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Join Fire House Games in Cambridge, Massachusetts and help develop sustainable monetization strategies and engaging progression systems for a live game.
March 31, 2020
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Progression and Monetization Designer, Fire Hose Games
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Fire Hose Games is growing! The studio behind Go Home Dinosaurs, Catlateral Damage, and 20XX is now working on 2 new unannounced games for PC/console that are ambitious departures from our previous titles. We’re looking for talented, passionate developers to expand our team.
Job Description
Develop sustainable monetization strategies and engaging progression systems for a live game
Work with design and production to align monetization with the game’s vision and milestones
Design economic systems within and outside the game
Balance the game economy and progression systems
Identify and analyze metrics for adjusting progression and economy systems
Collaborate with engineering, art, and production
Qualifications
2+ years industry experience
At least 1 shipped title
Experience developing monetization strategies for free to play games
Experience designing economic, metagame, and other progression systems
Understanding of player psychology and motivation for different player segments
Experience with visualizing and processing user data
Knowledge of and experience with online games as a service and free to play games
Preferences
General game design experience
Basic programming skills
Experience with agile/Scrum practices
Experience with rapid prototyping
Experience with A/B testing during live development
Proximity to the Greater Boston area is strongly preferred, but not required
Additional Information
Fire Hose Games is located in Cambridge MA, next door to Boston. We pay good salaries and our generous benefits package includes health care, dental, unlimited vacation/sick time, 401(k) with matching, excellent maternity/paternity leave, flexible work hours, relocation costs, and free snacks at the office. Fire Hose hasn’t crunched in years and we don’t intend to start. Our company culture is inclusive, supportive, and fun. We care about diversity and strongly encourage applicants with diverse backgrounds and voices to apply. We hope to hear from you!
Interested? Apply now.
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