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Senior Game Designer

About you:

We can’t create our games without you! Do you love mobile free to play games, both to create them and play them? If that’s a yes, then check out this quick video clip of what we do at ATA.

You will be given ownership over your work, as part of an incredible team of designers, engineers, artists, and community managers.

Above all else, you are someone who loves mobile game systems and game economies. You have experience working on live games in the mobile free-to-play business mode l. You understand the complexities of driving growth through leading game metrics and user acquisition. You understand the power of social games like Party in my Dorm as well as the deep LTV curves of strategy games like Kingdoms of Heckfire. You are comfortable with games that have numerous systems that interact with each other, and you can do the math to convince yourself these interactions are well balanced.

We’d love to hear from you if you have…

• worked on a free-to-play life simulation, fashion, home decor, cooking or farming game and have a strong understanding of the game mechanics and monetization in this genre
• achieved mastery at working with spreadsheets, SQL, or other tools for data analysis
• a thorough understanding of the advantages of different approaches to organizing design data and getting it in game
• a deep knowledge of systems design, combat balance, merchandising and/or economy design

If the above describes some of the things you enjoy, we’d love to hear from you. Check out a 2 min video clip of a few employees sharing why they love working at A Thinking Ape.

About us:

A Thinking Ape is fully committed to diversity and inclusion; of our new hires in 2021, 49% were women or non-binary. We released our first game in 2009, and have been profitable ever since. Our teams are friendly, open to challenging themselves and everyone's ideas are heard based on our core value of having wonderful arguments . Our people leaders work with us individually to support our development, keep growing is another of our core values.

We’re working remotely across Canada, we’ll supply the equipment you need to do your work, and stipends to set up your workspace. We have a very flexible work schedule, three weeks of vacation, unlimited sick days, and a generous health benefits package. Our full story is here . You’re very welcome to connect with our recruiter Ingrid on LinkedIn.

Apply now to join us!