Senior Level Designer - Solitaire Grand Harvest
Job Summary
Job Description
- Level design experience (casual/mobile)
- Understanding of level design concepts
- Data analysis and optimization skills
- Collaboration and communication skills
- Problem-solving and attention to detail
- Unity Engine proficiency
- Experience improving level design workflows
- Knowledge of game economy systems
- Passion for casual games and Solitaire
- Prototyping skills
12 skills required
Job Details
Join us at Playtika (NASDAQ: PLTK), where we're driven by the belief life needs play. We’re on a mission to deliver infinite ways to play using cutting-edge technologies like AI and machine learning to craft immersive experiences that connect, inspire and entertain millions of players worldwide.
From our start as a small mobile games company founded in Israel to our current position as a publicly traded company and industry leader, we continue to be a dominant force in interactive entertainment. With a diverse portfolio of award-winning, category-leading Casual and Social Casino-themed games, including nine of the top 100 highest-grossing mobile games in the US, we're setting the standard for excellence.
Our success story is co-authored by a dynamic team of storytellers, strategists, creators and data scientists who thrive on innovation. We are home of the best, advancing an inclusive culture that embraces our core values and reflects our agile DNA.
With a strong financial foundation, disciplined operations, unwavering player-focused approach and relentless can-do spirit, we're well-positioned for sustained growth. If you're ready to join the driving force behind the evolution of interactive entertainment, we invite you to come play with us.
Responsibilities:
- Level Creation & Optimization: Design, balance, and test new levels to ensure engaging gameplay and smooth difficulty progression.
- Data-Driven Design: Analyze player data to identify pain points, optimize underperforming levels, and improve key performance metrics like retention and engagement.
- Innovation: Develop and implement new level mechanics or twists to keep gameplay fresh and exciting.
- Strategic Planning: Contribute to the overall vision of level design, including evolving levels, introducing new types, and strategically planning their placement within the player journey.
- Collaboration: Work closely with product, QA, art, economy, and business analytics teams to align levels with the game’s goals and vision.
- Tools & Efficiency: Improve level design tools and workflows to enhance team efficiency and quality output.
- Prototyping: Create prototypes for new mechanics and gameplay ideas to test their viability before full implementation.
- Ownership of Key Projects: Take responsibility for initiatives such as redesigning a level funnel, developing content for events or features, and implementing new gameplay mechanics (e.g., power-ups or obstacles).
- Quality Assurance: Review and maintain the quality of levels created by the team, ensuring a consistently high standard.
- Industry Awareness: Stay up-to-date on level design best practices, industry trends, and competitor analysis to continually evolve our design approach.
Requirements:
- Proven experience in level design, preferably within the casual or mobile gaming space.
- Strong understanding of level design concepts, difficulty curves, and player psychology.
- Ability to balance and optimize levels using player data and analytics.
- Experience with introducing and iterating on new mechanics and gameplay twists.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across teams.
- Proactive and independent, with a strong attention to detail and problem-solving mindset.
Nice-to-Have:
- Experience with improving pipelines or workflows for level design.
- Proficiency with Unity Engine and level design tools.
- Knowledge of economy systems or user experience optimization in games.
- A passion for casual games and a solid understanding of the solitaire genre.
- Ability to create prototypes for new mechanics and gameplay ideas.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
If you feel the above describes you perfectly - Apply now!
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About The Company
For a decade Playtika has been a pioneer in the games industry with more than 34 million monthly active users across a portfolio of casual games titles. We were among the first to offer free-to-play games on social networks, and shortly after, on mobile platforms. Playtika creates disruptive gaming experiences that are reshaping the gaming landscape using cutting-edge technologies in Live-Ops, Data Analytics and Performance Marketing. As a digital entertainment powerhouse, Playtika processes 9TB of data daily. Our creative team translate data-driven insights into customized story lines that deliver exciting challenges and surprising thrills, at every twist and every turn. We move fast, seizing new opportunities, pushing boundaries and leveraging the technology and talent we’ve acquired along the way. At Playtika, we are storytellers and coders, artists and data-scientists, explorers and strategists. We don’t just build games, we bring them to life. We create infinite ways to play. Headquartered in Herzliya, Israel, Playtika has over 3700 employees in offices worldwide including Ramat Gan, Berlin, , Warsaw, Vienna, Helsinki, Chicago, Las Vegas, Santa Monica, Sydney, Kyiv, Bucharest, Minsk, Dnepr, and Vinnytsia.
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