Senior Game Designer

About the role

InnoGames is seeking a Senior Game Designer to take ownership of a new midcore mobile squad RPG. You will define the core loop, meta game, and progression systems while leveraging AI tools to prototype and iterate on the player experience. This role requires a generalist mindset to balance combat, economy, and content in a fast-moving, experimental team environment.

Responsibilities

• Shape the game by defining the core loop, meta game, and long-term progression.
• Design hero rosters, abilities, synergies, and squad combat systems.
• Establish fundamentals for economy, progression, and combat balancing.
• Prototype ideas quickly and iterate based on player feedback and data.
• Use and drive AI tools for prototyping, content creation, and analysis.
• Contribute to market and player tests to make data-informed design decisions.

Required skills

• Game Design
• Squad RPG
• Combat Balancing
• Economy Balancing
• Prototyping
• AI tools

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Game Designer
• Successfully shipped or taken at least one game through early development

Benefits

• 28 vacation days
• Sabbatical
• Mobile device
• Public transport ticket contribution
• Flexible working hours
• Gym access
• Relocation assistance

About the Company

InnoGames is a leading German developer and publisher of mobile and browser games founded in 2007. Part of the Modern Times Group, the company employs about 350 people from 40 nations and is known for titles such as Forge of Empires, Elvenar, and Tribal Wars.