You see yourself as a game developer first and want to own the whole experience, not just a single feature? You love squad RPGs and know what makes a hero roster, a combat loop and a progression system click? For our new midcore mobile game we are looking for a Senior Game Designer who takes overall ownership for a great game - from first prototype to validation with real players. Join a small, experienced and fast-moving new games team and use AI as a natural part of your craft.Your mission Shape the game. Define the core loop, meta game and long-term progression of a new squad RPG together with Product, Art, and Tech - and take responsibility for the player experience as a whole.  Design heroes and combat. Create hero rosters, abilities, synergies, and squad combat that are easy to learn and deep to master. Balance the game. Set up the fundamentals of economy, progression and combat balancing that the game can grow on. Prototype fast. Turn ideas into playable prototypes quickly, test them early and iterate based on player feedback and data. Leverage AI. Use and drive AI tools and workflows for prototyping, content creation, balancing and analysis - and share your learnings with the team. Validate. Contribute to market and player tests, interpret results and make clear, data-informed design decisions. Your skill set Professional expertise. You have worked 5+ years as a Game Designer and have successfully shipped or taken at least one game through early development (concept, prototype, soft launch or validation). Squad RPG love. You know your way around the hero collection / squad RPG genre, play these games yourself, and can deconstruct what makes the market leaders successful.  Generalist mindset. You are comfortable switching between systems, combat, economy, content and UX - and you care about the game as a whole. Balancing fundamentals. You have hands-on experience with spreadsheets and balancing models for combat, progression, and economy. AI-fi