Electronic Arts

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Game Designer to join the SimCity BuildIt team at EA Tracktwenty. In this role, you will contribute to the ongoing development and evolution of SimCity BuildIt, a globally recognized mobile city-building game enjoyed by millions of players worldwide.

As a Senior Game Designer, you will design and develop complex game systems and features that support long-term engagement, player progression, and a cohesive city-building experience. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional partners across design, product, engineering, UX, art, analytics, and production to deliver high-quality features in a live-service environment.

This role is suited to an experienced designer who is comfortable owning features end to end, working autonomously, and contributing to both short-term execution and long-term design goals.

Responsibilities

Game Design and Game Development

• Design, develop, and iterate on game systems and features across the player journey, including early-, mid-, and late-game experiences.

• Own deliverables  throughout the full development lifecycle, from ideation and pre-production through implementation, balancing, launch, and post-launch optimization.

• Produce clear, thorough, and actionable design documentation to support implementation by engineering, UX, and other cross-functional partners.

• Ability to formulate player experience goals and translate them into game systems and economy design

• Ensure features integrate cohesively with existing systems and align with the overall vision for SimCity BuildIt.

Live Service and Player Experience

• Contribute to the design of live-service features, events, and systems that drive long-term engagement and retention.

• Collaborate with product management and analytics to review player data, identify opportunities, and inform design decisions.

• Evaluate player feedback and performance metrics to guide ongoing improvements and refinements.

• Balance player experience goals with business objectives in a thoughtful, player-first way.

Collaboration and Team Contribution

• Work closely with cross-disciplinary partners and stakeholders to align on goals, scope, and delivery.

• Participate in design reviews, playtests, and feedback sessions, contributing constructively to team discussions.

• Ability to review and analyze feedback from others on the designs that they own, separate actionable from non-actionable feedback and propose action plans.

• Support other designers through feedback, knowledge sharing, and collaboration.

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of design processes and best practices within the team.

Qualifications

Required

• 5+ years of professional game design experience, preferably on live-service or long-running titles.

• Strong background in systems design or economy design.

• Demonstrated experience designing and maintaining game systems, economies, or meta-game features.

• Experience working in a live-service or free-to-play environment.

• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate high-level goals into practical design solutions.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Strong presentation skills and the ability to communicate clearly with a range of stakeholders.

• A strong sense of ownership over deliverables outcomes.

• Ability to adapt quickly to new projects and work independently in design execution.

• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in a production environment.

Preferred

• Experience with simulation, city-building, or management games.

• Familiarity with data-informed design and experience working with analytics tools.

• Experience mentoring or guiding other designers.

• Experience working with Unity or similar game engines.

Why Join EA Tracktwenty

• Be part of a team working on a globally recognized and long-running franchise.

• Collaborate with experienced professionals across multiple disciplines.

• Contribute to a game with a large, diverse, and engaged player base.

• Work in a studio environment that values accountability, curiosity, grit and teamwork.