About Big Huge Games

Originally operating as SecretNewCo, the company was founded in March of 2013 by a group of industry veterans (Civilization II, Rise of Nations, FrontierVille). Big Huge Games is dedicated to "Finding The Fun" through rapid prototyping and a focus on a great user experience. We're a small, passionate team of experienced game development veterans, proudly located just north of Baltimore, MD.

Summary of Position

Big Huge Games is looking for a qualified Data Analyst to help provide insights to our marketing and games teams, and assist them in making data-driven decisions. This role works closely with our Product, Marketing, and Design teams to structure quantitative questions, gather player data, employ statistical methodology in analysis of the data, and construct insightful reports and visualizations to communicate those results to the wider team.

Our headquarters are in Timonium, MD. While we prefer MD-based candidates, with mutual agreement, we can accommodate a remote work environment for candidates from the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New York, Oregon, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin.

Responsibilities

• Provide actionable reports for marketing and product teams using Snowflake and Tableau
• Perform in-depth analyses of game and marketing metrics to inform and support both short and long-term product direction decisions
• Use predictive models to help define key metrics, such as LTV and ROAS, and help guide marketing spend
• Communicate the results of analyses to the product team, game studio, and outside partners through data visualizations and presentations
• Work with the marketing team to help identify best and worst performing media buys

Qualifications

• Minimum 1-2 Years work experience querying large, complex data sets using SQL in relational databases as a primary function of your job
• Comfortable working with many-to-many relationships, CTEs, windows functions, and complex joins
• High level of proficiency in data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Looker, or equivalent tools
• Experience creating clean, easy to read, actionable reports for a broad range of audiences
• Exceptional attention to detail and a high level of accuracy

Nice to Have

• Proficiency with Python/R
• Prior experience working with digital marketing teams
• Prior experience with Snowflake and/or Adjust
• Experience with predictive modeling
• Games industry experience and a passion for games!

Big Huge Games is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.

Compensation Description for Pay Transparency (annually)

The base salary range for this position is $78,000- $117,000 annually.

Our salary ranges are determined by market data based on position and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum salaries for that position. Where an individual’s pay falls within the range is determined by factors including, but not limited to, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

In some cases, compensation may fall outside of this range depending on factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

About Big Huge Games

Originally operating as SecretNewCo, the company was founded in March of 2013 by a group of industry veterans (Civilization II, Rise of Nations, FrontierVille). Big Huge Games is dedicated to "Finding The Fun" through rapid prototyping and a focus on a great user experience. We're a small, passionate team of experienced game development veterans, proudly located just north of Baltimore, MD.

Summary of Position

Big Huge Games is looking for a Junior User Acquisition (UA) Manager to join our Marketing Team as a campaign and monetization manager. We strive to build a strong, positive culture where team skills are valued as much as technical skills. We’re looking for candidates with experience supporting a high quality product, using sustainable development practices and a continuous improvement mindset.

The Junior UA Manager will directly affect Big Huge Games’ growth strategy and success. They will execute and manage performance marketing campaigns for our games. This person must be creative, analytical, detail-oriented, and highly driven. They will develop, execute, analyze and optimize marketing campaigns; the ideal candidate will have experience in marketing-campaign management and insight into the mobile game industry.

Our headquarters are in Timonium, MD. While we prefer MD-based candidates, with mutual agreement, we can accommodate a remote work environment for candidates from the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New York, Oregon, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin.

Responsibilities

• Performance marketing campaign management and optimization for BHG’s current and future game titles

• Profitably manage sizable monthly spend through ownership of several key marketing channels such as Google Adwords, Facebook, ironSource, Vungle, Unity and others

• Support reporting, optimization and UA strategy, and provide data and analysis to the Marketing Director for budget planning

• Find, vet, onboard, and test new traffic sources

• Work with the Marketing Director and Analytics team to analyze user data and perform forward looking thought experiments about user cohorts

• Work with Senior team members to forecast expected revenue from user groups

• Perform data analysis with excel or SQL

• Work with Senior team members to manage insertion orders and partner legal documentation

Qualifications

• BA/BS, or equivalent training, in Marketing, Economics, Computer Science or related field

• 1 year of performance advertising/marketing experience in digital marketing or equivalent experience

• Demonstrated excellence in organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to multi-task

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Nice to Have

• Understanding of game data and analytic suites

Big Huge Games is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.

Compensation Description for Pay Transparency (annually)

The base salary range for this position is $60,002 - $90,002 annually.

Our salary ranges are determined by market data based on position and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum salaries for that position. Where an individual’s pay falls within the range is determined by factors including, but not limited to, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

In some cases, compensation may fall outside of this range depending on factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

Originally operating as SecretNewCo, the company was founded in March of 2013 by a group of industry veterans (Civilization II, Rise of Nations, FrontierVille). Big Huge Games is dedicated to "Finding The Fun" through rapid prototyping and a focus on a great user experience. We're a small, passionate team of experienced game development veterans, proudly located just north of Baltimore, MD.

Summary of Position

Big Huge Games is looking for a talented Producer to join our studio. We strive to build a strong, positive culture where team skills are valued as much as technical skills. We’re looking for candidates with experience shipping a high-quality product, using sustainable development practices and a continuous improvement mindset.

Our headquarters are in Timonium, MD. While we prefer MD-based candidates, with mutual agreement, we can accommodate a remote work environment for candidates from the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New York, Oregon, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin.

Responsibilities

• Planning and Execution:
  • Provide production support to development teams made up of multiple disciplines, including (but not limited to) software engineers, artists, designers, QA and product managers.
  • Coordinate with the Game Director, Lead Producer, team leads, design and feature teams to lock down requirements and specifications for current and upcoming releases.
  • As needed, run daily and regular scrums to ensure project teams are on track and meeting delivery deadlines.
  • Identify, anticipate and provide active solutions for pipeline bottlenecks and development risks affecting release plans.
  • Work with production, team members and stakeholders to ensure that necessary schedule planning, prioritization and tradeoffs occur and ensure that information around issues and changes are documented and communicated appropriately.
• Release Management:
  • Collaborate with QA, leads, development teams, and any other teams or individuals to ensure that releases are high quality, complete, and meet all assigned deadlines.
  • Working with leads and production team members, help coordinate release and hotfix war rooms, track CS reporting, and help monitor releases to identify and address any emergent issues quickly.
  • Schedule and run regular triage reviews to ensure priority bugs and issues are scheduled and assigned so that tech debt is reduced.

Qualifications

• 2+ years working in a production role in mobile games; production experience in live game release cycle highly desired
• Practical knowledge of production life cycle from prototype to release
• Demonstrated experience in working with broad cross-functional teams.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills across all levels of an organization
• 1+ years managing game programs and projects using agile methodologies with a working understanding of other project management methodologies; ScrumMaster Certification a plus.

Nice to Have

• Bachelor’s degree in any number of related fields including (but not limited to) computer science, business planning, game production or equivalent experience

Big Huge Games is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.

Compensation Description for Pay Transparency (annually)

The base salary range for this position is $70,002 - $105,004 annually.

Our salary ranges are determined by market data based on position and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum salaries for that position. Where an individual’s pay falls within the range is determined by factors including, but not limited to, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

In some cases, compensation may fall outside of this range depending on factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

Originally operating as SecretNewCo, the company was founded in March of 2013 by a group of industry veterans (Civilization II, Rise of Nations, FrontierVille). Big Huge Games is dedicated to "Finding The Fun" through rapid prototyping and a focus on a great user experience. We're a small, passionate team of experienced game development veterans, proudly located just north of Baltimore, MD.

Summary of Position

Big Huge Games is looking for an experienced Senior Game Designer for our hit mobile free-to-play title DomiNations and future projects. The team at Big Huge Games is heir to a rich tradition of quality game development stretching back more than two decades.

Our headquarters are in Timonium, MD. While we prefer MD-based candidates, with mutual agreement, we can accommodate a remote work environment for candidates from the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New York, Oregon, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin.

Responsibilities

• Play and understand our games on a deep level

• Own large features and systems that contribute to the strategic vision for the game

• Work with other Designers and Product Managers to maintain game balance and pacing as we add new Ages & features

• Create detailed design specs for new gameplay features

• Work with a cross functional team to implement new gameplay features

• Mentor and guide junior designers

• Create, implement, and manage Events and Sales within the game

• Provide feedback on upcoming features and releases

• Become a sponge for ideas and feedback from players, as well as from the rest of the team

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience, with experience in free-to-play games

• A background in systems design, particularly with the iterative game development process

• In-depth understanding of the levers of live game economies, with emphasis on “combat city builder” genres

• The ability to work in a game engine and script/code

• Track record of success working in fast-paced environments with tight deadlines

• Ability to work in both individual and team settings

• Excellent organizational, communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills

Big Huge Games is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.

Compensation Description for Pay Transparency (annually)

The base salary range for this position is $79,200 - $118,800 annually.

Our salary ranges are determined by market data based on position and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum salaries for that position. Where an individual’s pay falls within the range is determined by factors including, but not limited to, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

In some cases, compensation may fall outside of this range depending on factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

Originally operating as SecretNewCo, the company was founded in March of 2013 by a group of industry veterans (Civilization II, Rise of Nations, FrontierVille). Big Huge Games is dedicated to "Finding The Fun" through rapid prototyping and a focus on a great user experience. We're a small, passionate team of experienced game development veterans, proudly located just north of Baltimore, MD.

Summary of Position

As a member of Big Huge Games you will be part of a highly skilled and innovative group that is responsible for creating world class mobile games. Candidates should combine strong programming skills with a passion for games, and the ability to work well with others. Your input and technical abilities will help contribute to our long-term development and direction.

You will be working closely with client, server and tool programmers, as well as other disciplines including Art, Design, Production, QA and Analytics. Your work will involve implementing new client, server or tools code in an efficient, robust and scalable manner, as well as bug fixing and optimizing for our target platforms. We want engineers that live and breathe code, yet can still operate and communicate effectively in a highly interactive environment.

Our headquarters are in Timonium, MD. While we prefer MD-based candidates, with mutual agreement, we can accommodate a remote work environment for candidates from the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New York, Oregon, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin.

Responsibilities

• Develop high quality tools and game features, by gathering requirements, designing solutions, implementing robust code, testing and debugging

• Create efficient, scalable, optimized code while working with 3rd party libraries and tools as needed

• Understand, conform and optimize for memory and performance limitations of target hardware.

• Participate in group collaboration and utilize engineering best practices, such as code reviews

• Work with all departments to ensure the best systems and tools to make our teams efficient and our games great

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent engineering track

• 2+ years experience in game development, software engineering or related industry

• Self-sufficient with the ability to estimate and prioritize tasks within overall team objectives

• Ability to learn, understand, and contribute to a large established code base

• Strong computer science fundamentals in object-oriented design, algorithms, and data structures

• Software engineering skills, including the ability to write maintainable and robust code

• Strong source control system knowledge, including Git or Perforce and Git Flow branching schemes

• Experience developing in and supporting all stages of the development lifecycle

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Excellent team and interpersonal skills a must

• Strong knowledge of C # / .Net Core

Nice to Have

• Understanding of caching and database technology, including Redis, Memcached, and MySQL

• Strong knowledge of Java, HTML/CSS, or JavaScript

• Expertise with full-stack development of game features, both client and server-side

• Familiarity with Server-authoritative architecture and programming model

• Experience developing a cross-platform mobile 2D strategy title (iOS/Android/Facebook)

• Familiarity with 2D games, including mobile and free to play model

• Unity3D Engine expertise

Big Huge Games is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.

Compensation Description for Pay Transparency (annually)

The base salary range for this position is $84,000 - $126,000 annually.

Our salary ranges are determined by market data based on position and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum salaries for that position. Where an individual’s pay falls within the range is determined by factors including, but not limited to, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

In some cases, compensation may fall outside of this range depending on factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

Originally operating as SecretNewCo, the company was founded in March of 2013 by a group of industry veterans (Civilization II, Rise of Nations, FrontierVille). Big Huge Games is dedicated to "Finding The Fun" through rapid prototyping and a focus on a great user experience. We're a small, passionate team of experienced game development veterans, proudly located just north of Baltimore, MD.

Summary of Position

We are looking for a User Acquisition Manager to join our marketing team as a campaign and monetization manager. We strive to build a strong, positive culture where team skills are valued as much as technical skills. We’re looking for candidates with experience supporting a high-quality product, using sustainable development practices and a continuous improvement mindset.

Your expertise will directly affect Big Huge Games’s growth strategy and success. The UA Manager executes and manages performance marketing campaigns for BHG’s games. This person must be creative, analytical, detail-oriented, and highly driven. They will develop, execute, analyze and optimize marketing campaigns; the ideal candidate will have experience in video game marketing-campaign management and insight into the mobile game industry.

Our headquarters are in Timonium, MD. While we prefer MD-based candidates, with mutual agreement, we can accommodate a remote work environment for candidates from the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New York, Oregon, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin.

Responsibilities

• Performance marketing campaign management and optimization for BHG’s current and future game titles
• Profitably manage sizable monthly spend through ownership of several key marketing channels such as Google Adwords, Facebook, ironSource, Vungle, Unity and others
• Act as a primary point of contact for advertising partners and troubleshoot any campaign issues
• Support, under manager supervision, in reporting, optimization and UA strategy, and provide data and analysis to manager for budget planning
• Find, vet, and test new traffic sources from start to finish
• Understand dashboards and reporting for Ad monetization and take actions where needed
• Work with Marketing Director to analyze user data and perform forward looking thought experiments about user cohorts
• Forecast expected revenue from user groups
• Set goals for JR team members and validate reporting
• Perform data analysis with Excel or SQL
• Manage insertion orders and partner legal documentation
• Own responsibility for campaigns that are running

Qualifications

• BA/BS (or equivalent training) in Marketing, Economics, Computer science or related field
• 2-4 years of performance advertising/marketing experience in digital marketing
• Experience in quantitative analysis/reporting, preferably in the gaming industry
• Demonstrated excellence in organizational skills, attention to detail and ability to multi-task
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Nice to Have

• 1+ years of marketing experience in mobile gaming or app space
• Understanding of game data and analytic suites

Big Huge Games is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.

Compensation Description for Pay Transparency (annually)

The base salary range for this position is $88,000 - $133,200 annually.

Our salary ranges are determined by market data based on position and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum salaries for that position. Where an individual’s pay falls within the range is determined by factors including, but not limited to, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

In some cases, compensation may fall outside of this range depending on factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work.