Senior Game Designer | Candy Crush Saga

King is seeking a Senior Game Designer for Candy Crush Saga to design and optimize metagame systems and features. This role involves crafting progression systems, competitive events, and social loops that enhance player engagement and satisfaction. The designer will collaborate with cross-functional teams, use data to inform decisions, and translate strategic goals into actionable designs, contributing to a cohesive and ambitious metagame for millions of players.

Must Have

• Design metagame systems that deepen engagement
• Use data and insights to inform design decisions
• Collaborate closely with product managers, UX designers, data scientists, and producers
• Translate strategic goals into clear, detailed, and actionable design documentation
• Partner with live ops teams to design and optimize features
• Stay informed on F2P trends in monetization and player engagement
• Work with fellow designers to ensure features fit cohesively
• Create and iterate on systems that drive motivation and long-term player engagement
• Bring fresh thinking and genre-leading ideas to the Candy Crush metagame
• Experience designing and running live operations for casual mobile free-to-play games
• Proven track record in successful metagame or live features
• Comfortable diving into player data, identifying patterns, and turning insights into design improvements
• Design for joy and motivation, test, learn, and iterate with real player feedback
• Clear communicator who builds alignment across disciplines
• Simplify complex problems and craft interconnected systems

Good to Have

• Experience working on match-3, merge, or social mobile games with large, active live playerbases
• Familiarity with systems, seasonal structures, or social gameplay loops

Craft: Games Design & Production

Are you a systems thinker and creative architect? Do you dream of crafting features that connect everything together—where player progress feels meaningful, social interactions spark joy, and every reward motivates another level?

We’re looking for a talented and collaborative Senior Game Designer to help shape the future of metagame in Candy Crush Saga—one of the most iconic games in the world. You’ll join a highly experienced team and contribute to a cohesive, ambitious metagame that touches millions of players every day.

Your role within the Kingdom

As a Senior Game Designer, you’ll focus on designing and optimizing metagame systems and features that bring structure, meaning, and delight to the player journey. From progression systems to competitive events and social loops, your work will support key strategic bets and elevate the Candy experience.

You’ll collaborate closely with product managers, UX designers, developers, and other game designers to define, prototype, and deliver systems that are easy to use, deeply satisfying, and seamlessly connected to the core game.

Key Responsibilities

• Design metagame systems that deepen engagement and reflect a strong understanding of player behavior and motivations.
• Use data and insights—both quantitative and qualitative—to inform and improve design decisions.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, UX designers, data scientists, and producers to deliver high-quality, fun, and impactful experiences.
• Translate strategic goals into clear, detailed, and actionable design documentation.
• Partner with live ops teams to design and optimize features that maximize live events’ impact and player retention.
• Stay informed on F2P trends in monetization and player engagement, and share relevant insights with the team.
• Work with fellow designers to ensure features fit cohesively within the wider game ecosystem.
• Create and iterate on systems that drive motivation, satisfaction, and long-term player engagement.
• Bring fresh thinking and genre-leading ideas to the Candy Crush metagame, staying ahead of trends in casual F2P design.

Skills to create thrills

• Experienced in Live F2P Games – You have hands-on experience designing and running live operations for casual mobile free-to-play games. You understand the rhythms of live content, player motivations, and what keeps players coming back day after day.
• Proven Track Record – You’ve owned or significantly contributed to successful metagame or live features—such as progression systems, achievements, or social mechanics—that drove long-term engagement in live casual games.
• Analytical and Insight-Driven – You’re comfortable diving into player data, identifying patterns, and turning insights into meaningful design improvements.
• Player-Centric Mindset – You design for joy and motivation, and you’re excited to test, learn, and iterate with real player feedback.
• Collaborative Partner – You’re a clear communicator who builds alignment across disciplines and helps teams rally behind great ideas.
• Systems-Oriented Designer – You simplify complex problems and craft interconnected systems that make the game feel rich, purposeful, and alive.

Bonus points

• Experience working on match-3, merge, or social mobile games with large, active live playerbases.
• Familiarity with systems, seasonal structures, or social gameplay loops.