Balance Game Designer

Job Description

Gameloft Ukraine is seeking a Balance Game Designer to join our creative team and ensure our game economy, mechanics, and systems are both engaging and fair. You will be responsible for designing, analyzing, and fine-tuning gameplay parameters that define progression, difficulty, rewards, and overall player satisfaction.

This role requires a mix of creativity, strong analytical thinking, and a passion for delivering fun, balanced experiences to millions of players worldwide.

Qualifications

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and adjust progression systems, in-game currencies, difficulty curves, and rewards.
• Fine-tune characters, levels, abilities, and features to ensure fair, fun, and challenging gameplay.
• Collaborate with analytics teams to interpret player data and adjust systems to improve retention, engagement, and monetization.
• Create clear, detailed design documentation for balance-related features and updates.
• Work closely with other designers, producers, and developers to ensure balance goals are aligned with the creative vision and business objectives.
• Organize and analyze playtests to validate assumptions and ensure a high-quality player experience.

Qualifications & Skills:

• 2+ years of experience as a Game Designer, Balance Designer, or Systems Designer (mobile or F2P games preferred).
• Strong understanding of game economies, progression systems, and player motivations.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and apply insights to design decisions.
• Proficiency with spreadsheets, balance tools, and basic statistical methods.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Passion for mobile games and awareness of current market trends.
• English: Upper-Intermediate or higher.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working on live games or free-to-play titles.
• Familiarity with monetization systems and how they interact with balance.
• Understanding of probability, statistics, or mathematical modeling.
• Previous experience collaborating with analytics or data science teams.

Benefits:

• Join a top global mobile and video games publisher using the latest technologies;
• Work with a talented international team in a friendly, creative environment;
• Gain experience in the fast-paced and innovative video games industry;
• Contribute to high-ranking products recognized worldwide;
• Grow your career with dynamic promotions and global opportunities.

What Gameloft offers:

• Possibility to work remote in a global product company with talented people;
• Competitive salary according to the qualifications;
• 21-day paid vacation, 5 days paid sick leave and national holidays as non-working days;
• Medical insurance, psychologist;
• Parental leave;
• Own educational platform with courses, training programs, certifications;
• Employee Referral Program with great bonuses;
• Technical support and equipment.

Additional Information

In order to consider your application, we require you to send the full version of your CV in English. Qualified candidates will be asked to complete a test assessment.