Joyteractive is a mobile game developer and publisher specializing in puzzle games, with a team of over 70 professionals. Its flagship title, Cryptogram: Word Brain Puzzle, ranks among the leading word puzzle games in the US. The company is looking for an experienced Level Designer to join the Picture Blast Solitaire team, working on mobile Puzzle and Casual games for iOS and Android.
Responsibilities
- Own the level design direction and ensure weekly delivery of levels to production, including art reviews, feedback to artists, uploading levels to builds, and monitoring deadlines and quality. Tune difficulty curves across levels and within individual levels. Work with the level editor and configure content delivery queues based on defined constraints. Analyze level metrics such as churn and playtime, replacing and improving underperforming levels. Generate and test level design hypotheses to improve playtime, retention, and monetization, including the balance between interstitial and rewarded ads. Assemble level sets for A/B tests and coordinate test setup with developers and the game designer. Automate routine processes in the content pipeline.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of level design experience in Puzzle, Solitaire, Match-3, or Merge games. Strong experience tuning difficulty curves and conducting A/B tests of levels and level sets. Experience with analytics, including behavioral and monetization metrics and advertising metrics such as interstitials, rewarded ads, and eCPM. Experience working with level editors or internal tools. Strong ownership and a proactive approach.
- Nice to Have: Visual taste or an art background. Experience with procedurally generated levels.
Benefits
- Fully remote work. 18 compensated business days off, 8 paid Personal Days per year with one additional day added annually, a flexible public holidays policy, 100% sick leave compensation, and compensation for wear and tear on personal computer equipment.