Sr Game Designer (Progression & Economy)

Location: Montreal, Canada; hybrid studio environment

Company

hirify.global develops the PlayStation brand, hardware, network services, and interactive entertainment products. Haven Studios, part of PlayStation Studios, is 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 live service multiplayer title.
• Translate player experience goals into structural maps, spreadsheets, data tables, and algorithmic logic models.
• Balance XP curves, rewards, drop rates, sink/source mechanics, pacing, and economic health.
• Integrate progression, monetization, and social systems across PvE and PvP gameplay.
• Partner with design leadership, producers, data analysts, and engineers on implementation and telemetry readiness.
• Optimize systems after launch using player metrics, behavioral patterns, market trends, and new content releases.

Requirements

• Extensive systems or progression design experience, including at least one shipped AAA multiplayer live service title where the economy or progression loops were owned or significantly developed.
• Highly methodical approach based on mathematical logic, complex spreadsheets, and structured documentation.
• Deep understanding of game economies, monetization strategies, virtual currencies, reward pacing, and incentive loops.
• Strong Unreal Engine editor skills, including configuring data tables, connecting data structures, and testing progression parameters.
• Experience interpreting live telemetry, player cohorts, A/B testing data, and macroeconomic analytics.
• Ability to document complex economic dependencies clearly for technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience with economy simulation software or advanced mathematical scripting using Python, Machinations, or spreadsheet modeling.
• Background spanning game design and Level Design, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, or UX Design.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid studio environment supporting flexibility, focus, and collaboration.
• Work on a live service multiplayer AAA game for PlayStation and PC.
• Inclusive workplace committed to equal opportunity, diversity, and accessibility.
• Background checks are conducted at the offer stage for new employees.