Game Economy Manager

Carry1st is Africa’s leading games publisher and monetisation platform, helping top global companies grow players and revenue in high-potential markets. We operate the region’s fastest-growing web shop for top-ups of digital content and a payment platform that boosts revenue up to 10x in markets with low credit card penetration but high demand for digital goods. 

Our partners include Activision, EA, Riot Games, and Netease. Backed by investors like a16z, Bitkraft, Google, Konvoy, Riot Games, Sony, and Nas, we’re solving hard problems at the intersection of gaming, fintech, and digital commerce.

As a Game Economy Manager, you will design, model, and optimise in-game economies to enhance player engagement, retention, and monetisation. You’ll work across merge mechanics, progression systems, and competitive features (e.g. PvP, leaderboards), leveraging simulations and behavioral insights to craft balanced, rewarding, and scalable economic systems. Your work will directly shape how players experience and value the game over time.

This role is ideal for someone with a passion for crafting compelling & data-driven player experiences, and thrives at the intersection of game design and analytics.  

You will …

• Translate design goals into scalable, data-informed economic structures
• Build and refine simulations to anticipate the impact of features and content on the broader economy
• Analyse in-game data and player behaviour to inform tuning, pacing, and balancing decisions
• Maintain economic health by designing and monitoring resource flows, progression pacing, and reward systems
• Identify and address imbalances, exploitation risks, or inflationary trends in live environments
• Develop frameworks &  KPIs  to monitor economy performance and support live tuning
• Contribute to feature and content planning by delivering clear economic models and projections