Senior Game Designer

Jobgether; France; Remote; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits budget

Bonuses

Remote-first culture

Ownership and autonomy

Professional development

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Jobgether in France seeks a Senior Game Designer to lead core gameplay and meta systems for large-scale mobile titles. You will drive progression, in-game economies, rewards, and balancing while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ship features end-to-end.

You will apply data-driven design, run hypothesis testing, and leverage AI-enabled workflows to enhance research, prototyping, and documentation. This is a fully remote opportunity within a creative product focus.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years as a Game Designer on mobile projects (F2P, casual, or mid-core).
• Experience contributing to large-scale game projects and complex design systems.
• Strong product thinking: why a feature matters to players and the product.
• Portfolio showcasing games and projects you contributed to.
• Strong understanding of core and meta loops, progression, and retention.
• Familiar with AI tools to support research, ideation, prototyping, and docs.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and evolve core gameplay and meta systems.
• Define and optimize progression systems, in-game economies, rewards, and balance.
• Build meaningful connections between game systems for cohesive gameplay.
• Create, maintain, and update GDDs and feature specifications.
• Lead features from concept to launch and performance analysis.
• Develop design hypotheses and participate in A/B testing to improve player experience.
• Use analytics to evaluate performance and guide design decisions.
• Collaborate with Producers, Developers, UI/UX, Analysts, Artists, and others.
• Review delivered features to ensure alignment with the design intent.
• Use AI tools for research, prototyping, documentation, and analysis.

Skills

Game design

Mobile games

AI tools

Data-driven design

Portfolio

Product thinking

Tools

Unity

Job description

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Game Designer based in France.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Game Designer with strong systems thinking and a solid background in developing large-scale mobile games. You will shape the core gameplay and meta systems, designing progression, in-game economies, rewards, and balancing to support long-term product growth. Working across the full feature lifecycle, you will turn creative concepts into well-documented, engaging player experiences and assess their impact through analytics and experimentation. You will collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams, ensuring that every feature is implemented in line with its design intent. This is a fully remote opportunity in a creative, product-focused environment that values ownership, innovation, and AI-enabled workflows.

Accountabilities

• Gameplay and meta systems: Design, develop, and evolve core gameplay and meta systems, ensuring they work together to create engaging player experiences.

• Progression and economy: Define and optimize progression systems, in-game economies, rewards, game balance, and difficulty.

• System integration: Build meaningful connections between different game systems to support cohesive and sustainable gameplay.

• Documentation: Create, maintain, and update Game Design Documents (GDDs) and detailed feature specifications.

• Feature ownership: Lead features from initial concept and design through implementation, launch, and performance analysis.

• Hypothesis testing: Develop design hypotheses and participate in A/B testing to validate ideas and improve the player experience.

• Data-driven design: Use analytics and product metrics to evaluate performance, identify opportunities, and guide design decisions.

• Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with Producers, Developers, UI/UX Designers, Analysts, Artists, and other specialists throughout development.

• Implementation reviews: Review delivered features and ensure the final implementation aligns with the original design intent.

• AI-enabled workflows: Use AI tools for research, idea generation, prototyping, documentation, and analysis as part of an AI-native approach to game design.

Requirements:

• Professional experience: At least 5 years of experience as a Game Designer on mobile projects, ideally in free-to-play (F2P), casual, or mid-core games.

• Large-scale projects: Proven experience contributing to substantial game projects and managing complex design systems.

• Product thinking: Strong understanding of not only how a feature works, but also why it matters to players and the overall product.

• Unity knowledge: Basic proficiency with Unity, including configuration and building prototypes.

• Portfolio: A portfolio showcasing games and projects you have contributed to.

• Game design fundamentals: Strong understanding of core and meta loops, progression systems, and player retention mechanics.

• AI proficiency: Comfortable using AI tools to support research, generate ideas, create prototypes, and produce design documentation.

Nice to have:

• Experience taking a game from initial concept through launch and ongoing live-product development.

• Advanced Unity skills and deeper technical knowledge.

• Strong expertise in game balancing and in-game economies.

• In-depth understanding of game monetization.

• Experience designing games across multiple genres.

• Background in online or social games.

• Practical experience with LiveOps.

• Experience mentoring or reviewing the work of other Game Designers.

Benefits:

• Flexible benefits budget: A personalized allowance that can be used for insurance, education, gym memberships, or other well-being needs.

• Performance recognition: Bonuses recognizing strong results, initiative, teamwork, and meaningful contributions.

• Remote-first culture: Fully remote work, with the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world.

• Ownership and autonomy: Minimal bureaucracy, freedom to make decisions, and opportunities to bring your ideas to life.

• Professional development: Opportunities to strengthen your expertise through learning initiatives, internal training, and strategic sessions.

• Collaborative culture: A supportive team environment where shared effort and collective success are valued.

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