Senior Systems Game Designer (AI)

Location: Remote for candidates based in Canada; candidates working within the Eastern Time zone are particularly well aligned.

Company

hirify.global presents this opportunity on behalf of a partner developing an AI-powered social and creative gaming product.

What you will do

• Design short-, medium-, and long-term gameplay loops, progression systems, reward structures, economies, and core mechanics.
• Create, prototype, and implement systems for creative tools, social play, crafting, player-generated content, and emergent storytelling.
• Translate product and gameplay goals into specifications, wireframes, UX flows, prototypes, and playable concepts.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, AI, and Art to deliver technically feasible and engaging player experiences.
• Analyze player behavior and feedback to balance, iterate, and improve features.
• Own features from concept and prototyping through implementation, launch, measurement, and ongoing evolution.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience designing features and systems for leading mobile free-to-play games.
• Strong systems design experience in strategy, life simulation, sandbox, creativity, social, or similar genres.
• Deep expertise in at least one discipline such as feature design, progression, game economy, crafting, or user-generated content systems.
• Ability to ship and evolve features, communicate visually through design artifacts, and collaborate with engineers, product managers, artists, and other multidisciplinary partners.
• Strong understanding of player motivation, engagement, agency, autonomy, storytelling, tone, mood, and emotional expression.
• Must be based in Canada; Eastern Time zone experience is particularly aligned. A strong portfolio of designed and shipped games and features is expected.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Unity, scripting tools, or lightweight prototyping.
• Experience with creative tools, sandbox mechanics, social systems, or social storytelling.
• Previous startup experience.
• Personal experience in writing, visual art, design, role-playing, or another creative discipline.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work for candidates based in Canada.
• Substantial ownership, autonomy, and influence in a high-trust environment.
• Equity participation with potential upside as the business grows.
• Opportunity to work with emerging AI and generative technologies in interactive entertainment.
• Fast-paced environment emphasizing experimentation, iteration, creativity, practical execution, and broad responsibility.

Hiring process

• hirify.global uses an AI-powered matching process to evaluate applications against the role's core requirements.
• Shortlisted applications are shared with the hiring company, which manages interviews, assessments, and next steps.