We’re looking for a Game Designer to join our team. You will have the opportunity to define the core playing experience for a product with potentially millions of users. You will be responsible for designing first-party games and other experiences on Soba. In addition, you will heavily influence Soba’s social features and other core parts of the experience.
We’re a small and experienced team where every team member has a lot of responsibility and can influence both what we do (product) and how we do it (culture). You will own and drive high-level features from planning through design and implementation, be involved in all stages of the software development lifecycle, and solve complex technical problems.
Tasks
- Design first-party games and build them with Soba tools with help from team members as needed
- Design other parts of the play experience in cooperation with Product and Design team
- Work with 3rd parties to help them build games for Soba’s portfolio
- Give input for Soba’s creation tools roadmap
- Help to make Soba’s user-generated games better
- Define strategy for Soba’s first-party games portfolio (genres, styles, etc)
- Contribute with your own ideas on how to make the player experience better in all parts of the product
- Act on feedback from metrics and users
Requirements
You have experience and great understanding of various game mechanics across genres
You’re able to prioritize tasks and work independently
You’re resourceful and able to achieve a lot of things independently — you have a strong ability to implement gameplay using tools made by the engineers or yourself.
You think logically with a high level of attention to detail.
You have hunger and passion for making and playing games; you’re curious and critically think about why games succeed and fail
Understanding and experience in building social mechanics in games and/or other products is a big plus
You’re able to work in an extremely fast-paced environment with little structure and supervision
You don’t guard information but share it openly with others
You seek feedback from both users and your colleagues; You constantly look for ways to improve yourself and develop your craft
You have a shipping mindset
5+ years of professional game design experience
Shipped games from concept to launch
Experience working with early, fast-iterating product teams is a big plus
Benefits
- We have a flexible WFH (work-from-home) policy
- We provide relocation assistance for applicants relocating to Berlin
- We offer equity packages to all employees.
- Free mental well-being support including 1-on-1 therapy sessions.
Soba Studios develops Soba, an online multiplayer virtual world and gaming platform with no-code game-making tools built on the open web3 ecosystem. We believe in a world where making games and building experiences is available for everyone, on every platform, not only to professionals using complex tools on PCs; and where the economics are fair and support creators. Soba is founded by successful repeat entrepreneurs and funded by top VCs.