Principal Level Designer (Match-3)

2 Weeks ago • 2 Years + • 2D Art

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Principal Level Designer (Match-3) at Playrix, you'll be responsible for the final quality of match-3 levels and collaborate with experts to develop innovative level design approaches. Key responsibilities include creating new levels, evaluating and improving existing ones, developing product metrics to assess level quality, and analyzing level structure hypotheses through A/B testing. This role requires extensive match-3 experience and a deep understanding of the casual game market.

Must have:

2+ years Match-3 level creation experience
Match-3 level feedback & improvement
Extensive Match-3 gaming experience
Casual game market understanding
Develop product metrics & A/B testing

Good to have:

Mentoring experience
A/B testing and analytics experience

Perks:

Flexible work schedule (work from anywhere)
Health insurance & psychologist reimbursement
Paid vacation & sick leave
Gym memberships & fitness app reimbursements
Professional development & education
Company events & merchandise

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Job Details

Principal Level Designer (Match-3)

About the company

Playrix is one of the most successful mobile game development companies  in the world. In terms of mobile application revenue, we rank first in Europe  and are in the top 3 worldwide. Our games have been installed 2.3 billion times (that's a third of the world's population!) and more than 30 million people around the world play them every day.

Team, about the role

We're seeking a Principal Level Designer for our projects in release and new games in development. In this role, you'll be responsible for the final quality of match-3 levels and, together with a team of experts, develop approaches to level design.

Tasks

Creating new match-3 levels
Evaluating and improving the quality of levels
Participating in developing product metrics to assess the quality of levels
Analyzing structural hypotheses for chains of levels, planning and participating in conducting A/B tests

Our stack

Our own, similar to Unity, which we actively develop
A proprietary match-3 level editor
We use Amplitude to work with analytics

Requirements

2+ years of experience in creating match-3 levels
Experience providing feedback on match-3 levels
Extensive match-3 gaming experience, interest in casual games, and an understanding of the market

Preferred

Mentoring experience
Experience with A/B testing and analytics

We offer

The ability to influence the quality of our tools, including the development of our proprietary level editor and our work with the VSO engine
The freedom to switch out processes and approaches for more efficient ones without lengthy approvals or bureaucracy
A flat team structure. Direct collaboration with the producer and game designer

Our Perks

Flexibility at work

For most positions we offer a flexible schedule, and employees can work from anywhere in the world (except for the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus). You can do your work however and wherever you like — we only evaluate your results.

Caring for health and well-being

We provide voluntary health insurance for employees and their children, and reimburse online sessions with a psychologist.
We offer fully paid vacation days and sick leave. In certain circumstances, you can request additional days off.
We support leading a healthy lifestyle and reimburse the cost of gym memberships and fitness app subscriptions.

Professional development and education

We pay for participation in specialized conferences and courses and hold our own internal conferences.
We offer discounts on English language courses and courses for the languages of the countries in which the company operates.

Events and merch

We regularly hold offline events like team meetings, big corporate parties, and informal office parties.
We also regularly organize fun competitions, quizzes, hackathons, and online fitness challenges.
We have a merch store with an internal currency you can use to buy unique gifts. We give out this currency as a gift for significant dates, and you can earn more by participating in events and company activities.

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