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As a global leader in interactive entertainment and a proud label of Take-Two Interactive, our games have been downloaded over 6 billion times-connecting players in 175+ countries through fun, strategy, and a little friendly competition.\nFrom thrilling casino spins to epic strategy battles, mind-bending puzzles, and social word challenges, our diverse game portfolio has something for everyone. Fan-favorites and latest hits include FarmVille™, Words With Friends™, Zynga Poker™, Game of Thrones Slots Casino™, Wizard of Oz Slots™, Hit it Rich! Slots™, Wonka Slots™, Top Eleven™, Toon Blast™, Empires & Puzzles™, Merge Dragons!™, CSR Racing™, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells™, Match Factory™, and Color Block Jam™-plus many more!\nFounded in 2007 and headquartered in California, our teams span North America, Europe, and Asia, working together to craft unforgettable gaming experiences. Whether you're spinning, strategizing, matching, or competing, Zynga is where fun meets innovation-and where you can take your career to the next level.\nJoin us and be part of the play!\nPosition Overview\nCSR2 is one of the most successful mobile racing games in the world, and we’re evolving the experience for millions of players. We’re looking for a Lead/Senior Game Designer who can shape impactful systems, elevate the player experience, and strengthen the overall design function across pods. This role combines strong systems design craft with leadership, collaboration, and an ability to drive clarity and alignment. \nWhat You'll Do : \nLead the design of major systems and features that deepen CSR2’s progression, engagement, and long-term meta\nDrive end-to-end feature delivery-including concepts, specs, flows, balancing, prototyping, iteration, and final launch\nPartner closely with Product, Engineering, UX, Art, and LiveOps to align goals, define KPIs, and ensure high-quality execution\nImprove and evolve existing systems (events, rewards, progression, collections, onboarding) using data, player insights, competitive research, and structured reviews\nMentor and support designers across pods, raising the bar on documentation, analytical thinking, system clarity, and communication\nContribute to LiveOps by designing scalable event formats, economy updates, pacing improvements, and retention drivers\nStrengthen design processes, facilitate design reviews, and help maintain coherence across CSR2’s ecosystem\nCommunicate clearly with cross-functional stakeholders, proactively flag risks, and guide teams toward strong, player-centered solutions\n(Lead-level expectation) Own multiple systems, support planning for pods, and act as a decision-maker in design discussions \n\nWhat you Bring : \n6 -10+ years of game design experience in mobile F2P or similar\nStrong systems design expertise-economies, progression, LiveOps, and balancing\nProven ability to deliver complex features in a live game environment\nStrong collaboration skills with Product, Engineering, UX, and Art\nExcellent documentation, communication, and structured problem-solving\nAbility to break down complex systems into clear, intuitive player experiences\nExperience mentoring designers or influencing broader team craft\nOwnership mindset with a focus on quality, clarity, and long-term impact\nLead-Level Expectations Include:Experience guiding designers or pods, giving structured feedback, and driving alignment\nAbility to own multiple systems and influence product direction\nComfort acting as a design decision-maker and resolving ambiguity\n\nWhat We Offer You What you Bring: \nZynga offers a world-class benefits package that helps support and balance the needs of our teams. To find out more about our benefits, visit the Zynga Benefits\nWe are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic - not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.\nAs an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at  to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position.\nPlease be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage. Zynga’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).","description_format":"text","description_chars":5650,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":6,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Game Development","Mobile Games"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2025-12-04T07:04:31Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":9,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.335,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":319,"expected_fill_days":57,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-20T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/zynga-lead-game-designer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/zynga-lead-game-designer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-21T04:47:39Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":7053,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1549},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1549"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fzynga-lead-game-designer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fzynga-lead-game-designer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fzynga-lead-game-designer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/zynga-lead-game-designer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fzynga-lead-game-designer"}]}