Lead Core Game Designer

Nekki is a game development studio, the creator of Shadow Fight 4: Arena, Shadow Fight 3, Shadow Fight 2, and Vector. The total number of registered users for our games exceeds 1 billion worldwide. We develop and release games for PC, consoles, and mobile platforms.

Shadow Fight 4: Arena is the first mobile fighting game featuring real-time synchronous PvP alongside PvE, including a social system where players can make friends and duel with them.​​​​​​​

Responsibilities:

• Team management: planning, setting up tasks, reviewing.
• Ownership and support of complex features.
• Write feature documents, interact with cross functional teams and set up tasks for them (animators, VFX, programmers, etc).
• Conduct playtests, process feedback.
• Generate ideas to improve game systems: combat system, rogue-like mode.

Requirements:

• At least 2 years of experience as a senior/ lead game designer focusing on core gameplay.
• Experience managing a team of at least 4 game designers.
• Proven experience with f2p games.
• Rich gaming experience and love for PvP games (like Mortal Kombat, Overwatch, League of Legends, Dota 2).

Would be a plus:

• Experience working with Unity.
• Experience working on PvP games.

We offer:

• A great team with a friendly and informal work environment (we share colleagues' interests, play video games together, and organize internal game jams).
• Support of professional development, participation in specialized conferences and educational events.
• Remote work from all over the world.
• Working hours from 10 AM to 7 PM (GMT+3) with the possibility of adjustment.
• Competitive salary (depending on professional qualifications).

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