Game Balance Designer – 3‑Month Contract

About the role

We are looking for a Game Balance Designer to join our live‑ops team on a three‑month contract. You will rebuild the in‑game economy of a mature free‑to‑play mobile title, bringing systematic, data‑driven balance to events and monetisation.

Key responsibilities

• Diagnose the current state of the game economy through independent, hands‑on data analysis.
• Configure and maintain the in‑game economy, including the monetisation layer.
• Design and tune live‑ops balance across events, ensuring synergy and interaction.
• Establish systematic workflows for live‑ops balancing and reward design.
• Shape the event calendar to improve cross‑event synergy.
• Build and maintain balance models, documentation, charts and diagrams.
• Analyse balance and monetisation data and propose data‑backed improvements.
• Collaborate with producers, designers and analysts to validate and ship balance changes.

Required profile

• Senior or lead‑level experience in game design, balance or economy design on live F2P games.
• Strong understanding of F2P economies, currencies, rewards, monetisation, offers, pricing and player segmentation.
• Hands‑on experience balancing progression, live‑ops content and reward systems.
• Ability to work independently with data and strong analytical mindset.

Required skills

• SQL
• Business intelligence (BI) tools
• Advanced Excel / spreadsheet modelling
• Statistics
• A/B testing