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UX/UI Designer (Contract)
Kabam
Montreal, QC
- Contract
Audit assigned game flows and propose targeted UX fixes.
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Game Designer (Contract)
Kabam
Montreal, QC
- Contract
Provide design input on assigned game features in alignment with core vision.
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Sr. Game Designer - Soulframe
Digital Extremes
London, ON
The Senior Game Designer - Soulframe will be responsible for defining and executing the core user experience, which includes, but is not limited to: user interface (UI), main character…
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Sr Game Designer
Haven Studios Inc
Montreal, QC
- Full-time
Position - Sr Game Designer (Progression & Economy)
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Sr Game Designer
PlayStation Global
Montreal, QC
Position - Sr Game Designer (Progression & Economy)
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Sr Game Designer
Haven Interactive Studios - English
Montreal, QC
Position - Sr Game Designer (Progression & Economy)
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Senior Game Designer - Legends (Apex Legends)
Electronic Arts
Vancouver, BC
5+ years professional experience as a game designer on a multiplayer game
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Game Designer Intern - Summer 2027 (Apex Legends)
Electronic Arts
Vancouver, BC
Respawn Entertainment is looking for a Game Designer Intern to join us on the Apex Legends Team. Reporting to the Senior Lead Game Designer you will work in a team to help prototype and…
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Technical Designer - Intern
Haven Studios Inc
Montreal, QC
- Volunteer
We are looking for a Technical Design Intern to join the Haven Interactive Studios project team. The Technical Designer works as a bridge between game design, level design, and programming.…
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Game Designer Intern - Summer 2027 (Apex Legends)
Respawn Entertainment
Vancouver, BC · Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area
- Temporary
Respawn Entertainment is looking for a Game Designer Intern to join us on the Apex Legends Team. Reporting to the Senior Lead Game Designer you will work in a team to help prototype and…
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Technical Designer - Intern
Haven Interactive Studios - English
Montreal, QC
We are looking for a Technical Design Intern to join the Haven Interactive Studios project team. The Technical Designer works as a bridge between game design, level design, and programming.…
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Technical Designer - Intern
PlayStation Global
Montreal, QC
…Our first new IP for PlayStation is on track to deliver a AAA multiplayer experience with a vision to build a systemic and evolving world focused on freedom, thrill, and playfulness that…
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Sr. Game Designer
Digital Extremes
Canada
- Full-time
The Senior Game Designer will be responsible for defining and executing the core user experience, which includes, but is not limited to: user interface (UI), main character locomotion and…
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Sr. Game Designer
Digital Extremes
London, ON
The Senior Game Designer will be responsible for defining and executing the core user experience, which includes, but is not limited to: user interface (UI), main character locomotion and…
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Senior Game Designer (Combat) - For Honor
Ubisoft Montréal
Montreal, QC
- Full-time
As a Senior Game Designer (Combat) on For Honor at Ubisoft Montréal, you will help shape and evolve the game’s multiplayer combat experience through balancing, systemic design, and feature…
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Senior Game Designer (Combat) - For Honor
Ubisoft
Montreal, QC
- Full-time
As a Senior Game Designer (Combat) on For Honor at Ubisoft Montréal, you will help shape and evolve the game’s multiplayer combat experience through balancing, systemic design, and feature…
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Technical Designer
Offworld industries
New Westminster, BC
- $75,000 to $90,000 CAD / year
- Full-time
…mold. We strive to become a leader in creating large-scale multiplayer games as well as supplying others with the ability to do the same. We are looking for a talented Technical Designer…
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Concept Artist
Digital Extremes
London, ON
Work closely with the Art Director, Creative Director and Game Designer to take creative direction as well as reinforce the execution of the game’s visual design.
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UI/UX Designer
Offworld industries
New Westminster, BC
- $75,000 to $90,000 CAD / year
- Full-time
- Temporary
We are looking for a talented UI/UX Designer for our current and upcoming Unreal Engine based multiplayer games. If you are passionate about making great games and a team player, we are…
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Technical Game Designer - Rainbow Six Mobile
Ubisoft Montréal
Montreal, QC
- Full-time
As a Technical Game Designer on Rainbow Six Mobile at Ubisoft Montréal, you will support the creation and implementation of bots’ AI gameplay systems and technical design elements that…
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Technical Game Designer - Rainbow Six Mobile
Ubisoft
Montreal, QC
- Full-time
As a Technical Game Designer on Rainbow Six Mobile at Ubisoft Montréal, you will support the creation and implementation of bots’ AI gameplay systems and technical design elements that…
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Game Design - (Various Disciplines) - Talent Pool (N Americas)
Side
Remote, Canada
- Contract
- Remote
Experience with multiplayer, live-service, or co-op game design.
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Senior Game Designer - The Sims
Electronic Arts (EA)
Vancouver, BC
- Full-time
Maxis is looking for an experienced Senior Game Designer who is excited to shape what’s next with The Sims. As a Senior Game Designer on our team, you will partner with Engineers, UX,…
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Dialogue Designer - Sledgehammer Games
Activision
Toronto, ON
- Other
Sledgehammer Games is a leading developer in the video game industry, best known for its work on the Call of Duty franchise. Since its founding in 2009, the studio has delivered iconic…
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Dialogue Designer - Sledgehammer Games
SLEDGEHAMMER GAMES TORONTO ULC
Toronto, ON
- Other
Sledgehammer Games is a leading developer in the video game industry, best known for its work on the Call of Duty franchise. Since its founding in 2009, the studio has delivered iconic…

Haven Studios Inc

Sr Game Designer

Montreal, QC, Canada

Full-time

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Job type: Full-time
Apply by: Oct 31, 2026
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 1, 2026

Original job description

Position - Sr Game Designer (Progression & Economy)

Haven Studios is a game development studio headquartered in Montreal. In May 2021, we embarked on a journey to start Haven as a small team with big ambitions. Our goal was to build a studio of exceptional people where together we could make the kind of games we've always wanted to create – games we've longed to play. At Haven, we believe that kindness, adaptability and fearless optimism make space for creative excellence. We are a hybrid studio that supports flexibility, focus and collaboration for our teams.

Haven joined the PlayStation Studios family as the first Sony game development team in Canada in 2022. Our first game is in development for PlayStation and PC, a competitive multiplayer action heist game with a vision to entertain and engage players for years to come.

Position - Sr Game Designer (Progression & Economy)

We are looking for an experienced Senior Game Designer with a highly structured, analytical mindset to own the progression systems, player lifecycle, and economic health of our upcoming live service title. In this role, you will design the frameworks that keep players engaged for years, translating high-level creative vision into mathematically sound, highly structured progression loops and economy systems. You will operate within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment, ensuring that player investment, rewards, and monetization strategies feel cohesive, fair, and deeply engaging.

Reporting Line

The Senior Game Designer will report to the Project Lead-Game Design

Role and Responsibilities

System Architecture: Design, model, and maintain complex player progression frameworks, monetization loops, and virtual economies that support long-term player retention and engagement in a live service environment.
Structured System Design: Translate abstract player experience goals into precise structural maps, detailed spreadsheets, data tables, and algorithmic logic models.
Balancing & Tuning: Own the balancing, pacing, and tuning of player rewards, XP curves, drop rates, sink/source mechanics, and overall game economy to eliminate inflation or progression bottlenecks.
Live Service Integration: Coherently integrate progression, monetization, and social layers within a multiplayer AAA ecosystem, aligning features across both PvE and PvP dimensions.
Cross-Functional Alignment: Act as the primary point of contact for progression and economy systems, working closely with Directors, Producers, Data Analysts, and Engineers to ensure structural feasibility and data telemetry readiness.
Lifecycle Optimization: Adapt and optimize systems post-launch based on player metrics, behavior patterns, and shifting market trends while maintaining structural balance with new content releases.

Required Experience and Skills

AAA Live Service Background: Extensive experience in systems or progression design with at least one shipped AAA multiplayer live service title where you owned or significantly contributed to the game's economy or progression loops.
Structured Thinking: A proven, highly methodical approach to design. You rely on strong mathematical logic, complex spreadsheets, and structural documentation over guesswork.
Economic Mastery: Deep understanding of macro and micro-economy principles in modern gaming, including monetization strategies, virtual currencies, reward pacing, and incentive loops.
Engine Proficiency: Strong ability to work directly within the Unreal Engine editor to hook up data structures, configure data tables, and test progression parameter changes locally.
Data-Informed Approach: Strong competence in interpreting live telemetry, player cohorts, A/B testing data, and macroeconomic analytics to guide balance adjustments and systems optimization.
Clear Documentation: Exceptional ability to distill complex, multi-layered economic dependencies into clear, highly readable system specifications for technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Assets

System Modeling Tools: Experience using economy simulation software or advanced mathematical scripting (e.g., Python, Machinations, or specialized spreadsheet modeling) to stress-test systems before implementation.
Dual Discipline Background: Prior design experience crossing into complementary fields such as Level Design, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, or UX Design.

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Responsibilities

Design and maintain progression frameworks, monetization loops, and virtual economies for a multiplayer live service game, including balancing rewards, pacing, currencies, and progression. Collaborate with design, production, analytics, and engineering teams, then optimize systems after launch using player metrics, telemetry, and market trends.

Requirements

Candidates need extensive systems or progression design experience, including ownership or significant contribution to the economy or progression loops of at least one shipped AAA multiplayer live service game. They should bring strong economic and mathematical modeling skills, Unreal Engine proficiency, data-informed balancing experience, and the ability to document complex systems clearly.

Skills

Progression System Design
Game Economy Design
Live Service Game Design
Mathematical Modeling
Economy Balancing
Monetization Design
Player Lifecycle Optimization
Unreal Engine
Data Tables
Telemetry Analysis
A/B Testing
Spreadsheet Modeling
System Documentation
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Python
Machinations

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Keywords

AAA Multiplayer
Live Service
Progression Systems
Virtual Economies
Monetization
Player Retention
Player Lifecycle
Reward Pacing
XP Curves
Drop Rates
Currency Sinks And Sources
PvE
PvP
Unreal Engine
Data Tables
Player Telemetry
Player Cohorts
A/B Testing
Macroeconomic Analytics
Economy Simulation
Python
Machinations
Spreadsheet Modeling
System Specifications
Multiplayer Game Design

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