Job Description

Main challenge

Own the game economy and progression so that players always have something meaningful to work toward, without the game turning into a grind or a currency treadmill. Create a robust economy that can last for years, support live ops, and make room for product managers to create offers (if the model permits it).

What it means on a daily basis

• Be responsible for the in-game economy: currencies, resource flows, progression speed, content consumption, and related systems.

• Design economy systems, including specifications, edge cases, flow mockups, and expected success KPIs. Follow up on progress with each related department.

• Work with design to ensure economy systems are aligned with other systems, not just co-existing.

• Build Excel models to track and predict how players progress over time.

• Design test setups and player profiles to compare expected vs. actual progression.

• Find issues in progression systems, such as pacing problems, broken rewards, or dead loops.

• Define what data needs to be tracked to better understand player behavior.

• Use data to adjust balancing and improve retention and long-term engagement.

• Keep an eye on how other games solve similar problems—both inside Gameloft and outside.

What success will look like

• Players don’t just follow quests - they set their own short and mid-term goals

• The economy gives a reason to engage with multiple systems, not just one dominant loop

• Progression feels consistent and readable, without sudden walls or meaningless rewards

• New content (dragons, features, expansions) plugs into the economy without breaking it

• We avoid both extremes: players running out of things to do or feeling forced to grind

Who you would be working with

• Creative Director

• Game Designers

• Product Managers

• Product / Monetization stakeholders

• Data / Analytics

• UI/UX

• Production

Your recruitment journey

• First interview: discussion around experience and approach

• Test: progression / economy case

• Second interview: deep dive on your thinking and tradeoffs

• Final interview: alignment on how you approach player experience vs business needs

Where this role can take you

• Senior / Lead Economy Designer

• Ownership of progression and economy across a live product

• Strong influence on product and liveops decisions

Qualifications

What you need to succeed

• Experience as Game Economy Designer / Balancer

• Strong analytical thinking - able to break problems into variables and relationships

• Ability to model progression in Excel

• Understanding of different economy models (F2P, premium, hybrid)

• Ability to interpret data and turn it into concrete changes

• Experience working with tracking data

Who you are

• You think in player behavior and systems, not just numbers

• You’re comfortable saying “this will break the game economy” even if it’s unpopular

• You understand that progression design is often about tradeoffs, not perfect balance

• You can work in an environment where things change and assumptions get invalidated

• You don’t default to copying F2P patterns if they don’t fit the game

Additional Information

What's in it for you

Benefits

• Short Friday schedule, so you can start your Weekend at 4pm!

• Hybrid work (2 days /week from the office)

• Medical insurance package, in partnership with Regina Maria Clinic

• 2 months/year of full remote to work from anywhere you want!

• Monthly budget for My Benefits platform

• Extra days off for your birthday, your children`s birthday and company’s anniversary. Everyone is celebrated!

Life at Gameloft Bucharest

• Flexibility around core studio hours

• Book your free massage @office, every Tuesday and Thursday!

• Unique creative and professional work culture that values diversity

• Supportive working climate, a team with a free communication style

• Bookster (borrow books for free, delivered in the office)

• All the usual perks: free coffee, free fruits, relaxation area

How to proceed

We can’t wait to find our next great team member! Please apply with your CV in English.

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