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Think Minecraft meets The Sims meets Wattpad: a new genre of creative, social storytelling where AI helps players bring their imagination to life.\nBacked by top-tier investors who have invested in Open AI, Unity, Supercell and others, we're building a platform that reimagines storytelling as play-combining intuitive creation tools, emotionally expressive characters, and collaborative world-building.\n The Role\nWe're hiring a Senior Systems Game Designer who thrives at the intersection of systems and storytelling. You'll design features that feel intuitive, expressive, and alive, helping shape how players build, interact, and grow inside Storycraft.\nThis is a senior individual contributor leadership role. You'll lead through hands-on design, working closely with product, engineering, AI, and art to bring new systems and experiences to life. From crafting loops to creative tools to social systems-you'll help translate vision into gameplay that players love.\nWe're looking for an experienced systems design expert with a track record of building thoughtful, emotionally engaging features, systems, and game economies that support player agency, achievement, and long-term engagement.\nWhat You'll Do\nHelp define short/med/long-term gameplay loops, reward structures, and core game systems\nDesign, prototype, and implement a wide range of game systems: creative tools, progression systems, social play, crafting, and economy loops\nTranslate goals into specs, wireframes, UX flows, and playable concepts\nPartner effectively with PMs and collaborate cross-functionally to ship elegant, expressive features that support our unique game model\nInfuse systems with personality and narrative hooks to support emergent storytelling\nDesign with player motivation and autonomy in mind-using research frameworks like PENS/SDT\n You Bring\n5+ years experience designing features and systems in leading mobile free-to-play games\nStrong background in strategy, life sim, sandbox, or creativity games\nAI-curious or AI-fluent: excited to explore generative tools and how they empower players\nExpertise in at least one of: feature design, progression, economy, crafting, or UGC systems\nAbility to think visually-comfortable wire-framing, prototyping, and communicating in flows and mockups\nTrack record of translating high-level ideas into features that ship, perform, and evolve\nCreative sensibility: you think in tone, story, mood, and expression-not just mechanics\nExperience collaborating with engineers and product managers to tune, test, and deliver\nStartup-ready: adaptable, fast, deeply collaborative, and outcome-driven\nBonus Points For\nBased in Canada, and/or ET timezone\nExperience designing creative tools, sandbox mechanics, or social storytelling\nFamiliarity with Unity, scripting tools, or light prototyping\nA personal creative practice (writing, visual art, design, role-play, etc.)\nHave prior startup experience\n What It Means to Build at Storycraft\nThis isn't just a job-it's a rare opportunity to co-create a new category of game at the intersection of storytelling, AI, and player expression. We're a lean, high-trust team building fast, learning constantly, and thinking long-term. That means:\nYou'll wear multiple hats. We solve problems, not just build features. You'll shape systems, tools, and how we work.\nYou'll lead through doing. Strategy is important-but execution is where the magic happens.\nYou'll be scrappy and smart. We use AI, feedback loops, and focused iteration to do more with less.\nYou'll have real ownership. You won't be \"supporting\" the product-you'll be shaping it every day.\nYou'll grow faster than anywhere else. This is a career-defining opportunity to learn, stretch, and contribute at a level few companies allow.\nYou'll have equity with real upside. We're building something ambitious. If we win, you win.\nYou'll make an impact that matters. 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