Game Designer - Economy (Unreal Engine 5, AAA European Football)
Location:
Beverly Hills, CA; Hybrid: Los Angeles, Remote: Pacific Time Zone This role is posted on behalf of the following client: A AAA sports game development studio building the next generation of professional football (soccer) video games in Unreal Engine 5. The team is focused on delivering high-fidelity gameplay, deep progression, and live-service-ready systems designed for long-term engagement. Role Overview
A Game Designer - Economy is needed to design, balance, and iterate on the in-game economy for a AAA European football title built in Unreal Engine 5. This role focuses on how players earn and spend currencies, how rewards are paced, and how progression systems support fun, fairness, engagement, and long-term economic health across seasons and live content updates. Applications must include a cover letter detailing past sports game development experience and relevant soccer experience/fandom (if applicable). What You'll Do
Design and balance the in-game economy, including currency flows, reward pacing, progression structures, seasonal content rewards, and incentive loops aligned with the game vision. Build and maintain models, spreadsheets, and simulations to represent economic outcomes; analyze player behavior and KPIs to identify friction points and tuning opportunities. Collaborate with design, live ops, and engineering partners to integrate economy systems into gameplay and content updates; document assumptions, decisions, and tuning rationale and iterate through playtests and metrics. Who You Are
2+ years of game design experience with a focus on economy, progression, and/or balancing systems (AAA and/or live service experience preferred); at least one shipped AAA title preferred (sports titles a plus). Strong analytical and modeling skills, including comfort with spreadsheets and economic simulations; strong understanding of reward loops, progression pacing, and player motivation models. Clear written and verbal communicator with passion for football games and an understanding of how economy/progression supports meaningful long-term engagement; bonus: familiarity with Unreal Engine 5 workflows, live-service economies, BI tools (Looker/Tableau), telemetry, and/or A/B testing.
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Location:
Beverly Hills, CA; Hybrid: Los Angeles, Remote: Pacific Time Zone This role is posted on behalf of the following client: A AAA sports game development studio building the next generation of professional football (soccer) video games in Unreal Engine 5. The team is focused on delivering high-fidelity gameplay, deep progression, and live-service-ready systems designed for long-term engagement. Role Overview
A Game Designer - Economy is needed to design, balance, and iterate on the in-game economy for a AAA European football title built in Unreal Engine 5. This role focuses on how players earn and spend currencies, how rewards are paced, and how progression systems support fun, fairness, engagement, and long-term economic health across seasons and live content updates. Applications must include a cover letter detailing past sports game development experience and relevant soccer experience/fandom (if applicable). What You'll Do
Design and balance the in-game economy, including currency flows, reward pacing, progression structures, seasonal content rewards, and incentive loops aligned with the game vision. Build and maintain models, spreadsheets, and simulations to represent economic outcomes; analyze player behavior and KPIs to identify friction points and tuning opportunities. Collaborate with design, live ops, and engineering partners to integrate economy systems into gameplay and content updates; document assumptions, decisions, and tuning rationale and iterate through playtests and metrics. Who You Are
2+ years of game design experience with a focus on economy, progression, and/or balancing systems (AAA and/or live service experience preferred); at least one shipped AAA title preferred (sports titles a plus). Strong analytical and modeling skills, including comfort with spreadsheets and economic simulations; strong understanding of reward loops, progression pacing, and player motivation models. Clear written and verbal communicator with passion for football games and an understanding of how economy/progression supports meaningful long-term engagement; bonus: familiarity with Unreal Engine 5 workflows, live-service economies, BI tools (Looker/Tableau), telemetry, and/or A/B testing.
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