Game Designer - Brookhaven

Voldex is a leading gaming company focused on Roblox, home to top games like Brookhaven. With over 145 million monthly active players, Voldex is the #1 Roblox developer by audience size, backed by significant capital. The Game Designer will review and improve existing systems, particularly in Brookhaven, and write clear design documentation. They will collaborate with product managers and analysts to translate feedback into gameplay changes, contribute to new feature design (roleplay tools, live events), and balance systems for fairness, engagement, and monetization. The role involves competitive research, player testing, and supporting live operations with events and monetization strategies.

Must Have

• Review existing systems and designs across Voldex games to identify areas for improvement
• Write and maintain clear, actionable design documentation
• Collaborate with product managers and analysts to translate game data and player feedback into gameplay changes
• Contribute to the design and iteration of new features
• Balance new and existing systems to ensure fairness, engagement, and monetization goals are met
• Participate in ongoing competitive research and player testing
• Support live operations by proposing, tuning, and evaluating events and monetization strategies
• Strong understanding of systems design, progression loops, and live operations
• Experience designing features that improve retention, engagement, and monetization
• Proficiency in writing clear, actionable game design documentation
• Ability to create basic wireframes, player flows, or annotated mockups
• Experience using data and community insights to inform design decisions
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across disciplines
• Demonstrated interest in user-generated content platforms like Roblox, Minecraft, or Fortnite
• Passion for roleplay and simulation games
• Ability to work collaborative hours aligned to EST–PST time zones

Good to Have

• Professional game design experience in live service or free-to-play environments
• Prior experience shipping features or full games on Roblox or other UGC platforms
• Experience using Roblox Studio or related creation tools
• Experience with tabletop role-playing games
• Degree in Game Design, Interactive Media, or a related field

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive compensation (above-market salary + profit sharing + stock options)
• Retirement benefits (company contribution to 401k, RRSP, Pension in Canada, UK, USA)
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits (with additional benefits in Canada, UK, USA)
• Flexible PTO (vacations + Federal / Bank Holidays)
• Remote First work environment
• In-person get-togethers, virtual company-wide game events, Robux allowances
• Professional Development (reimbursement for courses, materials)
• Work with awesome people and impact millions of daily players

Voldex is a leading gaming company focused on Roblox, the most exciting ecosystem in gaming today. We are home to several of Roblox's top games, including Brookhaven, Driving Empire, and NFL Universe Football. With over 145 million monthly active players across our games, we are the #1 Roblox developer by audience size. Founded in 2015, we have since grown to 75+ full-time remote team members across the globe.

Our strategy is to acquire and sustainably grow games on Roblox. Our acquisition strategy is backed with significant capital from firms including The Raine Group, Makers Fund, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), QIA, Dune Ventures, and MIT.

Our top games include:

• Brookhaven, #1 Roleplay game on Roblox and the most popular game on the Roblox platform
• Driving Empire, the #1 driving game on Roblox where we’ve brought real cars into the game in partnership with automakers
• NFL Universe Football, the #1 American football game and top grossing sports game on Roblox.

Responsibilities:

• Review existing systems and designs across Voldex games (particularly Brookhaven) to identify areas for improvement and propose actionable design solutions.
• Write and maintain clear, actionable design documentation to support implementation across engineering, art, and production.
• Collaborate closely with product managers and analysts to translate game data and player feedback into impactful gameplay changes.
• Contribute to the design and iteration of new features, including roleplay tools like props and avatar editor, live events, and new roleplay content
• Balance new and existing systems to ensure fairness, engagement, and monetization goals are met.
• Participate in ongoing competitive research and player testing to stay informed on top Roblox experiences and identify feature opportunities or risks.
• Support live operations by proposing, tuning, and evaluating events, limited-time modes, and monetization strategies.

Requirements:

• Strong understanding of systems design, progression loops, and live operations
• Experience designing features that improve retention, engagement, and monetization
• Proficiency in writing clear, actionable game design documentation, including flows, configs, and feature specs
• Ability to create basic wireframes, player flows, or annotated mockups to communicate UX intent
• Experience using data and community insights to inform design decisions
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across disciplines (art, engineering, product, analytics)
• Demonstrated interest in user-generated content platforms like Roblox, Minecraft, or Fortnite
• Passion for roleplay and simulation games, from DnD to The Sims to any world where players can act, build, and tell their own stories
• Ability to work collaborative hours aligned to EST–PST time zones

Nice to Have:

• Professional game design experience in live service or free-to-play environments, particularly roleplay or simulations
• Prior experience shipping features or full games on Roblox or other UGC platforms
• Experience using Roblox Studio or related creation tools
• Experience with tabletop role-playing games
• Degree in Game Design, Interactive Media, or a related field

Voldex is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status

Permanent Voldex employees enjoy the following benefits:

• Competitive compensation - above-market salary + profit sharing + stock options
• Retirement benefits - company contribution to your retirement plan (401k, RRSP, Pension), in Canada, UK and USA!
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits - depending on the country, there may be additional benefits (Life, ADD, etc…) such as Canada, UK and USA.
• Flexible PTO - vacations + Federal / Bank Holidays
• Remote First - we have always been remote and will remain that way including work from home/anywhere
• In-person get-togethers, virtual company-wide game events, Robux allowances, and so much more!
• Professional Development - Reimburse the costs of courses, materials, and anything to help further their training and growth
• Work with awesome people and impact millions of daily players

Want to learn more about Voldex? Read about us here:

• Voldex Acquires Brookhaven, most visited game on Roblox
• Driving Empire & Nascar: Brand Partnership
• Voldex & NFL: Brand Partnership
• Our partners at Andreessen Horowitz share why they've invested in Voldex