Economy Game Designer (World of Warships, PC)

The role

You will work on game economy and meta systems for World of Warships to drive player activity, engagement, and long-term retention. This involves designing rewards, balancing progression, and building economic models using player data.

What you will do

• Design and balance rewards and progression for LiveOps events.
• Design and balance randomized reward mechanics with the Monetization team.
• Design and configure battle economy for new game modes.
• Analyze the impact of new features, events, and economic changes on player behavior.
• Monitor the health of the game economy and identify imbalances.
• Work with existing meta-game systems to propose improvements.
• Participate in the design and balancing of new meta mechanics and progression systems.
• Build economic models, simulations, and calculations.
• Define economic rules and configurations and maintain design documentation.
• Collaborate with other disciplines throughout the feature lifecycle.

Required qualifications

• Professional experience in Game Design, Economy Design, Systems Design, or a similar role.
• Good understanding of game economies, progression systems, rewards, resource flows, and player motivation.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills and confidence working with probabilities, expected values, and balance parameters.
• Experience using spreadsheets to perform calculations, build balance models, and work with game economy data.
• Understanding of free-to-play and live-service game design and the relationship between economy, engagement, retention, and monetization.
• Experience with game analytics and BI tools.
• Ability to evaluate design decisions from player experience and product perspectives.
• Ability to clearly explain calculations, assumptions, and design decisions.
• Ability to independently handle well-defined design and balancing tasks.
• Willingness to work with complex existing systems.
• Good written and spoken English.

Nice to have

• Experience conducting post-release analysis, experiments, or A/B tests.
• Practical experience using AI-assisted tools to improve productivity.
• Experience working on an established game with a complex existing economy and interconnected systems.

Benefits

• 21 days annual leave (up to 25 days based on years of service)
• 5 Personal Days
• Birthday Leave
• Marriage Leave
• Compassionate Leave
• Sick Leave (10 days top-up to statutory allowance per year)
• Maternity Leave (18 weeks top-up to statutory allowance per case)
• Career development and education opportunities
• English Language courses fully covered upon Manager's approval
• Private Health Care
• Mental well-being program (iFeel)
• Onsite gym and spa

Before you apply

• This role isn't eligible for relocation & immigration support.
• Please submit your CV in English.

About the company

Wargaming is an award-winning online game developer and publisher headquartered in Nicosia, Cyprus. Their flagship products include World of Tanks, World of Warships and World of Tanks Blitz.