Senior Game Designer

Iceflake Studios is seeking a Senior Game Designer to lead the development of an ambitious simulation game. The role involves designing, modeling, and balancing intricate in-game economies and simulation systems, taking ownership of major features from concept to completion, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure engaging and fun gameplay. The ideal candidate will have professional experience in game design, particularly with strategy or simulation titles, and strong analytical and communication skills.

Must Have

• Design, model, and balance intricate in-game economies and simulation systems
• Take ownership of major features from concept to completion, creating clear documentation and driving their implementation
• Collaborate closely with other designers, programmers and artists to ensure mechanics are both technically feasible and fun
• Ensuring our games are engaging and fun to play
• Professional experience as a Game Designer, ideally with a shipped title in the strategy, simulation, or management genre
• Practical experience working within Unity or a similar game engine
• Advanced proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets for modeling complex data and economies
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to deconstruct and balance abstract systems
• Excellent communication skills

Good to Have

• Deep passion for City Builder, Management and Strategy games
• Familiarity with scripting or basic programming to prototype ideas independently
• Experience mentoring junior designers or leading design initiatives

We are developing an ambitious simulation game with unprecedented scale and detail. We are looking for a Senior Game Designer who can take ownership of complex systems, balancing deep economies and simulation mechanics to create an engaging player experience that stands the test of time.

What you will be doing:

• Design, model, and balance intricate in-game economies and simulation systems.
• Take ownership of major features from concept to completion, creating clear documentation and driving their implementation.
• Collaborate closely with other designers, programmers and artists to ensure mechanics are both technically feasible and fun.
• Ensuring our games are engaging and fun to play.

The skills you need to have:

• Professional experience as a Game Designer, ideally with a shipped title in the strategy, simulation, or management genre.
• Practical experience working within Unity or a similar game engine.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets for modeling complex data and economies.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to deconstruct and balance abstract systems.
• Excellent communication skills: You can clearly articulate your vision to a multidisciplinary team.

How to stand out from the crowd:

• Deep passion for City Builder, Management and Strategy games.
• Familiarity with scripting or basic programming to prototype ideas independently.
• Experience mentoring junior designers or leading design initiatives.

Our office is located within a walking distance from downtown Tampere. Due to the highly collaborative nature of the work, we expect you to be able to work at the office.

If you think that this description matches you, we highly encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we will interview candidates continuously. If you don’t match all the requirements, please demonstrate how your passion, attitude and interest in Iceflake and Paradox might compensate for this.