience, including level building, difficulty tuning, and playtesting.
• Experience playing mobile RPGs, Vampire Survivors–like games such as Vampire Survivors, and survival games.
• Proficiency in Excel and/or Google Sheets and experience working with JSON and/or XML configuration files.
• The ability to build balance models and progression curves and take a systematic approach to tuning game balance.
• Practical experience using LLMs in day-to-day work.
• Proficiency in Russian language.
• Strong mathematical skills, including knowledge of probability theory and statistics, as well as the ability to work with functions and curves.
• The ability to use analytics and product metrics to make data-driven decisions.
• The ability to deconstruct successful games and explain why their systems work.
• The ability to produce clear GDDs, feature specs, and balance documentation.
• Strong professional communication skills.

Nice to have:

• LiveOps experience, including work on events, tournaments, battle passes, seasonal activities, and rewards.
• A good understanding of mid-core genres and game systems, including 4X strategy, RPGs, hero collection, battlers, base building, and survival strategy.
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as JavaScript or Python for running simulations and automating calculations, along with an understanding of object-oriented programming principles.
• Experience with version control systems (Git).

We offer:

• A salary paid in USD or GEL, according to preference
• Onboarding and training for new employees
• Health insurance / 100% salary paid during sick leave and vacations
• Bonus sick days
• A convenient work format: office, remote, or hybrid