Game Designer at Niantic

Niantic is seeking a creative and ambitious Game Designer to contribute to current and upcoming features. The Game Designer will build compelling gameplay and lead the development of innovative products, driving cross-functional teams to delight users. They will be a key player in roadmap planning and will collaborate with cross-functional team members. Niantic is a hybrid-first company.

Responsibilities:

• Leading the fixing of core systems, events, and future releases.
• Being the point of contact on data analysis and data driven decision-making.
• Communicating designs with clear and concise documentation.
• Delivering clear and concise engineering-ready product specs.
• Contributing to roadmap planning.
• Breaking down multi-faceted issues into workable components.
• Defining the operational properties of project development.
• Collaborating with cross-functional team members and stakeholders.

Requirements:

• Exceptional organization, communication, and management skills.
• Experience in game design and game balancing.
• Experience shipping features for a high-profile game with significant daily active users.
• Experience working with external developers and A/B split testing.
• Experience as a horizontal leader of cross-functional teams.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced hybrid environment.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Fluency in Japanese language.

The role offers:

• A hybrid work environment.