Senior Game Designer (4X Strategy)

Location: Remote; the role is associated with Operations in Egypt and offers the possibility of working from anywhere in the world.

Company

A gaming industry service hub providing integrated services for clients through a one-stop solution.

What you will do

• Lead the vision and execution of core 4X gameplay systems for a strategy title.
• Design and iterate on exploration, resource economies, technology trees, diplomacy, AI, and combat systems.
• Tune progression curves, difficulty scaling, rewards, and mobile session-length experiences.
• Create design documentation, flowcharts, mock-ups, and rapid prototypes to validate gameplay and balance.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Art, Live Ops, Analytics, and QA to implement, polish, test, and improve features.
• Define KPIs, test gameplay hypotheses, analyze player feedback and data, and guide junior designers.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in design, live operations, or product work on commercially released 4X-style titles.
• At least two shipped mobile games, ideally in the strategy or RTS genre.
• Strong understanding of strategy game economies, technology trees, AI behaviors, combat balancing, free-to-play monetization, and soft-currency economies.
• Proficiency with Excel, Google Sheets, Miro, Notion, and similar design tools.
• Experience with live-service features such as season passes, events, and leaderboards.
• Basic scripting or prototyping skills in Lua, Python, or C#, plus hands-on experience with Unity and in-house tools.

Nice to have

• Experience in strategy or RTS mobile games.
• Passion for community engagement and player feedback channels such as forums and Discord.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with international gaming and technology professionals.
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of working from anywhere in the world.
• Dynamic environment with challenging projects and opportunities to influence decisions.
• Entrepreneurial ownership and opportunities for professional growth.
• Competitive salary.