Feature Owner (LiveOps)

2 Weeks ago • All levels • Game Design

About the job

SummaryBy Outscal

Must have:
  • Lead Game Designer
  • LiveOps Expertise
  • Monetization Experience
  • Game Metrics Analysis
Good to have:
  • Casual Game Dev
  • Match-3 Expertise
  • Solitaire Experience
  • Merge Genre Knowledge
Perks:
  • Flexible Schedule
  • Professional Development
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Feature Owner (LiveOps)

About the company

Playrix is ​​one of the most successful mobile game development companies 
in the world. In terms of mobile application revenue, we rank first in Europe 
and are in the top 3 worldwide. Our games have been installed 2.3 billion times (that's a third of the world's population!) and more than 30 million people around the world play them every day.

Team, about the role

The Feature Owner is a production driver who controls the quality of features, proposes and implements new ideas for the development of game modes, and leads the team. You will share best game design practices, onboard and develop game designers, and participate in the assessment of all specialists on the team.

Tasks

  • Planning the development of a feature from a game design point of view: writing concepts and GDD, developing new game mechanics, working out the internal economy and monetization of the game

  • Development of independent game modes through AB tests

  • Production control: evaluation of builds and responsibility for the quality of implementation

  • Release new events in every version

Requirements

  • Experience as a lead game designer, feature designer, producer

  • Expertise in LiveOps, monetization, and formation of short- and long-term product goals

  • Ability to work with game metrics and build hypotheses for game development based on them

  • Understanding of the trends in the mobile gaming market

  • Fluency in Russian

Preferred

  • Experience in developing casual games in the Expeditions, Match-3, Solitaire, Merge genres 

We offer

  • An opportunity for continuous professional development on an expert team of game designers and producers: we have a huge knowledge base and a mentoring system that allows you to adapt quickly.
  • Virtually unlimited resources and access to leading specialists from any department to solve the most complex problems.
  • Cross-product initiatives. For example, we are constantly experimenting with and introducing new technologies: AI to speed up pre-production and to calibrate the difficulty of levels using bots on neural networks, ML to introduce personalization of the gaming experience.
  • The ability to move between areas and not only within one product (LiveOps development, new games in production, marketing creatives), and the opportunity to participate in the development of cross-product initiatives that reach the level of the entire company.
  • The freedom to switch out processes and approaches for more efficient ones without lengthy approvals or bureaucracy.

Our Perks

Flexibility at work

  • For most positions we offer a flexible schedule, and employees can work from anywhere in the world (except for the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus). You can do your work however and wherever you like — we only evaluate your results.

Caring for health and well-being
  • We provide voluntary health insurance for employees and their children, and reimburse online sessions with a psychologist.
  • We offer fully paid vacation days and sick leave. In certain circumstances, you can request additional days off.
  • We support leading a healthy lifestyle and reimburse the cost of gym memberships and fitness app subscriptions.
Professional development and education
  • We pay for participation in specialized conferences and courses and hold our own internal conferences.
  • We offer discounts on English language courses and courses for the languages of the countries in which the company operates.
Events and merch
  • We regularly hold offline events like team meetings, big corporate parties, and informal office parties.
  • We also regularly organize fun competitions, quizzes, hackathons, and online fitness challenges.
  • We have a merch store with an internal currency you can use to buy unique gifts. We give out this currency as a gift for significant dates, and you can earn more by participating in events and company activities.

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