Senior Game Designer

Vira Games is an independent game company specializing in the development and publishing of mobile games. Our team is a creative alliance that combines experience, creativity, drive, and professionalism.

We are looking for a strong Senior Game Designer with systemic thinking and experience in large game projects.

The main focus of the role: designing gameplay and meta-systems, progression, economy, balance, and long-term product development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop core gameplay and meta-systems
• Work with progression, economy, rewards, balance, and difficulty
• Build connections between different game systems
• Write and maintain GDD and feature specs
• Lead features from idea to implementation and results analysis
• Formulate hypotheses and participate in A/B tests
• Work with analytics and product metrics
• Collaborate with Producers, Developers, UI/UX, Analysts, Artists, and other specialists
• Review feature implementation and ensure the result matches the design intent
• Utilize AI tools for research, documentation, analysis, and prototyping

AI-Native Workflow: Freely use AI tools for research, idea generation, prototyping, and documentation.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience as a Game Designer in mobile projects (F2P / casual / mid-core).
• Experience working on large game projects
• Strong product thinking: understanding not only how a feature works, but also why it is needed by the player and the product
• Basic proficiency in Unity (setup, prototype assembly)
• Portfolio with projects you have worked on
• Good understanding of: core / meta loops, progression, retention mechanics

Will be a plus:

• Experience working on a project from scratch to launch and further development of a live product
• Deep knowledge of Unity
• Strong expertise in game balance and economy
• In-depth understanding of monetization
• Experience working with various game genres
• Experience working on online / social games
• Practical experience with LiveOps
• Experience mentoring / reviewing other Game Designers

Recruitment Process:

• Interview with a recruiter.
• Test assignment.
• Interview with the hiring manager.
• Reference checks.
• Offer.

What we offer:

• Benefit Cafe: Freedom of choice — a personal budget for insurance, training, gym, or anything for your well-being.
• Achievement Bonuses: We value strive for excellence and teamwork, recognizing significant results, initiative, and real impact.
• Remote First: Work from anywhere in the world — remote work is the standard, not an exception.
• Business Impact: Minimal bureaucracy, maximum freedom of action, and the opportunity to bring your ideas to life.
• Career Boost: Development of professional expertise, training, internal workshops, strategic sessions.
• Culture Driver: An atmosphere of a united team where success is the result of joint work.