Principal Progression Economy Designer (Gamedev)

TL;DR

Principal Progression Economy Designer (Gamedev): Own the design and implementation of progression systems for a new multiplayer action game, focusing on onboarding newcomers and engaging seasoned players. Focus on delivering achievement and reward structures that encourage pro-social and collaborative behavior in team games, and overseeing seasonal content delivery to continually surprise and delight the community.

Location: Remote (United States)

Salary: $172,000 - $258,000 USD

Company

hirify.global is creating games that bond players together into deeply invested communities.

What you will do

• Own the design goals and implementation of progression systems that meet the needs of onboarding newcomers and returning seasoned players.
• Deliver achievement and reward structures that encourage pro-social and collaborative behavior in team games.
• Define player experience goals to evolve the economic ecosystem based on feedback from leadership, live KPIs, and community sentiment.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and other leads to roll out impactful systemic solutions that are sustainable long-term.
• Oversee and drive seasonal content delivery to continually surprise and delight the community.

Requirements

• Strong foundation in building goal-driven, competitive multiplayer game progression and economies.
• Demonstrate empathy and understanding of different player motivations in PVP games and the ability to design incentives that generate short- to long-term engagement for them.
• Proven ability to both propose design concepts and perform hands-on implementation (e.g., using scripting or prototyping tools to bring systems to life).
• Expertise in balancing content perishability against lifetime persistence of seasonal resets to sustain player motivation.
• Experience testing and running resets of the economy and progression in a live-service multiplayer environment is ideal.
• Self-driven and collaborative across crafts, with exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.

Nice to have

• Track record designing game economies that encourage social connections between players through the value of virtual goods.
• Experience delegating work or ownership of an area to multidisciplinary peers.
• Familiarity with development using Unreal Engine 5.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible role that can be remote.
• Top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products.
• Eligible for a bonus package.