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Are you an ambitious game developer with a passion for creating engaging experiences? Do you want your work to reach millions of players worldwide?

About the Job
We are seeking a talented Game Developer to join our dynamic team in the heart of Amsterdam. Collaborate with a multinational team of developers and contribute to creating captivating casual gaming experiences for a global audiences

About CoolGames
Founded in 2010, CoolGames is a leading HTML5-specialized studio based in the historic center of Amsterdam developing high-quality casual games. 

Games distribution via new platforms, beyond the traditional app-stores, is taking off quickly. Players can now instantly start a game from within Facebook, Discord, Netflix and many other ‘Big Tech’ game channels. And even the web is back as a seizable (HTML5 based) games distribution channel, with more people playing via websites each year.

In this changing landscape, where Apple and Google are no longer the sole destinations for casual gamers, CoolGames is successfully publishing high quality HTML5 games that are played by millions every month. For our studio, we have an ambitious roadmap to start the development of new game projects to further expand our portfolio for the years ahead.

About the Role
You will be part of a multidisciplinary development team collaborating with game designers, game artists, quality assurance engineers, and fellow game developers. You work on developing new titles, evolving existing games, as well as contributing to the maintenance and evolving our internal tooling.

You manage your own schedule with a view to delivering robust code and meeting established deadlines.

Next to working on features for our games your responsibilities include optimisation, debugging, fixing bugs, performing code reviews, reviewing requirements, working on platform compatibility and ensuring our games remain stable and performant.

Requirements

About you
You are proactive and thrive on taking ownership and responsibility. You write clean, readable and maintainable code. Sharing your skills and experience with the team is something you have consistently been praised for. You are open to feedback and eager to learn. You embrace collaboration and have a ”you can count on me” attitude. You flourish in an environment where teamwork and communication are important.

The right candidate meets most of the following requirements:

• At least 3 years of experience programming professionally;

• Experience with Agile/Scrum development practices;

• Experience with version control tools like git;

• Solid knowledge of development best practices;

• Experience with HTML5 games, Typescript and JavaScript is a plus;

• Experience with web game tech (e.g. PIXI/Phaser/Three.js) is a plus.

Working at CoolGames
We are a company which believes it’s important to constantly improve and innovate as we strive to be the best. We work in an informal environment with enthusiastic and smart individuals from all over the world to design and create great games. We have a hybrid work schedule where we strike a balance between face to face collaboration and efficient remote work.

Benefits

What we offer
CoolGames offers you a challenging job with a broad responsibility and an attractive compensation package:

• A competitive salary;

• Health care insurance & travel compensation & company pension plan;
• Sports allowance;
• An environment that supports learning and professional growth;
• Flexibility to work remotely part-time;
• An attractive office location in the historic center of Amsterdam;
• High-end PC, Macbook Pro or other laptop;
• A fun, informal and super international company culture.

* EU candidates only *

Are you an ambitious game developer with a passion for creating engaging experiences? Do you want the work you do during your internship to reach millions of players worldwide?

About the opportunity 
We are seeking a talented programming / game development student to join our internship program in the heart of Amsterdam. Collaborate and learn from a multinational team of developers and contribute to creating captivating casual gaming experiences for a global audiences

About CoolGames
Founded in 2010, CoolGames is a leading HTML5-specialized studio based in the historic center of Amsterdam developing high-quality casual games. 

Games distribution via new platforms, beyond the traditional app-stores, is taking off quickly. Players can now instantly start a game from within Facebook, Discord, Netflix and many other ‘Big Tech’ game channels. And even the web is back as a seizable (HTML5 based) games distribution channel, with more people playing via websites each year.

In this changing landscape, where Apple and Google are no longer the sole destinations for casual gamers, CoolGames is successfully publishing high quality HTML5 games that are played by millions every month. For our studio, we have an ambitious roadmap to start the development of new game projects to further expand our portfolio for the years ahead.

About the Internship

You will be part of a multidisciplinary development team collaborating with game designers, game artists, quality assurance engineers, and fellow game developers. You work on developing new titles or evolving existing games.

You work closely with your internship coordinator to get hands on professional experience delivering robust code and meeting established deadlines.

 Next to working on features for our games your responsibilities might include optimisation, debugging, fixing bugs, taking part in code reviews, working with  requirements or working on platform compatibility.

Requirements

About you
You are proactive and thrive on taking ownership and responsibility. You strive to write clean, readable and maintainable code. You are open to feedback and eager to learn. You embrace collaboration and have a ”you can count on me” attitude. You flourish in an environment where teamwork and communication are important.

The right candidate meets most of the following requirements:

• Demonstrable proficiency with at least one programming language;

• Experience with Agile/Scrum development practices;

• Experience with version control tools like git;

• Solid knowledge of development best practices;

• Experience with HTML5 games, Typescript and JavaScript is a plus;

• Experience with web game tech (e.g. PIXI/Phaser/Three.js) is a plus;

Working at CoolGames

We are a company which believes it’s important to constantly improve and innovate as we strive to be the best. We work in an informal environment with enthusiastic and smart individuals from all over the world to design and create great games. We have a hybrid work schedule where we strike a balance between face to face collaboration and efficient remote work. 

Benefits

What we offer

CoolGames offers you an internship where you have the chance to work on awesome products and learn from smart and talented individuals.

• Internship compensation;
• An environment that supports learning and professional growth;
• Flexibility to work remotely part-time;
• An attractive office location in the historic center of Amsterdam;
• A fun, informal and super international company culture.

* EU candidates only *

* Response times may be slower during summer holidays *

Senior Game Designer Casual Games (fulltime)

The world of emerging game platforms

Games distribution via new platforms, beyond the traditional app-stores, is taking off quickly. Players can now instantly start a game from within Facebook, Discord, Netflix and many other ‘Big Tech’ game channels. And even the web is back as a serious (HTML5 based) games distribution channel, with more people playing via websites each year.

In this changing landscape, where Apple and Google are no longer the sole destinations for casual gamers, CoolGames is successfully publishing high quality HTML5 games that are played by millions every month. For our studio, we have an ambitious roadmap to start the development of new game projects to further expand our portfolio for the years ahead.

For this, we’re looking for a motivated Senior Game Designer to help us build the foundation of future success with highly engaging and commercially successful new game IP.

CoolGames and high-qualilty casual games

Founded in 2010, CoolGames is a leading HTML5-specialized studio based in the historic center of Amsterdam, developing high-quality casual games for emerging game platforms. Our games are published on post app-store game platforms, such as Facebook Play, Microsoft Start, Google Game Snacks, Discord and dozens of media- or gaming websites worldwide.

And while many other studios with a traditional app-store distribution approach are struggling with unsustainable UA models to gain traction for their games, at CoolGames we see that the demand for our quality titles is only growing. 

And as the market of emerging game platforms with HTML5 technology has matured over the years, so have our casual games. Most of the games from our active portfolio have significant development budgets. They include deep meta-game layers, social and multiplayer-hooks to enhance virality and sometimes embed famous third-party IP. The games are monetized in a balanced combination of advertising, IAP and paid subscriptions.

And when a game is launched, it is not the finish of a project, but actually the beginning with a LiveOps team further optimizing the game experience and adding new content and features over time. The roadmap of each game is driven by KPI analysis and prioritization based on required efforts versus expected impact.

Does this sound familiar to you? Do you have an analytical mindset and want to truly understand the impact of certain game mechanics and player behavior? And are you used to design and further improve complex casual games based on KPI results? Then CoolGames might just be the place for you!

About you

• You have worked on casual games as a (senior/lead) Game Designer / Product Manager, or in a related role, for at least 5 years and have experience in leading a team;
• You have a proven track-record in revenue optimization and balancing a game-economy with F2P and/or ad-based mobile games;
• You have a highly analytical mindset: you live and breathe the key gaming KPIs;
• You can combine the creative development process with clear data-driven decisions;
• You are able to motivate your team and clearly explain with data-points or other evidence, what it is that actually makes a game highly engaging, or what it is lacking to be more successful;
• You are actively following game design market trends, both on high-level as well as on detailed implementations, and are able to present your findings to relevant stakeholders within CoolGames.

Your responsibilities will include 

• Mentor and train our Game Designers, overseeing their GDDs with a special focus on improving monetization cycles, in-game economy and IAP models;
• Directly report to the CEO and regularly present to wider management, other internal stakeholders or external partners;
• Develop business cases with our Product Managers and with input from the Business teams;
• Help our Game Producers to successfully execute LiveOps and prioritize roadmaps for existing games;
• Work closely together with colleagues from the game teams, such as the Game Producers, Artists, Developers and QA staff in the Studio;
• Establish best practices and benchmarks from the wider industry within CoolGames;
• As a Senior Game Designer at CoolGames, you will work closely with other Game Designers, Artists, Developers, Producers, Quality Assurance experts and further stakeholders to create games that delight players globally.

Requirements

The right candidate meets most of the following requirements:

• At least 5 years of experience in the (mobile) games industry within an international studio;
• Experience with LiveOps for existing titles;
• Excellent insights in game KPIs, game system design and balancing in-game economy;
• Deep knowledge of top grossing games, F2P mechanics and latest trends in the market;
• Experience in leading and motivating teams;
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously;
• Excellent communication skills in English.

Benefits

CoolGames offers you a challenging job with a broad responsibility and an attractive compensation package:

• A competitive salary;
• Health care insurance & travel compensation and company pension plan;
• Sports allowance;
• An environment that supports learning and professional growth;
• Flexibility to work remotely part-time;
• An attractive office location in the historic center of Amsterdam;
• High-end PC, Macbook Pro or other laptop;
• A fun, informal and super international company culture.

If this resonates with you, you might be a great fit to join our team. Please send us your resume with a clear motivation letter why you think you are the right person for the job!

CoolGames is part of the Keesing Media Group, the world’s leading braintainment company. 

*EU candidates only!

Community Manager internship

CoolGames is looking for a Community Manager intern with a passion for casual games.

When the app-stores were introduced ten years ago, mobile quickly became the largest games platform. And now a new shift is taking place, as millions of people are starting to play and instantly share games with friends via their social or messaging apps, such as via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram….

CoolGames has been a front-runner in this new space and brought many successful games to messaging platforms, including Angry Birds, Battleship and Daily Sudoku, which was the #1 sudoku game on Facebook.

What will you be doing as a Community Management Intern?

• You’ll work closely with the game team(s), game designer and game producers to improve the game;

• You ideate fun ways to keep the community engaged and active;

• Setup, maintain and improve a Discord server for one of our games;

• Create content calendars;

• Promote game updates and new games;

• Post daily/weekly content;

• Keep track of issues coming from the community;

• Support users (respond to questions/complaints);

You will be in charge of posting on our Discord server, Facebook community(s) and game pages. And you will be creating social media profiles/pages for new games where you will post regular updates of our new and live titles.

Requirements

What is your profile? 

• You have great communication skills both in real life and on social platform;

• You are passionate about posts and stories you share on various social media platforms;

• You come up with ideas and write and create and engaging posts working with the art team;

• You have an understanding of social networking and what makes gamers tick;

• You are creative and proactive;

• Social media and creating engagement are your passion.

What do we ask from you? 

• Social media savvy (Familiar and active on at least Discord, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram);

• Familiar with Discord;

• Familiar with Facebook Instant Games and the various social features;

• Basic Technical troubleshooting skills;

• Able to clearly communicate in English. Spoken and written;

• Art experience (photoshop) is a big plus;

• Owning a Discord server or being an admin for a big Discord sevrer is a big plus.

You’re the kind of person who likes to communicate with people and is very active on social media platforms. A natural problem solver, positive and enthusiastic. You enjoy supporting people with complaints as well as keeping them entertained and motivated by sharing content on a regular basis.

Why would you want to work for CoolGames?

CoolGames is a dynamic organization in the gaming world and is located in a beautiful canal house in the center of Amsterdam. You will work in an international environment with young and enthusiastic colleagues. Your colleagues come from all over the world to design and create mobile games. CoolGames is a small organization with short communication lines but with big aspirations resulting in bigger and more elaborate projects and games. Coolgames started 10 years ago as a pioneer in developing games in HTML5. We successfully brought games to messaging platforms, such as Angrybirds, Battleship and Daily Sudoku. You will work in an open and an informal team with a pleasant working environment.

Benefits

What do we offer? 

• A place where you are given the freedom to develop yourself to the maximum;

• An attractive office location in the center of Amsterdam with awesome Friday drinks;

• An open, informal and international company culture. 

— EU CANDIDATES ONLY! —