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Head of Accounting / Leitung Finanz- und Rechnungswesen *

Die Leidenschaft für die Entwicklung hochwertiger Spiele und der Fokus auf ein hervorragendes Spielerlebnis haben GameDuell zu einer der größten plattformübergreifenden Spiele-Communities der Welt gemacht. Seit 2003 haben mehr als 130 Millionen Spieler*innen bei uns gespielt. GameDuell bietet ein breites Portfolio von über 40 Online-Geschicklichkeitsspielen, die größtenteils selbst entwickelt wurden.

Als Head of Accounting wirst Du die strategische Leitung und Ansprechperson des Finanz­bereichs sein, für alle Themen, die die Buchhaltung des Unternehmens betreffen. Du trägst die Verantwortung für reib­ungslose Arbeits­abläufe sowie für die Weiterentwicklung und Optimierung von Buchhaltungsaufgaben und -prozessen. Du wirst dabei eng mit dem CFO und allen relevanten internen und externen Stakeholdern zusammenarbeiten.

Deine Aufgaben

• Sukzessive Leitung, Beratung und aktive Unterstützung des Accounting bzw. Finance Teams von bis zu fünf Mitarbeitenden sowohl in strategischen Entscheidungen als auch praktischen Fragen im Tagesgeschäft
• Stakeholder Management und zentrale Ansprechperson für finanzwirtschaftliche Fragestellungen inkl. Steuerrecht
• Zusammenarbeit bei internen und externen Prüfungen im Bereich der Finanzberichterstattung und Konzernrechnungslegung
• Verantwortung für die Erstellung von Monats-, Quartals- und Jahresabschlüssen nach HGB, IFRS und US-GAAP
• Abstimmung der Tochtergesellschaften untereinander (Intercompany- und Verrechnungspreis­regelungen)
• Unterstützung bei der Umsatzverbuchung und Bereitstellung der notwendigen Daten für das Accounting-Team
• Unterstützung bei der Erstellung von Berichten an Investoren und Steuerbehörden
• Vorbereitung und Durchführung von Varianz-Analysen (Soll-Ist-Vergleiche), Auswertungen und Kontenabstimmungen  
• Erstellung von Liquiditätsberichten und -planungen, sowie Cash-Pooling
• Erstellung von Konzernabschlüssen nach IFRS

Das solltest Du mitbringen

• Ein erfolgreich abgeschlossenes Studium der Betriebswirtschaftslehre (BWL) mit Schwerpunkt Finanzen, Buchhaltung, Controlling und/oder Steuern
• Du hast mehrjährige Berufserfahrung in einer vergleichbaren Position und konntest bereits Erfahrungen in der Konsolidierung von Konzerngesellschaften sammeln
• Du bist ein Team-Player und hast relevante Leitungserfahrung inklusive Budget- und Personalverantwortung
• Fundierte Kenntnisse in der Buchhaltung nach HGB und IFRS und eine hohe Affinität zum deutschen Steuerrecht (KStG, GewStG, UStG), sowie Erfahrung im Umgang mit entsprechender Software wie Quickbooks, SAP BusinessByDesign etc.
• Ergebnis- bzw. lösungsorientierte Arbeits- und Denkweise
• Sowohl fließende Deutsch- als auch sehr gute Englischkenntnisse sind zwingend erforderlich

Das bieten wir Dir

• Abwechslungsreiche Aufgaben und selbstständiges Arbeiten mit Gestaltungsspielraum für eigene Ideen
• Einen der besten Arbeitsplätze in Berlin: Unser gut gelegenes Büro in Mitte! Inklusive kostenloser Softdrinks, Obst, und Frühstück, Billardtisch, Tischtennis, Spielevents, Firmenfeiern, Sportkurse, sonniger Dachterrasse und vieles mehr
• Einen sicheren Arbeitsplatz in einem Unternehmen, das seit 2003 profitabel ist
• Flexible Arbeitszeiten; hybrides Arbeitsmodell möglich

Wir sind ein ökologisch- und sozial nachhaltig denkendes Unternehmen. Bei uns kannst Du Dich in unserem „Green Team” engagieren und unsere Ideen und Initiativen zu Umweltschutz und Charity aktiv direkt mitgestalten. Als Games-Community stellen wir uns unserer gesellschaftlichen Verantwortung. Wir sind Mitinitiatoren der „Leaders for Climate Action“ und haben uns dem Ziel verpflichtet, CO2 neutral zu werden.
 

• Beim Kauf unserer Büromaterialien und Lebensmittel achten wir auf faire, biologisch erzeugte, umweltfreundliche und ressourcenschonende Standards
• Wir verdoppeln Deine Spenden an wohltätige Organisationen
• Soziale Verantwortung beginnt bei uns selbst: unsere Unternehmenskultur ist geprägt durch gegenseitiges Vertrauen und Respekt. In unserem offenen und internationalen Team respektieren und begrüßen wir Diversity

* GameDuell ist stolz darauf, ein Arbeitgeber mit Chancengleichheit zu sein, der in seinen Einstellungsprozessen nicht diskriminiert. Aus Gründen der besseren Lesbarkeit, wird auf die Verwendung geschlechtsspezifischer Sprachformen verzichtet. Sämtliche Personenbezeichnungen gelten für alle Geschlechter (männlich, weiblich, divers).

Unsere Datenschutzinformation für Bewerber* und Kandidaten* findest du hier.

Head of Accounting *

The passion for creating high-quality games and the focus on a superior customer experience have made GameDuell one of the largest cross-platform games communities in the world. Since 2003, more than 130 million players have played with us. GameDuell offers a broad portfolio of over 40 casual online skill games, mostly developed in-house.

As our Head of Accounting you will be in a strategic financial lead position and partner to the Finance team on all matters relating to accounting activities of the organization. You are responsible for seamless workflows as well as for further developments and optimization of accounting tasks and processes. The Head of Accounting will work closely with the CFO and all relevant internal and external stakeholders.

Your tasks

• Gradually lead the Accounting team of up to five team members and provide active support in day-to-day business
• Stakeholder managementand central contact for financial inquiries incl. tax law
• Cooperation with internal and external auditors regarding the area of financial reporting and group accounting
• Responsibility for the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements according to HGB, IFRS, and US-GAAP
• Reconciliation of subsidiaries with each other (intercompany and transfer pricing regulations)
• Support in revenue recognition and necessary data for the accounting team
• Support in issuing reports to investors and tax authorities
• Realization of variance analyses, evaluations and account reconciliations
• Set up liquidity reports and planning, as well as cash pooling
• Preparation of consolidated financial statements according to IFRS

What we expect

• You have a degree in economics and a focus on finance, accounting, controlling and/or taxation
• You have several years of professional experience in a comparable position and experience in the consolidation of group companies
• You are a team player and have relevant management experience including budget and personnel responsibility
• Sound knowledge of HGB and IFRS accounting, and affinity with German tax law (KStG, GewStG, UStG) and experience with programs such as Quickbooks, SAP BusinessByDesign, etc.
• Result and process-oriented way of thinking and working
• Both fluent German and good English skills are mandatory

What we offer

• A variety of tasks and independent work with creative leeway for your own ideas
• One of the best working spaces in Berlin: our well-situated office in Mitte! Includes free soft drinks, fruit, pool table, table tennis, game events, sports courses, a sunny rooftop terrace, and much more
• A secure job in a company that has been profitable since 2003
• Flexible working hours; hybrid work model possible

We are an ecological and socially sustainable company and have our very own “Green Team” where you can make an impact and actively implement ideas and initiatives to help protect our environment and for charity. As a games community, we take our social responsibility seriously. We are co-founders of the “Leaders for Climate Action” and have committed ourselves to becoming carbon neutral.

• We pay attention to environmental friendly and resource-efficient standards when purchasing our office and food supplies
• We match your charity donations
• Social responsibility begins with each of us. Our corporate culture is characterized by mutual trust and respect. Our open and international team welcomes and respects diversity

* GameDuell is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in its hiring practices. Any terms referring to people are valid for all genders whether male, female, or diverse.

Read our Recruiting Privacy Notice here.

User Acquisition Manager *

Are you looking for a position with responsibility, impact, and creativity in a dynamic working environment with an international team? Do you love digging into data and deriving strategies and action plans from it?

Then join our Marketing Team in Berlin and become part of one of the largest cross-platform games communities with more than 130 million registered players worldwide!

As a User Acquisition Manager (UA Manager), you will be responsible for managing our paid campaigns across various channels as well as our App Store Optimization (ASO) and organic growth for our current and future mobile games.

Your tasks

• Plan, create, monitor, and optimize paid mobile marketing campaigns across different channels (e.g., Google, Facebook, Unity, and other networks)
• Set up and manage our Google Play Store and Apple App Store pages and optimize them according to data and A/B-testing (ASO)
• Run performance tests from concept creation to full end-analysis
• Track performance, and adapt strategies and budgets based on in-depth reporting and analyses
• Communicate key learnings and developments to stakeholders and offer problem-solving strategies
• Get creative with the conception of new graphics, banners, and videos
• Keep up to date about the latest changes and new trends within the industry and apply it to your daily work

What we expect

• University degree in marketing, analytics, or similar qualification
• 1-3 years of experience in marketing (mobile marketing highly preferred), Business Intelligence, or Campaign Management
• Experience with paid mobile marketing campaigns and App store optimization (ASO)
• You love data and numbers and enjoy working with dashboards most of your day
• Very goodanalytical and conceptual skills
• Dedication, flexibility, excellent organizational and communication skills
• Fluent English is mandatory, and knowledge of French or German is very welcome
• High affinity for mobile apps and enthusiasm for games

What we offer

• Flexible working hours, hybrid work model possible
• Learn from a highly experienced Performance Marketing team in an international and encouraging environment that will enable your career development
• Interesting and challenging tasks in an exciting, team-orientated company with a flat hierarchy and international flair
• Meet-ups, networking events, BBQs on our roof-top terrace, newbie dinner, summer/winter party, Halloween party, gaming sessions, sports activities, yoga classes, etc. just to name a few – we are hosting all of them with our own event team
• One of the best working spaces in Berlin: our well-situated office in Mitte! Includes a rooftop terrace and a lounge to enjoy coffee, a range of free drinks, fruit and play pool table, table tennis

We are an ecological and socially sustainable company and have our very own “Green Team” where you can make an impact and actively implement ideas and initiatives to help protect our environment and for charity. As a games community, we take our social responsibility seriously. We are co-founders of the “Leaders for Climate Action” and have committed ourselves to becoming carbon neutral.

• We pay attention to environmental friendly and resource-efficient standards when purchasing our office and food supplies
• We match your charity donations
• Social responsibility begins with each of us. Our corporate culture is characterized by mutual trust and respect. Our open and international team welcomes and respects diversity

* GameDuell is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in its hiring practices. Any terms referring to people are valid for all genders whether male, female, or diverse.

Read our Recruiting Privacy Notice here.

Game UI Artist *

As our new Game UI Artist, you will create aesthetic and functional user interfaces for our mobile and social games. Join our diverse, creative, and engaging team. You will work closely with our talented and passionate artists as well as with other teams, including game design and development, to bring our games to life and make them accessible to our players globally.

The passion for creating high-quality games and the focus on a superior customer experience have made GameDuell one of the largest cross-platform games communities in the world. Since 2003, more than 130 million players have played with us. GameDuell offers a broad portfolio of over 40 casual online skill games, developed mostly in-house.

Your tasks

• Design creative and playful user interfaces for our new and existing mobile and social game applications
• Create and refine UI elements, graphics, and animations (e.g., menus, icons, buttons, typography, visuals, etc.)
• Ensure the consistency of existing styles or co-create these for new games
• Work in close collaboration with other artists, UX, game designers, and developers

What we expect

• Completed studies in design, art, digital media, or similar field
• 2+ years of professional experiencecreating user interfaces, graphic design, and assets within fast iterating game production processes
• Skilled with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Unity
• A good workflow in creating clean files that allow for fast iteration and the creation of final art assets
• A solid understanding of fundamental design principles, usability, flows, and UI design
• Passion for (and obsession with) casual games and mobile interfaces (beyond interacting with them when commuting or only in a moment of free time)
• Basic knowledge of source control software (Git, SVN, similar)
• A plus / nice to have:
  - Creating digital art based on a given style
  - Animation experience

What we offer

• Creative freedom to develop the best possible products and inspire peers and foremost our audience by providing an extraordinary game experience
• Cooperative team work in an agile and pleasant work environment (full of plants, color, and laughter)
• A funny, multi-disciplined and international art team
• One of the best working spaces in Berlin: our office in Mitte, between Alexanderplatz and Friedrichstraße! Includes free soft drinks, fruit, pool table, table tennis, gaming events, weekly Art Hours, sports courses, and a sunny rooftop terrace, and much more!
• Flexible working hours 
• Starting:immediately, full time

We are an ecological and socially sustainable company and have our very own “Green Team” where you can make an impact and actively implement ideas and initiatives to help protect our environment and for charity. As a games community, we take our social responsibility seriously. We are co-founders of the “Leaders for Climate Action” and have committed ourselves to becoming carbon neutral.

• We pay attention to environmental friendly and resource-efficient standards when purchasing our office and food supplies
• We match your charity donations
• Social responsibility begins with each of us. Our corporate culture is characterized by mutual trust and respect. Our open and international team welcomes and respects diversity

* GameDuell is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in its hiring practices. Any terms referring to people are valid for all genders whether male, female, or diverse.

Read our Recruiting Privacy Notice here.

Quality Assurance (QA) Tester - Mobile Games *

Work in Berlin for one of the leading cross-platform games communities! With over 40 games on our own website, social networks, and mobile devices, GameDuell is Germany’s largest games community.

As a Quality Assurance Tester for mobile games, you ensure that your project is developed and released to meet stakeholder and customer quality standards. You are embedded in a development team and constantly strive to improve the product and its processes.

Your tasks

• Report, investigate, and follow up on bugs during the full life cycle
• Assess, measure, and report on the overall quality of a product and actively participate in its development
• Write, update, and carry out comprehensive, detailed, and well-structured test plans and test cases
• Estimate, prioritize, plan, and coordinate testing activities
• Execute manual and automated test cases
• Develop effective testing strategies
• Assist our release and deployment processes
• Take responsibility for all QA processes of a product
• Work in cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the software development life cycle

What we expect

• 3 yearsof professional experience in mobile QA testing, preferably in the gaming industry
• Outstanding understanding of the current gaming trends in F2P
• Experience working in an agile environment as an embedded QA
• Profound understanding of the mobile/software development and product lifecycle
• An eye for detail and a well-structured, analytical mind with a problem-solving attitude
• Great communication and collaboration skills
• Fluent English is mandatory
• Solid knowledge of bug tracking tools (such as JIRA) and knowledge sharing tools (such as Confluence)
• Interest and enthusiasm for learning new tools and emergent technologies

Desirably, you have on top

• Completed Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Computer Science or a related field
• First experience and/or passion to learn more in software/mobile test automation
• ISTQB certification is a plus

What we offer

• Engaging tasks and new challenges
• Independent work with interesting possibilities for your personal development
• Interesting and challenging tasks in an exciting, team-oriented company with a flat hierarchy and international flair
• Meet-ups, networking events, BBQs on our roof-top terrace, newbie dinner, summer/winter party, Halloween party, gaming sessions, sports activities, yoga classes, etc. just to name a few – we are hosting all of them with our own event team
• Amazingly well-equipped office at the heart of Berlin in Mitte: Includes free soft drinks, fruit, breakfast, pool table, table tennis, game events, sports courses, a sunny rooftop terrace, and much more!
• Flexible working hours, hybrid work model possible

We are an ecological and socially sustainable company and have our very own “Green Team” where you can make an impact and actively implement ideas and initiatives to help protect our environment and for charity. As a games community, we take our social responsibility seriously. We are co-founders of the “Leaders for Climate Action” and have committed ourselves to becoming carbon neutral.

• We pay attention to environmental friendly and resource-efficient standards when purchasing our office and food supplies
• We match your charity donations
• Social responsibility begins with each of us. Our corporate culture is characterized by mutual trust and respect. Our open and international team welcomes and respects diversity

* GameDuell is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in its hiring practices. Any terms referring to people are valid for all genders whether male, female, or diverse.

Read our Recruiting Privacy Notice here.

Game System Designer *

Do you know what the components of a game system are, how they relate to the gaming experience, and how they shape a game’s business performance?
 

As a Game System Designer, you play a key role in the game design and development team. From the conceptualization stage to the final polish, you will translate high-level game concepts into complex models of game pace, balance, and economy. As part of the design team, and with your expertise, you are able to create economy and balance rules. You create and maintain the numerical/systems perspective on user behavior and game mechanics through understanding factors of fun and the reasons why people play and, ultimately, pay for the experience.
 

Support us in creating a fun, engaging, and outstanding player experience.
 

The passion for creating high-quality games and the focus on a superior customer experience have made GameDuell one of the largest cross-platform games communities in the world. Since 2003, more than 130 million players have played with us and we offer a broad portfolio of over 40 casual online skill games.

Your tasks

• Conceptualize new end-to-end game systems, modeling a (complex) game economy and overall game pace and balance
• Take full ownership of game monetization, manage pricing of virtual goods, economy, and balancing of incentivizedand purchased items in the game economy
• Define game specifications from initial concept to launch with monetization and playability testing to maximize user retention
• Design and map out game progression from a systems and monetization perspective
• Take responsibility for the quality of game systems, analyze content of our current games to design and drive meaningful changes or improvements to game design and monetization concepts
• Provide clear feature documentation, diagrams, calculation models, analyses, wireframes, and/or prototypes

What we expect

• A completed university degree in game design, mathematics, psychology, or similar
• At least 3 years of proven successful game system design, balancing, pacing & monetization strategies for F2P games
• Detailed knowledge of the social gaming industry, free-to-play, and virtual goods business models on mobile platforms
• High ability to understand player motivations and merge them with business needs
• Excellentcommunication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Very good analytical gameplay balancing skills
• Experience with production using a game engine such as Unity or a similar game engine is a plus
• Fluency in English is required, knowledge of German is an advantage

What we offer

• Engaging tasks and new exciting challenges
• Independent work with interesting possibilities for your personal development
• Working directly with cross-discipline teams
• A versatile, friendly, and international team that guarantees fun on the job
• One of the best working spaces in Berlin: our well-situated office in Mitte! (Includes free soft drinks, fruit, pool table, table tennis, game events, sports courses, a sunny rooftop terrace, and much more)
• Flexible working hours

We are an ecological and socially sustainable company and have our very own “Green Team” where you can make an impact and actively implement ideas and initiatives to help protect our environment and for charity. As a games community, we take our social responsibility seriously. We are co-founders of the “Leaders for Climate Action” and have committed ourselves to becoming carbon neutral.

• We pay attention to environmental friendly and resource-efficient standards when purchasing our office and food supplies
• We match your charity donations
• Social responsibility begins with each of us. Our corporate culture is characterized by mutual trust and respect. Our open and international team welcomes and respects diversity

* GameDuell is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in its hiring practices. Any terms referring to people are valid for all genders whether male, female, or diverse.

Read our Recruiting Privacy Notice here.

Game Designer *

We are looking for an experienced Game Designer who has a passion for mobile games in the free-to-play space. Join our team to create a fun, engaging, and outstanding player experience.

At GameDuell, you will collaborate across disciplines to create compelling and high-quality experiences for our players by articulating design choices in terms of player experience and motivations. You will create and maintain documentation of design solutions. With your knowledge of the casual player and market, in addition to the challenges of designing games that have a broad appeal, you will create features that entertain and delight our players.

The passion for creating high-quality games and the focus on a superior customer experience have made GameDuell one of the largest cross-platform games communities. Since 2003, more than 130 million players have played with us and we offer a broad portfolio of over 40 casual online skill games.

We are an ecological and socially sustainable company. We have our very own “Green Team” within the company. Our Green Team implements ideas and initiatives to help protect our environment and for charity.

Your tasks

• Be a creative design partner in defining and sharpening the game vision and high-level experience
• Identify new features for our games and make recommendations to the production team to successfully execute Live Ops and prioritize roadmaps for existing games (game mechanics, features, and content design)
• Take ownership of game design during implementation to ensure delivery happens “as designed”, including troubleshooting design issues from a creative standpoint
• Participate in the planning and execution of cohesive and scalable gameplay experiences
• Iterate, balance, and tune gameplay featuresbased on KPIs and feedback
• Work together with the User Research team to leverage the feedback and data of our players to sharpen your design hypotheses and lessons

What we expect

• Minimum 3 years of working experience shipping casual F2P mobile titles from pre-production to live-ops; be immersed in the gaming world, know the market and current trends
• Fun gameplay: Understand the player and voice their emotional experience in your work, approaching game design by putting the player first – gamer at heart
• Understand player and business needs to make informed, clear, data-driven decisions to improve game engagement, retention, and monetization
• Experience writing clear and concise game design documentation, specs, user flows, and feature documentation
• Excellent communication and critical thinking skills; ability to identify and solve key problems creatively with minimal guidance
• Passionate, curious, self-motivated, task driven, and open to constructive criticism

What we offer

• Engaging tasks and new exciting challenges
• Independent work with interesting possibilities for your personal development
• Working directly with cross-discipline teams
• A creative, casual, and multicultural workplace right in the city center of Berlin (Includes free soft drinks, fruit, pool table, table tennis, game events, sports courses, a sunny rooftop terrace, and much more)
• Competitive compensation package, we offer relocation support
• Flexible working hours

We are an ecological and socially sustainable company and have our very own “Green Team” where you can make an impact and actively implement ideas and initiatives to help protect our environment and for charity. As a games community, we take our social responsibility seriously. We are co-founders of the “Leaders for Climate Action” and have committed ourselves to becoming carbon neutral.

• We pay attention to environmental friendly and resource-efficient standards when purchasing our office and food supplies
• We match your charity donations
• Social responsibility begins with each of us. Our corporate culture is characterized by mutual trust and respect. Our open and international team welcomes and respects diversity

* GameDuell is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in its hiring practices. Any terms referring to people are valid for all genders whether male, female, or diverse.

Read our Recruiting Privacy Notice here.

Senior Producer - Mobile Games *

Do you know what it takes to create high quality live games? Are you able to manage all phases of a game’s lifecycle? As our Senior Producer you will help produce and grow our portfolio of mobile and social community card and board games.

With your passion for games, great understanding of the industry, and the know-how of what great interactive entertainment is, you will actively shape and drive our business vision around our portfolio.

The passion for creating high-quality games and the focus on a superior customer experience have made GameDuell one of the largest cross-platform games communities in the world. Since 2003, more than 130 million players have played with us. GameDuell offers a broad portfolio of over 40 casual online skill games, mostly developed in-house.

Your tasks

• Drive and implement the vision around multiple game productions
• Create and track product roadmapsincluding milestone plans, strategic objectives, and priorities
• Deliver game products leveraging a cross-discipline team and that are ready to be live operated
• Communicate product vision and priorities in a compelling and clear way to the teams, product managers, and stakeholders
• Report and represent the production status, progress, P&L, risk, and mitigationsto key stakeholders
• Leverage both your own and the team’s skills to innovate, create concepts, wireframes, and user flows to visualize ideas and build and drive product decisions
• Use game and business KPIsto make data-informed product decisions
• Reviewand revise decisions and priorities to boost the success of products in close collaboration with Product Management
• Create repeatable processes to improve efficiency and predictability

What we expect

• 4+ years of professional experience in games and/ or app production
• Track record of producing and shipping game titles or apps
• Experience with the F2Pbusiness model, preferably multiplayer casual games
• Great technical understanding of mobile development tools and processes
• Experience in running production P&Ls and operating budgets including representation to stakeholders
• Understanding of how great features and quality drive retention and monetization is key
• Passion for great, user-centric product design and quality
• Sharp creative and business sense with exceptional communicative and interpersonal skills
• Ability to help design and implement efficient production pipelines for use during production and after release
• Experience with Agile/Scrum and the role of a Product Owner in rapid iteration and experimentation (build, measure, learn cycles)

What we offer

• A high degree of autonomy and variety with creative leeway to let you and your team’s abilities shine through your product ownership
• A versatile, performance-oriented, open-minded, and international team that guarantees fun on the job
• A multicultural company with over 150 game enthusiasts from all over the world
• Flexible working hours
• Competitive compensation package, we offer relocation support

We are an ecological and socially sustainable company and have our very own “Green Team” where you can make an impact and actively implement ideas and initiatives to help protect our environment and for charity. As a games community, we take our social responsibility seriously. We are co-founders of the “Leaders for Climate Action” and have committed ourselves to becoming carbon neutral.

• We pay attention to environmental friendly and resource-efficient standards when purchasing our office and food supplies
• We match your charity donations
• Social responsibility begins with each of us. Our corporate culture is characterized by mutual trust and respect. Our open and international team welcomes and respects diversity

* GameDuell is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in its hiring practices. Any terms referring to people are valid for all genders whether male, female, or diverse.

Read our Recruiting Privacy Notice here.

Game Economy Designer *

Do you know what the components of a game economy are, how they relate to the gaming experience, and how they shape a game’s business performance?
 

As a Game Economy Designer, you play a key role in designing and managing systems that will enhance the player experience and encourage players to invest in the game. As part of the design team, you are able to create economy and balance rules with your expertise.

Support us in creating fun, engaging, and outstanding player experiences.

The passion for creating high-quality games and the focus on a superior customer experience have made GameDuell one of the largest cross-platform games communities in the world. Since 2003, more than 130 million players have played with us and we offer a broad portfolio of over 40 casual online skill games.

We are an ecological and socially sustainable company. We have our very own “Green Team” within the company. Our Green Team implements ideas and initiatives to help protect our environment and for charity.

Your tasks

• Design and map out game progression from a systems and monetization perspective
• Take full ownership of game monetization, manage pricing of virtual goods, balance game systems, and balance incentivized and purchased items in the game economy context
• Define game specificationsfrom initial concept to launch with economy and playability testing to maximize monetization and user retention
• Take responsibility for the quality of game systems. Analyze content from our current games to design and drive meaningful changes or improvements to economy design and monetization concepts
• Work closely with game designers to match desired player behavior, systems, and creative game design for maximum effect
• Analyze target game genres’ game economies, garnering key insights on how different mechanics provide different monetization potential through player experiences and behavior
• Recommend rewards and monetization game features to create an economic system that fulfills player needs
• Ensure that the game economy design has enough monetization depth and viable content product needs
• Own and communicate the holistic game economy and systems view, allowing for the vetting of concepts and ideas in the economy context
• Provide clear system and economy documentation, diagrams, calculation models, analyses, wireframes, and/or prototypes

What we expect

• A completed university degree in economics, mathematics, or similar
• At least 3 years of proven successful game system design, balancing, pacing & monetization strategies for F2P games
• Highly analytical, skilled at building models and tools to simulate and analyze the game economy and player behavior
• Very good econometrics skills, able to model problems into quantitative systems, and draw qualitative conclusions out of quantitative data
• Statistical knowledge, able to formulate ratios and indexes specific to each game, identifying specific weaknesses and strengths in its economy design
• Detailed knowledge of the social gaming industry, free-to-play, and virtual goods business models on mobile platforms
• High ability to understand player motivations and merge them with business needs
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Fluency in English is required

What we offer

• Engaging tasks and new exciting challenges
• Independent work with interesting possibilities for your personal development
• Working directly with cross-discipline teams
• A versatile, friendly, and international team that guarantees fun on the job
• One of the best working spaces in Berlin: our well-situated office in Mitte! (Includes free soft drinks, fruit, pool table, table tennis, game events, sports courses, a sunny rooftop terrace, and much more)
• Flexible working hours

We are an ecological and socially sustainable company and have our very own “Green Team” where you can make an impact and actively implement ideas and initiatives to help protect our environment and for charity. As a games community, we take our social responsibility seriously. We are co-founders of the “Leaders for Climate Action” and have committed ourselves to becoming carbon neutral.

• We pay attention to environmental friendly and resource-efficient standards when purchasing our office and food supplies
• We match your charity donations
• Social responsibility begins with each of us. Our corporate culture is characterized by mutual trust and respect. Our open and international team welcomes and respects diversity

* GameDuell is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in its hiring practices. Any terms referring to people are valid for all genders whether male, female, or diverse.

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(Senior) Big Data Engineer *

GameDuell is one of the leading casual gaming companies in Germany, based in the heart of Berlin. With over 130 million registered players worldwide and a broad portfolio of over 40 casual online skill games, we are constantly looking for ways to improve our product.

GameDuell's system landscape consists of two larger game platforms which produce a constant stream of messages for processing in our data and analysis environment. This data is integrated, processed, and made available to a variety of data-driven teams, such as Business Intelligence, Product Analysis, Marketing, Customer Service, etc. in an adequate manner.

As a (Senior) Big Data Engineer at GameDuell, you will be responsible for building and maintaining our Big Data infrastructure, understanding, and fulfilling the needs of both business and technical teams for data, as well as serving as an interface between these teams.

Your tasks

• Build, maintain, and optimize the current Big Data infrastructure (on GCP)
• Real-time and batch data processing and aggregation
• Job orchestration and automation
• Design and extension of data models
• Performance optimization, data monitoring, and query analysis
• Effectively drive cross-team solutions
• Participate in architectural decisions, concept creation, andcode reviews 

What we expect

• Completed university degree in the field of Technical Informatics, Computer Science, or similar
• 3+ years of relevant working experience in the design and development of data intensive applications, as well as experience with Cloud environments (e.g., Google Cloud, AWS, Azure)
• Excellent core competencies in JAVA
• Very good knowledge of noSQL and SQL databases and technologies including BigQuery, BigTable/HBase, PostgreSQL, etc.
• Profound knowledge of data structures, algorithms, software design principles, test driven development, enterprise systems, and asynchronous architectures
• Fluent English
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to work well in a team environment with anAgile mindset

Ideally, you also bring

• Experiencewith Python (OOP) would be a big plus
• Experience with the usage of Apache Beam, Cloud Composer (Airflow) and Kafka as well as experience with Spark, Flink, or other similar technologies
• Knowledge about CI/CD (Jenkins)
• Knowledge of German would be nice to have

What we offer

• Look forward to one of the best working environments in Berlin: our well-situated office in Mitte(including roof-top terrace and lavish lounge)!
• Challenging tasks and interesting opportunities for your professional as well as personal development
• Meet-ups, tech talks, networking events, BBQs, newbie dinner, summer party, Halloween party, family-and-friends party, gaming sessions, sports activities, etc. just to name a few – we are hosting all of them with ourown event team
• Our teachers offer both German and English classes for various levels as well as Yoga classes
• Developing the best products and inspiring our customers by providing an extraordinary game experience
• A great, friendly, and international team is looking forward to meeting you
• We cover all kinds of drinks, breakfast, fruits and much more (lots of organic, fair trade, and vegan options)
• Flexibleworking hours; hybrid work model possible
• Our visa&relocation team will support you in relocating from abroad if needed (with company apartment, relocation agency, visa handling, etc.)
• Starting immediately, or within the next three months, full time (or part-time with min. 30 hrs./week)

We are an ecological and socially sustainable company and have our very own “Green Team” where you can make an impact and actively implement ideas and initiatives to help protect our environment and for charity. As a games community, we take our social responsibility seriously. We are co-founders of the “Leaders for Climate Action” and have committed ourselves to becoming carbon neutral.

• We pay attention to environmental friendly and resource-efficient standards when purchasing our office and food supplies
• We match your charity donations
• Social responsibility begins with each of us. Our corporate culture is characterized by mutual trust and respect. Our open and international team welcomes and respects diversity

* GameDuell is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in its hiring practices. Any terms referring to people are valid for all genders whether male, female, or diverse.

Read our Recruiting Privacy Notice here.