Principal Level Designer: F2P, Data-Driven, Unity

Zynga; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work in Barcelona

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Disability and life insurance

Latest iOS or Android device

Free language lessons

Spotify Premium

Social events

Employee stock purchase plan

Free breakfast, lunch, and coffee

Onsite physiotherapist and hairdresser

Job summary

Zynga seeks a Principal Level Designer for its Social Point studio to shape the level design strategy of a Free-to-Play title. You will create levels, analyze data to guide decisions, and work with product leads, designers, and engineers to deliver engaging gameplay while balancing difficulty and pacing.

The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement, within a hybrid Barcelona setup.

Qualifications

• Experience designing levels for free-to-play games with strong level flow, pacing and challenge balancing.
• Data-driven mindset with experience using Tableau and Excel to analyze data and support design decisions.
• Working knowledge of Unity or Unreal Engine.
• Passionate gamer with deep knowledge of casual F2P games and player motivations.
• Proactive, detail-oriented problem solver who can independently tackle design challenges.
• Collaborative team player with strong English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Benchmarking and setting quality goals based on industry benchmarking.
• Create new levels using various tools following high-level objectives set by Product Leads.
• Continuously improve level quality and fun factor; identify game weak points and propose solutions.
• Analyze levels data to deliver insights and propose improvements; analyze economy impact of boosters and in-game currency.
• Own the level creation process; collaborate with developers and artists to implement new features and systems.
• Improve and streamline the production content pipeline; document the level creation pipeline, and track bugs/QA.
• Determine level design strategy including layout, timing, gameplay elements, difficulty, and overall fun factor.

Skills

Level design for F2P games

Data-driven design

Unity or Unreal Engine

English communication skills

Collaborative team player

Tools

Tableau

Excel

Job description

Zynga seeks a Principal Level Designer for its Social Point studio to shape the level design strategy of a Free-to-Play title. You will create levels, analyze data to guide decisions, and work with product leads, designers, and engineers to deliver engaging gameplay while balancing difficulty and pacing.

The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement, within a hybrid Barcelona setup.