Game Designer

vor 3 Wochen

Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland Soba Vollzeit

We're seeking a skilled Game Designer to craft the core playing experience for our online multiplayer virtual world and gaming platform, Soba. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for designing first-party games and other experiences using our no-code game-making tools. Your influence will extend to Soba's social features and core parts of the experience.

You will own and drive high-level features from planning through design and implementation, be involved in all stages of the software development lifecycle, and solve complex technical problems. Your expertise will be crucial in defining the strategy for Soba's first-party games portfolio, including genres and styles.

We're a small and experienced team where every team member has a lot of responsibility and can influence both what we do (product) and how we do it (culture). If you have a passion for making and playing games, and are curious about why games succeed and fail, we'd love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design first-party games and build them with Soba tools with help from team members as needed
  • Design other parts of the play experience in cooperation with Product and Design team
  • Work with 3rd parties to help them build games for Soba's portfolio
  • Give input for Soba's creation tools roadmap
  • Help to make Soba's user-generated games better
  • Define strategy for Soba's first-party games portfolio (genres, styles, etc)
  • Contribute with your own ideas on how to make the player experience better in all parts of the product
  • Act on feedback from metrics and users
Requirements
  • You have experience and great understanding of various game mechanics across genres
  • You're able to prioritize tasks and work independently
  • You're resourceful and able to achieve a lot of things independently — you have a strong ability to implement gameplay using tools made by the engineers or yourself.
  • You think logically with a high level of attention to detail.
  • You have hunger and passion for making and playing games; you're curious and critically think about why games succeed and fail
  • Understanding and experience in building social mechanics in games and/or other products is a big plus
  • You're able to work in an extremely fast-paced environment with little structure and supervision
  • You don't guard information but share it openly with others
  • You seek feedback from both users and your colleagues; You constantly look for ways to improve yourself and develop your craft
  • You have a shipping mindset
  • 5+ years of professional game design experience
  • Shipped games from concept to launch
  • Experience working with early, fast-iterating product teams is a big plus
  • Right to work in Germany as we cannot sponsor visas at this point in time
Benefits
  • We have a flexible WFH (work-from-home) policy but require a presence in Berlin
  • We offer equity packages to all employees
  • Free mental well-being support including 1-on-1 therapy sessions

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