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Game Economy Designer
Job in
Houston, Harris County, Texas, 77001, USA
Listed on 2026-11-06
Listing for:
Vira Games
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-11-06
Job specializations:
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Entertainment & Gaming
Game & 3D/XR Development
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Vira Games is an independent game company specializing in the development and publishing of mobile games. Our team is a creative alliance that combines experience, creativity, drive, and professionalism.
Responsibilities- Balance the game economy by configuring resource inflows and outflows and controlling currency value from tutorial to late game
- Design progression by calculating experience, game pace, and session duration
- Manage monetization by balancing prices for hybrid IAP + Ads models
- Write production-ready GDDs for developers including limits, data formats, and analytics requirements
- Conduct audits and maintain a unified knowledge base of project economics
- Identify and eliminate vulnerabilities in game logic and balance
- Build and maintain live economic models, including progression formulas and difficulty curves
- Analyze playtest data and behavioral metrics to justify decisions with numbers
- Collaborate with game design, development, and analytics teams
- 3+ years of experience as an economist in mobile F2P games
- Experience with Core and Meta cycles
- Experience working with games in Live Ops stage
- Advanced proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets (complex formulas, pivot tables, arrays, indexes)
- Ability to build readable and maintainable mathematical models
- Understanding of probability theory (Gacha, drop rates), combinatorics, and progression curves
- Understanding of retention metrics (Retention, Session Length) and monetization metrics (LTV, ARPDAU, Conversion Rate)
- Knowledge of SQL for independent data retrieval and analysis
- AI-Native Workflow:
Using AI/neural networks for simulating game sessions and generating Python code - Advanced Python skills (Pandas/Num Py) for complex calculations
- Experience in visual system modeling
- Ability to forecast long-term currency surpluses or deficits (LTV 180+)
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