Senior Game Designer (Unity)

Location: Chengdu, China; on-site

Company

hirify.global is an independent video game development and art production company delivering full-cycle content for console, PC, and mobile games through studios across Asia, Europe, and North America.

What you will do

• Own game mechanics and systems from concept, paper design, prototyping, implementation, tuning, and delivery.
• Partner with level designers to connect layouts with mechanics and player decisions.
• Design and balance competitive multiplayer rules, scoring, match flow, and AI-driven character behavior.
• Define configurable system parameters, success metrics, and design documentation for engineering and QA implementation.
• Use playtest feedback and telemetry to tune mechanics, review designs, identify risks, and propose improvements.
• Collaborate with client designers, engineers, artists, and QA; present designs, resolve issues, and mentor other designers.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in a game design role, including at least one full-cycle title shipped from pre-production to launch on console, PC, or a major mobile title.
• Experience designing within mobile constraints, demonstrated through a shipped mobile title, shipped mobile mode, or strong portfolio project.
• Strong understanding of core game systems, metagame systems, and control systems, plus competitive multiplayer design and balancing experience.
• Experience with data-driven, config-based game design pipelines; proficiency in Unity; ability to build quick prototypes and write clear, structured design documentation.
• Proactive task ownership, effective stakeholder escalation, receptiveness to feedback, clear communication, prioritization, and on-time quality delivery.
• Mandarin Chinese is required for daily work with the client.
• English is required at an adequate level for meetings, documentation, and collaboration with English-speaking colleagues and clients; native fluency is not required.

Nice to have

• Console or PC experience on a shipped AA or AAA title.
• Unity C# or Lua scripting for prototyping and tuning.
• Experience designing mini games or user-generated content, and shipping both single-player and multiplayer systems.
• Experience with Unreal Engine, Blueprints, Godot, UI/UX/HUD, monetization, level design, or level integration.
• Experience leading features with small or cross-functional teams, working across studios in co-development, or working in an English-speaking environment.
• Willingness to travel and work at other hirify.global studios in China when required by a project.

Culture & Benefits

• Multicultural team with industry veterans and colleagues from nine nationalities.
• Work on major AAA games with customized training programs and regular workshops.
• Flexible working hours, group fitness, wellness activities, gaming areas, and canteens.
• Comprehensive medical healthcare for staff and relocation support.
• Career and international mobility through the hirify.global Internal Mobility Program.