[Hiring] Principal Progression Economy Designer @teamLFG

Role Description

We are seeking a technically skilled, creative, and team-oriented hands-on Principal Progression Economy Designer to contribute to a new multiplayer action game on teamLFG. Most importantly, you will work with a cross-discipline team of dreamers and empathetic world builders devoted to turning a creative dream into a new franchise at PlayStation.

Responsibilities include:

• As a hands-on individual contributor, own the design goals and implementation of progression systems that meet the needs of onboarding newcomers and returning seasoned players.
• Deliver achievement and reward structures that encourage pro-social and collaborative behavior in team games.
• Set the standards for player motivational loops that are ethical, meaningful, and enriching.
• Define player experience goals to evolve the economic ecosystem based on feedback from leadership, live KPIs, and community sentiment.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and other leads (combat, social systems, UX designers) to roll out impactful systemic solutions that are sustainable long-term.
• Oversee and drive seasonal content delivery to continually surprise and delight the community.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in building goal-driven, competitive multiplayer game progression and economies.
• Demonstrate empathy and understanding of different player motivations in PVP games and the ability to design incentives that generate short- to long-term engagement for them.
• Proven ability to both propose design concepts and perform hands-on implementation (e.g., using scripting or prototyping tools to bring systems to life).
• Expertise in balancing content perishability against lifetime persistence of seasonal resets to sustain player motivation.
• Experience testing and running resets of the economy and progression in a live-service multiplayer environment is ideal.
• Self-driven and collaborative across crafts, with exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.

Requirements

• Track record designing game economies that encourage social connections between players through the value of virtual goods.
• Experience delegating work or ownership of an area to multidisciplinary peers.
• Familiarity with development using Unreal Engine 5.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision coverage.
• Matching 401(k).
• Paid time off.
• Wellness program.
• Employee discounts for Sony products.
• Potential eligibility for a bonus package.