Principal Game Designer (Engagement / Progression Systems)

Remote Full-time
Benefits:
• Competitive salary
• Opportunity for advancement
• Training & development

Principal Game Designer (Engagement / Progression Systems)

Location: Preferred Cary, NC / North Carolina, open to Remote

What we offer
• Remote option available (NC preferred for team collaboration)
• High-impact design ownership across a large, live-service platform
• Fast iteration environment with strong cross-disciplinary partnership

Role Overview
We are hiring Principal Game Designers to solve high-level engagement challenges across a flagship live-service multiplayer ecosystem. This role focuses on evolving established engagement structures (e.g., quests, passes, progression, rewards) and inventing new systems that guide experience, mastery, and long-term participation.

You will set vision across cross-functional teams, ensure engagement systems support long-term health, and drive rapid iteration—prototype, ship, learn, and refine.

Responsibilities
• Craft meaningful goals that grow exposure, experience, and mastery of new and existing gameplay mechanics.
• Lead innovation for engagement systems, including progression loops, rewards, and frameworks aligned to engagement metrics.
• Define and communicate a clear experience vision across multiple internal teams and disciplines.
• Partner with product and marketing teams to support satisfaction, ecosystem health, and growth-driving activations.
• Drive iterative live design: prototype quickly, ship improvements, analyze outcomes, and iterate fast.

Requirements
• 10+ years shipping multiple titles as a game designer.
• Deep experience building engagement content or goal-based progression systems in live-service multiplayer environments.
• Demonstrated ability to empathize with players and translate motivations into durable systems and goals.
• Strong understanding of what drives engagement and long-term participation in multiplayer ecosystems.
• Ability to adapt quickly to shifting needs, make decisions, and own the vision end-to-end.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field preferred (or equivalent experience).
• Player-focused, solutions-driven, innovative, and decisive working style.

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