Music Game Design Lead
Kluge Interactive
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
About the role
- Own game design for Synth Riders end-to-end : pillars, systems, specs, and balancing across VR, AR, Nintendo Switch, and future platforms
- Design retention & progression : meta loops, challenges, rewards, personalization, onboarding, and live-ops hooks
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Creative Director, choreographers/mappers, producers, engineers, QA, art, and audio to scope, build, and ship features
- Use data + playtests to validate hypotheses, define success metrics, and protect “feel” and musicality while optimizing engagement
- Document clearly (design specs, flows, tuning guides, content briefs) to unblock teams and scale delivery
- Champion accessibility & comfort best practices across all platforms
- Mentor peers now and manage junior designers as the team expands
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional game design experience with shipped titles
- Must-have: hands-on experience designing music rhythm games
- Strength in systems design (progression, rewards/economies, difficulty curves, challenges, goals) and data-informed iteration
- Experience building multi-platform features (ideally including VR/AR and console/handheld) and adapting designs to different inputs, performance budgets, and comfort/accessibility needs
- Excellent communication and documentation skills; thrives in cross-disciplinary, remote collaboration
- High ownership and follow-through; able to lead through influence and ship quality features end-to-end
Benefits
- Fully remote with flexible hours and strong autonomy
- A creative, supportive environment with a diverse, highly experienced team
- Clear growth path to build and lead a larger design team as Synth Riders expands
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
game designsystems designdata-informed iterationmulti-platform featuresmusic rhythm gamesprogression designreward designdifficulty curveschallenges designonboarding design
Soft skills
communication skillsdocumentation skillscross-disciplinary collaborationmentoringleadershipownershipfollow-throughremote collaborationproblem-solvingcreativity