New Gaming Full-Time Hybrid

Game Designer at Electronic Arts

Company: Electronic Arts

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Job Type: Full-Time

Salary: Not mentioned

About the Role

Electronic Arts is hiring a Game Designer II for its EA Mobile – Slingshot Games studio in Hyderabad. The role focuses on designing and improving systems, economy features, progression, and live-service experiences for Golf Clash.

The designer will work across product, engineering, analytics, UX, QA/QV, art, and production teams to deliver engaging and scalable player experiences.

Job Overview

The Game Designer II will own medium to large-scale gameplay systems and live-service initiatives from concept through launch and post-launch optimization. The position requires strong systems thinking, data-informed decision-making, detailed documentation, and experience with mobile F2P game design.

The role will cover live events, matchmaking, leaderboards, rewards, progression, economy systems, and improvements to the new-to-mid game player journey.

Key Responsibilities

  • Feature Ownership: Design and deliver medium to large-scale systems, economy features, progression improvements, and live-service initiatives for Golf Clash.
  • System Design: Develop interconnected gameplay and progression systems that improve the player journey while maintaining long-term depth.
  • Live Events: Design event structures, pacing, rewards, segmentation, leaderboards, matchmaking rules, and feature-surfacing logic.
  • Game Economy: Define and tune currencies, Club Cards, reward sources, progression flows, sinks, and player value exchanges.
  • Documentation: Create detailed design documents covering player goals, requirements, dependencies, edge cases, success metrics, and tuning decisions.
  • Data Analysis: Use telemetry, playtest feedback, player sentiment, competitive research, and KPIs to guide feature tuning and iteration.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with engineering, UX, art, product, analytics, QA/QV, and production teams to deliver polished and scalable features.
  • Mentorship: Review peer designs and support junior designers through design feedback, documentation reviews, and tuning discussions.
  • Competitive Research: Evaluate modern mobile F2P and casual games and translate relevant findings into opportunities for Golf Clash.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of professional game design experience, preferably within mobile F2P or live-service games.
  • Experience owning systems, economy features, live events, progression, or player journey improvements from concept through live operation.
  • Strong understanding of systems and economy design, player behavior, game balance, retention, engagement, and monetization.
  • Strong documentation, communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Experience using metrics, telemetry, playtesting, and player feedback to tune interconnected game systems.

Education

  • Degree or equivalent professional background in Game Design, Game Development, Interactive Media, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • Relevant professional experience in game design may be considered alongside formal education.

Benefits

  • Healthcare and physical and emotional well-being support.
  • Retirement savings and paid time off programs.
  • Family leave and locally tailored employee benefits.
  • Career development opportunities and learning support.
  • Access to complimentary games and community-focused workplace programs.

How to Apply

Apply through the official application page below:

Electronic Arts is seeking a Game Designer II to help shape the live-service experience of Golf Clash from its Hyderabad studio. This opportunity is suited to experienced game designers with strong systems, economy, progression, and mobile F2P expertise.

Candidates with experience in live events, matchmaking, telemetry, A/B testing, and KPI-driven game development can apply through the official EA careers portal.

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