Economy Designer

Our client, a vibrant mobile gaming studio based in Berlin, invites you to join as Economy Designer for the idle game IP. In this on-site role, you protect and grow the game's economy, ensuring a fair, engaging, and profitable experience for players. You will audit existing systems, identify improvements, and drive monetisation and live feature work. You report to the Lead Game Designer and work with a small team of four. This role helps prevent balance issues from impacting players and shapes future updates.

Responsibilities

• Audit existing economy systems and identify practical improvements.
• Design and tune balance, progression, offers, and live events for a mobile free-to-play title.
• Own live economy tuning across the product lifecycle and monitor key metrics.
• Collaborate with the Lead Game Designer and a four-person team to deliver solid outcomes.
• Apply a strong mathematics background to build models, run simulations, and guide decisions.
• Create clear documentation and communicate decisions to stakeholders.

Requirements

• 3 to 7 years of experience in mobile free-to-play economy design, or closely related fields (product management or data roles transitioning to economy design).
• Strong mathematics background is a hard requirement.
• Hands-on experience with mobile F2P economy systems, including balance, monetisation design, progression, and live economy tuning on a live title.
• Experience auditing and tuning economy systems, identifying weaknesses, and implementing improvements.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work with a small team and cross-functional partners.
• Willingness to relocate to Berlin; relocation is possible only if you already hold a valid visa for work.

Benefits and other information: The initial focus is auditing existing systems, then monetisation and live feature work. The role reports to the Lead Game Designer and sits with a four-person team.