Exploding Kittens, Inc.

Game Engineer

• Serve as gameplay authority - making final calls on mechanics, balance, and player experience.
• Refine games to ensure strong audience fit across family, adult, and kids categories.
• Lead playtesting process and analyze and synthesize playtest footage into clear development direction.
• Creatively solve complex gameplay challenges, always keeping the player top of mind.
• Evaluate inventor submissions and contribute to greenlight and portfolio decisions.
• Write and/or refine instruction manuals to ensure clarity, accessibility, and brand/tone alignment.
• Mentor designers and developers, implementing and raising product standards and best practices across the team.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with the rest of Creative Operations, Production & Sourcing, and key stakeholders to bring outstanding, innovative, and disruptive games to shelf.

Principal Game Developer

Sales Operations Manager

• Responsible for overseeing daily order approvals for >30 North American Retail and Distribution Customers, ensuring seamless collaboration with planning and logistics teams to facilitate timely order processing.
• Effectively coordinate and communicate order status with accounts, managing PO changes including extensions and ship window modifications as necessary.
• Support Sales Leads in maintaining accounts by executing various tasks such as item set up, managing customer paperwork, generating reports, and coordinating sample shipments.
• Act as a point of contact for troubleshooting issues between Customers and Internal teams, resolving conflicts promptly and efficiently.
• Initiate, manage, and execute special projects and cross-departmental process optimization that support internal and external stakeholders.
• Oversee the onboarding process for new customers, ensuring a smooth transition and positive experience.
• Track and analyze Weekly Sales and Inventory reports.
• Handle ad-hoc responsibilities as required, addressing evolving business needs.

Principal Game Developer

Sales Operations Coordinator