Principal RPG Systems Designer - Mobile LiveOps

Scopely; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Scopely is seeking a Principal Systems Designer to own the design and implementation of core progression, economy, and scaling for a mobile-first live-service title built on a globally recognized IP. This hands-on role is an individual contributor reporting to the Director of Systems Design, collaborating with gameplay, engineering, and production to ship robust systems.

You'll model and tune in-engine, build tooling, and define progression that scales with content.

Qualifications

• 8+ years designing progression, economy or related systems in games.
• Experience taking systems from concept through launch or live ops.
• Ability to translate design problems into clear docs for engineering and production.

Responsibilities

• Design and build core systems, including progression, economy, and scaling, from definition to shippable implementation.
• Collaborate with gameplay designers to align progression with live-service gameplay.
• Develop models, simulations, and tuning tools; implement in-engine tuning and balancing.
• Create clear design documentation and work with engineering to define tools and pipelines.

Skills

Progression systems

Unity/Unreal experience

Analytical skills

Documentation & spec writing

Cross-team collaboration

Live ops experience

Tools

Unity

Unreal

Proprietary engine

Scripting/tools

Job description

Scopely is seeking a Principal Systems Designer to own the design and implementation of core progression, economy, and scaling for a mobile-first live-service title built on a globally recognized IP. This hands-on role is an individual contributor reporting to the Director of Systems Design, collaborating with gameplay, engineering, and production to ship robust systems.

You'll model and tune in-engine, build tooling, and define progression that scales with content.