Game Designer (Intern)

About the role

We are launching a Game Design / Product Management internship program in gamedev! This is a great opportunity to start your career in the games industry, gain hands-on experience working on real tasks, and see firsthand how one of the world’s leading game companies works.

We are looking for talented people at the start of their careers who are eager to immerse themselves in their chosen field, develop their skills, and grow with the company. The internship is paid, and top performers will have the opportunity to continue their careers at Playrix.

Who is the internship for?

The program offers an opportunity to start or continue a career in Game Design for casual F2P games. We welcome:

• Candidates without commercial experience who have a strong foundation and show initiative, including final-year students and recent graduates in technical fields, hackathon and game jam participants, and creators of pet projects or mods;
• Professionals with 1–3 years of experience in Game Design, Product/Project Management, QA, or related fields who want to grow their careers in product-focused game development.

Responsibilities

The program consists of two stages:

Stage 1: Internship (1 month)

You’ll get familiar with the key processes behind developing game features and complete a series of practical assignments. At this stage, you’ll learn how to analyze game mechanics, develop product solutions, prepare documentation, work with builds, and receive feedback on your work.

If you complete the internship successfully, you will move on to Stage 2 :

At this stage you will start working on real tasks under the guidance of a mentor. You’ll gradually get involved in developing and supporting game features, collaborate with developers and game designers, and take on increasing responsibility.

The most successful candidates will have the opportunity to continue their careers at Playrix!

Requirements

• Interest in game design and the gaming industry;

• A proactive mindset, strong motivation to grow quickly, and a commitment to continuous learning;

• Participation in game jams, hackathons, personal projects, or event organization is a plus, especially if you don’t have commercial experience yet;

• 1–3 years of experience in Game Design, Product/Project Management, QA, or related fields is an advantage.

We offer

• An opportunity for continuous professional development on an expert team of game designers and producers: we have a huge knowledge base and a mentoring system that allows you to adapt quickly.

• Virtually unlimited resources and access to leading specialists from any department to solve the most complex problems.

• Innovation and experimentation. We are constantly experimenting with and introducing new technologies: AI to speed up pre-production and to calibrate level difficulty using neural network-based bots, and ML to personalize the gaming experience.

• The ability to move between areas, not just within one product (LiveOps development, new games in production, marketing creatives), and the opportunity to participate in the development of cross-product initiatives that reach the level of the entire company.

• The freedom to replace processes and approaches with more efficient ones without lengthy approvals or bureaucracy.

Our Perks

• Flexibility at work. For most positions, we offer a flexible schedule, and employees can work from anywhere in the world. We only evaluate your results.

• Caring for health and well-being.

  • We provide voluntary health insurance for employees and their children, and reimburse online sessions with a psychologist, including individual, family, and child consultations.
  • We offer fully paid vacation days and sick leave. In certain circumstances, you can request additional days off.
  • We support a healthy lifestyle and reimburse the cost of gym memberships and fitness app subscriptions, as well as massages, spa, and recovery treatments.

• Professional development and education.

  • We pay for participation in specialized conferences and courses and hold our own internal conferences.
  • We cover foreign language courses.
  • Employees who combine work with formal education are entitled to five additional paid days off per year for exams, thesis defense, and other mandatory academic activities.

• Events and merch.

  • We regularly hold offline events like team meetings, big corporate parties, and informal office parties.
  • We also regularly organize fun competitions, quizzes, hackathons, and online fitness challenges.
  • We have a merch store with its own internal currency that you can use to buy unique gifts, such as a new game console or a padel racket.

• Pet care. We reimburse a portion of pet-related expenses, including veterinary services and other eligible costs.