Job Description
32–40 hours, Fully remote
We are looking for a Casual Games Level Designer who can create satisfying, readable, and highly engaging levels for casual puzzle games played by millions of people worldwide.
As part of one of our multidisciplinary game development teams, you will design, build, balance, test, and iterate levels from early concept through live operations. You understand that great casual puzzle levels are not just “hard” or “easy”: they create flow, teach mechanics naturally, produce satisfying wins, and keep players coming back.
About CoolGames
At CoolGames, we’re proud to be a leading international HTML5 game studio, working with some of the world’s biggest ‘Big Tech’ game platforms, such as Netflix, Discord, Facebook and Microsoft Play. We also work with famous games IP such as Battleship, Angry Birds and Monopoly.
CoolGames is part of Keesing, the world’s largest Braintainment company. Keesing is a financially strong publisher of engaging sudokus, crosswords and many other puzzles & games with a presence in over 20 countries headquartered in The Netherlands.
With the CoolGames HQ in Amsterdam, supported by our global remote teams, we offer market-competitive salaries, the chance to contribute to successful casual games that are played by millions and work directly with some of the biggest brands in the world. We believe in creativity, collaboration and delivering world-class gaming experiences, while giving you the choice to either join our Amsterdam studio or become part of our remote teams.
If you want to grow your career in a profitable, internationally recognized company, work closely with world-famous partners and be part of a highly professional international team — CoolGames is the right place for you.
About the role
As a Level Designer at CoolGames, you take ownership of the player experience inside our casual puzzle games. You will create levels that are fun, fair, understandable, and commercially effective.
You will be part of a multidisciplinary agile team, collaborating closely with game designers, developers, artists, QA engineers, producers and data analysts. Together, you will work on new puzzle titles, improve existing live games, and help shape the tools and processes that make high-quality level production scalable.
Your responsibilities include designing and balancing level progressions, creating level packs, tuning difficulty curves, identifying friction points, analyzing player behavior, and improving retention through better level flow. You will also review player data and playtest feedback to understand where players succeed, struggle, retry, churn, or feel delighted.
You are comfortable working both creatively and analytically. You can design a fun level by instinct, but you also know how to validate that instinct through testing, metrics, and iteration.
About You
You are proactive and thrive on taking ownership and responsibility. You care deeply about how players feel when they play. You know how to create levels that teach without overexplaining, challenge without frustrating, and reward without becoming predictable.
If you are:
- An experienced Game Level Designer
- Ready to work on long-lasting casual titles
- A strong believer in teamwork
- Are not afraid of innovation and learning new tools on the go
Then you are on the right track to be a great match with Coolgames.
Responsibilities
- Design and balance appealing levels from concept, to creation using internal tools.
- Design the structure and the order of levels to create an ideal progression for the player.
- Collaborate with Data Analysts and Game designers to understand level performance through analytics and adjust levels accordingly.
- Adjust and modify designs and the game levels based on game metrics, team input, internal/external playtests, and product feedback
- Working with a talented and cross-discipline team to grow the product by adding new levels while also continuously improving the existing game experience.
- Communicate design clearly and concisely with the team and throughout the studio
- Inspire the agile and multidisciplinary game team through progressive & creative design
Requirements
- A consistent 5+ years track record of (relevant and released) Casual games and Casual puzzles.
- Profound insight into the level balancing, pacing & difficulty tuning
- Solid problem-solving abilities and critical thinking
- Independent, self-motivated, driving new initiatives to improve the game.
- Strong empathic ability to understand and “feel” our target audience
- You embrace F2P and enjoy working with KPIs and analytics to adjust your designs in data-driven decisions
- Learning and applying collected player feedback
- Excellent communication skills in English, both spoken and written
- Proficiency in data spreadsheets and working with analytical and technical tools
- Ability to work with remote teams
What we can offer you
- An international team of 50+ professionals from almost 20 different countries;
- Work closely with some of the biggest upcoming game platforms in the world on high-quality casual games that are played by millions of players;
- Competitive remuneration;
- A flexible remote working environment;
- A very open, informal, and international company culture where everyone can make a difference.
Apply
Do you love creating puzzle levels that players instantly understand, enjoy, retry, and remember?
Then we would love to hear from you. Please include your CV and, where possible, a portfolio, level samples, shipped games, design documents, or examples that show how you think about level design, difficulty, and player experience.
