Location: Hybrid: Los Angeles, Remote: Pacific Time Zone

Department: Game Design

Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role:

Refactor Games is a AAA sports video game studio. We are developing the next generation of professional football (soccer) video games using Unreal Engine 5.

We are seeking a Game Designer - Economy to help design and balance the in-game economy for our AAA European football title developed in Unreal Engine 5. You’ll work on systems that define how players earn, spend, and progress through the game, ensuring a fun, fair, and engaging progression experience that supports long-term player engagement and economic health. Your work will influence reward structures, currency flows, seasonal content, and player motivation loops that keep players invested in the game.

** NOTE: All applications must include a Cover Letter. Please detail your past experience with Sports Game development and relevant soccer experience/fandom, if applicable. **

Experience:

• 2+ years of experience in game design, including roles focused on economy, progression, or balancing systems (AAA or live service experience preferred).
• At least 1 shipped AAA title preferred, bonus points for sports titles.

What You'll Work On:

• Design and balance in-game economies, including player earnings, currency flows, reward pacing, and progression structures that align with game vision and player expectations.
• Build and maintain models, spreadsheets, and simulations to represent economic flows and outcomes, helping to inform design decisions and tuning.
• Collaborate with game designers, live ops teams, and engineers to ensure economy systems integrate smoothly with gameplay mechanics, progression, and live content updates.
• Analyze economic data, player behavior, and KPIs to identify friction points, balance issues, or opportunities for improvement.
• Contribute to defining reward structures, progression loops, and player incentives that support both engagement and retention.
• Create clear documentation for economy systems, assumptions, design decisions, and tuning rationale for implementation by development teams.
• Participate in playtests and iterate designs based on feedback and performance metrics.

Requirements:

• Strong analytical and modeling skills, including comfort with spreadsheets and economic simulations.
• Understanding of reward loops, progression pacing, and player motivation models for modern games.
• Ability to communicate concepts and design rationale clearly in both written and verbal form.
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• Passion for football games and knowledge of how progression and economy should support meaningful, long-term player engagement.

Bonus Points:

• Experience working with or in Unreal Engine 5 workflows or tools (data assets, config systems, scripting).
• Familiarity with live service economies, seasonal content, or ongoing content updates.
• Basic data analysis skills using BI tools (e.g., Looker, Tableau) or analytics dashboards.
• Experience with telemetry or A/B testing to validate tuning decisions.

What We Offer:

• A chance to work on a high-profile AAA football franchise and drive key systems that impact millions of players.
• Close collaboration with top designers, engineers, and live ops experts.
• Competitive salary, and benefits.
• Growth opportunities into senior design or specialized economy roles.