Senior Game Designer at Yodo1
- Company
- Yodo1
- Employment type
- Full-Time & Contract
- Location
- Worldwide
- Posted
- 2026-09-01
About this role
🔥 Forbes’ Top 30 Companies for Remote Jobs 🔥 🌍 Work From Anywhere 🌍 You will: Design and implement new game content and features (characters, equipment, buildings, game modes) for Transformers: Earth Wars a 10M+ Downloads build and battle mobile game. Must have: Creative spark, and analytical mindset – hungry to try new things, interpret data, player feedback, and in-game outcomes to refine ideas and iterate on content. WHO WE ARE | WHAT WE DO At Yodo1, we don’t just grow games—we help turn them into household names. With billions of downloads across our portfolio, we’ve spent more than a decade shaping the growth of iconic titles. From helping first-time creators monetize their debut games, to bringing world-class IPs from Hasbro, Paramount, Legendary, and Sony Pictures into the hands of top studios such as Rivergame, Candivore, 37Games, and Tencent Studios—we’ve proven what’s possible when creativity meets global expertise. Yodo1 Games is raising the bar: transforming great titles into lasting franchises that define gaming for generations. Drawing on experience with successes like Transformers: Earth Wars, Rodeo Stampede, and Ski Safari, we provide the systems, partnerships, and global reach that help visionary developers build worlds players will return to for decades. Joining Yodo1 Games means more than a job—it means becoming part of a team that lives and breathes games, works with some of the most talented creators in the industry, and is driven by a mission to shape the future of gaming. We love games. We play games. And together, we grow games that last. WHAT WE BELIEVE | HOW WE WORK We believe in the future and power of the mobile gaming industry and that everyone deserves an equal opportunity to build a life they love through games—from anywhere in the world. We believe you know when and where you do your best work. We are fully remote by design and we WFA: Work From Anywhere. We don’t impose hours or limit time off. We are driven by performance and we experiment often. We care about impact, not titles. WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR Yodo1 is looking for a Senior Game Designer to Join Transformers: Earth Wars. You are: Focused on impact. You understand the 80/20 rule and focus on activities that matter. Performance-driven and growth-oriented. You have an intrinsic will to succeed while unafraid to try, fail, and learn by experimenting with new approaches and testing ideas. Cooperative. You help others succeed; you give and receive feedback well. Relentlessly curious. You ask questions. Humble. You ask for help; you are quick to admit and learn from your mistakes. SMART. You work and communicate in ways that are Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Relevant, and Time-bound. WHAT WE EXPECT You will: Own Complex Feature & Content Design: Architect and implement major systems and features (e.g., new progression mechanics, event frameworks, or combat updates) and new game characters from high-level concept to final data implementation. Drive Systemic Balance: Analyze and refine the game’s core economy, game loops and combat meta. Ensure that new content creates strategic depth and healthy metagame shifts through rigorous data analysis and forecasting. Champion Design Clarity: Create high-level design documentation that communicates the "why" behind features. Present and defend your designs to stakeholders, using player data and industry best practices to influence the product roadmap. Elevate Team Quality: Provide constructive, peer-to-peer feedback on the designs of other team members. Help elevate the team's output by sharing advanced knowledge of Unity tools, balance methodologies, and live game optimization. Optimize the Pipeline: Collaborate with production to define scoping and technical requirements. Work closely with art and engineering to optimize the content pipeline, ensuring a sustainable monthly release cadence without sacrificing quality. You must have: Game/content design experience, ideally on live hero/chara…
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