Senior Game Designer - Combat

Homa • New York, NY

8h • Remote

About The Position

As a Senior Game Designer - Combat, you’ll play a key role in shaping the long-term depth and scalability of our character collection mobile game. You will report directly to the Design Director and own the combat systems that drive player engagement, roster strategy, and combat meta. You will partner closely with product, engineering, art, and analytics to define, evolve, and balance the combat ecosystem.
This is a high-impact role with ownership over one of the most critical systems in the game.

Requirements

• 5+ years of game design experience, including ownership of combat systems on at least one shipped RPG, strategy, or character collection title.
• Strong combat systems knowledge: Deep understanding of combat mechanics, scaling models, stat systems, and long-term meta health, with the ability to balance depth, clarity, and business impact.
• Mobile F2P experience, ideally in live ops environments.
• Meta design experience: Experience contributing to or shaping a long-term combat meta.
• Character design experience: Ability to design clear roles, abilities, and synergies within a broader combat ecosystem.
• Strategic systems thinking: Experience designing combat systems that remain scalable and healthy for long-term live development.
• Analytical and tooling proficiency: Strong skills in Google Sheets, experience working in Unity, and the ability to prototype and iterate quickly.
• Clear communication: Ability to produce structured documentation and confidently present design decisions to stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with roguelike or squad-based combat games.
• Experience balancing progression or economy systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the combat framework: define and evolve core combat rules, stats, damage formulas, scaling, and resolution systems.
• Design character kits: create distinct, scalable abilities and roles that support squad-building depth and long-term expansion.
• Develop systemic interactions: build and maintain elemental systems, synergies, and combat mechanics that create meaningful strategic choices.
• Drive combat balance: tune and iterate using data and playtesting to maintain a healthy, evolving meta.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits: Depending on your location, you’ll enjoy a range of perks such as insurance, meal vouchers, public transport, gym memberships, and more.
• Paris HQ Access: Enjoy a desk at our private office in a well-located WeWork building that will give you access to WeWork perks like rooftop view and designed coworking spaces.
• Coworking Access: You will have access to WeWork spaces throughout Europe, along with all their perks and professional office environments.
• Global Team: Collaborate in English with top-tier talent from 35+ countries, spanning Europe, the UK, the US, and more. Diversity fuels our creativity and innovation.
• Team Gatherings: We value time together beyond the screen. Join us for occasional team gatherings, off-site retreats (Workations as we name them) to connect, recharge, and celebrate.
• Performance Reviews: We’re committed to your growth. Every six months, we reflect on your progress, recognize your achievements, and align on clear development goals.
• Equipment Support: From day one, we’ll provide everything you need to do your best work, including a home office setup allowance if you're working remotely.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed