Game Designer

Smore Labs is a recently funded VC-backed stealth startup building a UGC platform where kids play with AI to create, learn, and share with their friends.  We are looking for a talented designer with experience in Unity, a love of fast prototyping, and a passion for breaking new ground using AI.  Bring your ideas and be part of this foundational team building a new mobile UGC platform with dozens of 2D and 3D games to teach and entertain.  

Responsibilities:

• Define and own gameplay and AI-editing systems from concept to live iteration, authoring clear design intents and lightweight specs
• Prototype directly in Unity, working with prefabs, laying out levels, and tuning moment-to-moment feel
• Collaborate daily with engineering and art to ship features end-to-end, aligning on goals, constraints, and success metrics.
• Plan and run playtests with kids and parents/caretakers, synthesize findings, and translate insights into actionable changes while upholding age-appropriate safety.
• Maintain clean design documentation and tuning data, balancing scope, quality, and delivery for a small, focused team.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• 3–5 years in game design, ideally on mobile, with a track record of rapid development and iteration with a team
• Strong Unity skills and experience prototyping and in-editor workflows
• Solid systems and level design fundamentals, with clear communication of intent through blockouts, scripts, and data across a variety of genres
• Experience designing for younger players under 13, with attention to readability, accessibility, cognitive load, and safety
• Bonus:Experience using AI tools in design and development of ideas and gameplay

The salary range is $90K to $130K

Candidates must be authorized to work and accept new employment in the U.S.

Smore Labs is an Equal Opportunity Employer and ADA compliant.