Sr Game Designer (Progression & Economy)

Location: Hybrid studio headquartered in Montreal, Canada

Company

Haven Studios is a Montreal-based game development studio within hirify.global's PlayStation Studios, developing a competitive multiplayer action heist game for PlayStation and PC.

What you will do

• Design and maintain player progression frameworks, monetization loops, and virtual economies for a long-term live service game.
• Translate player experience goals into structural maps, spreadsheets, data tables, and algorithmic logic models.
• Balance XP curves, reward pacing, drop rates, currency sources and sinks, and progression bottlenecks.
• Integrate progression, monetization, and social systems across PvE and PvP multiplayer features.
• Collaborate with Directors, Producers, Data Analysts, and Engineers on feasibility and telemetry readiness.
• Optimize live systems after launch using player metrics, behavior patterns, market trends, and new content releases.

Requirements

• Extensive systems or progression design experience, including at least one shipped AAA multiplayer live service title.
• Significant ownership or contribution to a game's economy or progression loops.
• Strong mathematical reasoning, structured documentation, complex spreadsheet modeling, and system design skills.
• Deep knowledge of virtual economies, monetization strategies, reward pacing, and incentive loops.
• Ability to work in Unreal Engine, configure data tables, connect data structures, and test progression parameters.
• Experience interpreting live telemetry, player cohorts, A/B testing data, and macroeconomic analytics.

Nice to have

• Experience with economy simulation software or advanced mathematical scripting such as Python, Machinations, or specialized spreadsheet models.
• Experience spanning complementary disciplines such as Level Design, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, or UX Design.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid studio environment supporting flexibility, focus, and collaboration.
• Work within a multidisciplinary PlayStation Studios team in Canada.
• Develop a competitive multiplayer live service game intended to engage players over many years.
• Background checks are conducted at the offer stage for new employees.