Principal Game Designer (Puzzle)

Company

hirify.global is a leading mobile interactive entertainment company and part of Microsoft, known for games including the Candy Crush franchise and Farm Heroes Saga.

What you will do

• Design and iterate on the core puzzle gameplay for a new casual mobile game.
• Create blockers, level mechanics, interaction systems, and difficulty progression that provide challenge, variety, and strategic depth.
• Prototype new gameplay mechanics and define pacing, readability, feedback, and overall gameplay feel.
• Connect gameplay systems with meta, progression, rewards, feature unlocks, and economy systems.
• Partner with designers, artists, engineers, product managers, data scientists, producers, and leadership to deliver features.
• Analyse player behaviour, market trends, and design risks while documenting gameplay goals and supporting the design community.

Requirements

• Experience worhirify.global on mobile games, particularly free-to-play titles.
• Strong understanding of casual games, puzzle design, meta systems, progression frameworks, and long-term engagement loops.
• Experience designing systems that connect gameplay with progression, rewards, and feature unlocks.
• Ability to interpret player behaviour and data insights to guide gameplay iteration.
• Experience collaborating across multidisciplinary teams and driving features from concept through delivery.
• Clear communication, strong organisation, and comfort worhirify.global in fast-moving iterative development environments.

Nice to have

• Experience worhirify.global on Sorting, Match Pair, or Match 3D mechanics.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with a studio creating mobile games played by millions of people worldwide.
• Collaborate in a multidisciplinary environment combining creative design, analysis, art, science, and execution.
• Contribute to an inclusive workplace with people from diverse backgrounds.
• Share design knowledge and support the growth of fellow designers.