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# Game Designer

- **Company:** Zynga
- **Location:** Barcelona, Spain
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** A/B Testing, Data Analysis, Bioinformatics, Mobile Application Development, Software Engineering
- **Published:** July 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.es/contact-us.html

## About the Role

You are passionate about games and have an intuitive and deep sense for fun
Excellent communication and team-playing skills
Great focus and organization, able to take problems one by one and solving them before moving to the next one
Ability to abstract problems and think in terms of systems, functions and experience
Strong numerical and analytical skills
Extensive knowledge of the mobile gaming market and an extensive background as a gamer (mobile, but also PC, console, tabletop, pen and paper)
At least 1 full release cycle on mobile free to play as Senior Game Designer
5+ years experience in game design, including 2+ years on a live game
Advanced knowledge of these areas of game design:
Economy design
Systems design
Data analysis
Excellent written and verbal English skills
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic - not an individual's race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.

## Description

As a Live Ops Game Designer, you will be responsible for the day to day operation and balance of events and new content in the game, handling economy, distribution and coming up with new features and events designed to increase day-to-day stickiness and monetization.
What You'll do:
Create balancing and timeline documentation of the live ops in the game
Balance economy and monetization systems in Live Ops
Follow up with analytics and realtime data to track user progress
Deploy and monitor A/B tests to continuously improve the game's live ops cycle


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