Game Designer

Are you ready to design a game that builds a whole new way of exploring and interacting with the world through Augmented Reality? We’re looking for a Game Designer to help create accessible, engaging, fun AR experiences. You will work with a cross-functional game team to help craft dynamic and exciting gameplay that delights our players and motivates them to go out and explore the world! Responsibilities Coordinate with product managers, data analysts, engineers, and artists to implement game features and content. Deliver clear and concise engineering-ready product specs. Communicate game system concepts, interactions, implementation processes, and risks. Discover opportunities for and conceptualize new game systems, content, and feature improvements. Test and tune game play balance throughout the product lifecycle. Create, run, and maintain live events and new game content. Work iteratively with game development teams and Niantic platform teams, contributing to roadmap planning. Qualifications Passion for video games; an avid gamer with a solid understanding of mobile games. Champion game features from inception to launch. Experience with game balance and pacing in a free-to-play economic model. Expertise with spreadsheets and in manipulating, summarizing, and maintaining large data sets. Have worked on a high profile game with a significant amount of daily active users. Proficiency in Unity game development. 3+ years designing digital games. 1+ years optimizing live mobile games. Plus If... Experience with AR games or features. Experience with live-ops games. Experience building prototypes.