Senior System Designer

Company Description

Ludia :

Founded in Montreal in 2007, Ludia is one of Canada's leading mobile video game studios. Our ambition: to become a part of everyone’s life, to spark the flame of their imagination and make a positive impact on their daily lives. That is why we work hand-in-hand with the world's leading entertainment franchises and dedicate ourselves in creating the best of mobile gaming every day. Awarded Montreal Top Employer 2021, at Ludia there is always room to express and grow ideas, to have a real impact on projects but also to be nourished by the sharing of cultures, visions and expertise of all.

Our games

For us, mobile is a real opening to the future, an incredible growth potential and stimulating technological challenges to take up. It's the perfect answer to our ambition to anchor ourselves in people's daily life. Match 3, Geolocation, Narrative Game, Builder, our portfolio includes diverse and high quality games that leverage world-renowned brands such as; Jurassic World™: Alive, Dragons: Rise of Berk, Dungeons & Dragons™, Dragons: Titan Uprising, Jurassic World™: The Game, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Legends, and many more to come, not to mention our very own IP Lovelink!

Flexibility at heart

Flexibility at Ludia, it's lived 100%. You’d like to enjoy the creative excitement of our beautifully redesigned offices in Old Montréal? You’d rather stay in the comfort of your own home anywhere in Quebec? Or the idea of having the best of both worlds is what spark a light in you? it's entirely up to you! Our Flex program is 100% flexible from day to day, designed for your daily well-being!

Job Description

What does being a Senior System Designer at Ludia look like :

As a Senior System Designer, you will report to the Lead designer and you will work directly with the team members, designers, artists, data scientists and developers.

Missions :

• Handle large parts of the game and oversee multiple game systems.
• Design metagames, economies, gameplay and any other needed game systems from A to Z.
• Foresee complex issues and resolve them before they happen.
• Turn complexity into simple and fun player facing experiences by analyzing, abstracting and conceptualizing deep systems to reduce them to their essential.
• Design with Fun, User Experience (UX) and product (KPIs) in mind.
• Apply systemic thinking to creative processes and problem solving.
• Create game systems from scratch, balance them and create your own tools when needed.
• Use spreadsheets, projections, system prototyping, simulations, resource flows, flowcharts, game loops, progression curves and any other tools needed to design and communicate clear and functional game systems.
• Use well established theoretical and industry best practices (e.g. Rational Game Design, Compulsion Loops, etc. ).
• Produce sustainable game design documentation to facilitate the integration of features and balancings to the game through any part of a game’s life-cycle.
• Collaborate with other designers, creative owners, stakeholders and disciplines to design game systems that work together holistically on all fronts (Fun, UX, Monetization, Engagement, Retention, etc.).
• Mentor other designers into your craft and help them grow.
• Support the project at a foundational level.

Qualifications

We are looking for :

• 6+ years of experience as a professional game designer.
• Deep understanding and experience of Free-to-Play Live-Ops events and content pipelines.
• Advanced mastery of spreadsheets and other design tools.
• Proficiency with game data structures and configs on a technical level.
• Thorough understanding of games' commercial appeal, including outside your personal gamer demographic.

Even better if you have :

• Bilingual French/English
• Interest for remote/hybrid work

Additional Information

Why is Ludia the perfect place for you?

Cause we take good care of our Ludians !

• A 100% flex environnement : from your home, from our offices in the center of the Old Montréal, or in a hybrid mode;
• Flexible hours;
• Social events to connect;
• Healthy breakfast, coffee and tea, and offered lunch;
• Access to our Gym and to its in person and virtual classes starting on your first day;
• Partial refund of your STM/RTM;
• An impressive health plan and virtual medical assistance available 24h/24h;
• Collective RRSP with employer participation, referral and bonus programs.

Ready to unleash your potential?

Only selected candidates will be contacted.

At Ludia we welcome, support and celebrate diversity. We are committed to providing an environment that fosters inclusion and respect for all. We thus encourage women, people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, First Nations people, people living with a disability and or part of any marginalized group to apply for our positions.