Principal Level Designer (Match-3)

2 Months ago • 2 Years + • 2D Art

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Principal Level Designer (Match-3) at Playrix, you'll be responsible for ensuring the final quality of match-3 levels and collaborating with a team of experts to develop innovative level design approaches. Key responsibilities include creating new match-3 levels, evaluating and improving existing levels, developing product metrics for level quality assessment, and analyzing level structure hypotheses for A/B testing. You'll work with a proprietary match-3 level editor and contribute to the evolution of the company's internal tools and VSO engine. This role requires a strong understanding of match-3 game mechanics and market trends, along with a passion for casual gaming.
Must have:
  • 2+ years Match-3 level design experience
  • Match-3 level feedback proficiency
  • Extensive Match-3 gaming experience
  • Casual game understanding and market knowledge
  • A/B testing and analytics participation
Good to have:
  • Mentoring experience
Perks:
  • Flexible work schedule (work from anywhere)
  • Health insurance
  • Paid vacation and sick leave
  • Gym membership reimbursement
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Company events and merchandise

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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