About Us

Chess is the undisputed king of games enjoyed by hundreds of millions of people around the world. It hasn’t changed much in more than 1000 years. That is the magic of it. And yet, modern gaming has evolved a lot, and there are great elements of the broader gaming ecosystem that have yet to be applied to chess! 

We are a team of 750+ fully remote people in 60+ countries working hard to serve the global chess community. We are here to support 165M+ chess players on our platform with the best possible product, content, and tools to serve the community!

We are a tech company. A gaming company. A content company. And we do it all with passion and commitment to the game. Above all we prize our mission-driven, flat, life-celebrating, no-corporate culture, and we look forward to meeting you and learning more about what you can bring to the team.

About You

You love the meta! You dream of how to engage, inspire, and motivate players to be their best. Your job is to preserve the greatness of chess while bolstering the experience with the fun elements that help motivate and engage players: leveling, progress systems, goals, achievements, etc.

What You’ll Do

• Design new meta around the game of chess to improve user delight and engagement
• Create, test, measure, and tune mechanics such as player progression and game economies
• Break gameplay design down into sustainable systems and articulate and document them
• Understand and work within system constraints to deliver engaging experience loops
• Work with artists, engineers, animators and audio experts to bring designs to life
• Constantly iterate on mechanics and systems based on user feedback and analytics
• Stay current on industry trends as it relates to modern system’s design
• Preserve and honor everything that makes chess awesome

Required Experience

• 5+ years of game design experience at a gaming studio / company
• 2+ years experience working on a top 100 mobile game

Preferred Skills

• Excellent knowledge of game design theory and principles
• Proven experience creating, implementing, and improving game design systems
• Experience building apps with 10M+ active users
• Deep love and respect for chess
• Lifelong learner

About the Opportunity

• This is a full-time position
• We are 100% remote (work from anywhere!)
• This is open to applicants from anywhere!

You can learn more about us here:

https://www.chess.com/blog/erik/how-chess-com-s-100-person-virtual-team-works-together
https://www.chess.com/about

We look forward to meeting you!