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title: 'Level Designer at Spyke Games'
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# Level Designer at Spyke Games

- **Company:** Spyke Games
- **Location:** Istanbul, Turkey
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2022-11-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/spyke-games/13e16ba5-0bc9-4d0a-8e0d-7c101ba46657

## Job description

## About Spyke Games

We are a leading mobile gaming company founded by gaming veterans who have built and scaled massive gaming businesses for the past decade.

We want to build the next generation of mobile game franchises to be played by millions of people around the globe for years. We are bringing together the smartest, the most talented and ‘fun to work with’ group of people united around this single mission. Fostered with team spirit and collaboration, we strive to create a passionate, energetic and eager to learn “geek” culture focused on games.

We’re looking for a talented Level Designer to help us continue building world-class games and forever franchises. In this role, you will be working in a fast-paced, hyper-growth environment with some of the most creative minds in the industry. You will act as the focal point between engineering, art and growth teams, while driving the product development process forward with each game you’re involved with.

Job Responsibilities

- Create, test, optimize and finetune new and existing game levels to create a highly engaging game flow for our audiences.
- Uniquely blend analytical testing and creativity to create unforgettable gaming experiences.
- Contribute to creative discussions around game design and future feature development.
- Make proposals to improve our internal level design procedures, tools and processes.

Job Requirements

- Bachelor degree
- Value for teamwork
- Desire to work in a fast-paced, high-intensity learning environment
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Minimum a year of level design experience
- Analytical mindset and a passion for games!

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## About Spyke Games

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Spyke Games is a mobile gaming company that creates casual puzzle games with a focus on high retention and rapid development cycles.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A; total funding $110M)
- **Headquarters**: Istanbul, Turkey
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Rina Onur (CEO), Remi Onur (COO), Barkin Basaran (CPO), Fuat Coşkun (CTO), Mithat Madra (CMO)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Mobile gaming (casual puzzle games)
- Target customers: B2C (mobile gamers, free-to-play with in-app purchases)
- Mission: “When talented people unite around a single mission and are given the freedom to operate, something magical happens. The end result is the creation of games that will be played for years to come.”

## Products & Services
- **Tile Busters**: A free-to-play puzzle game combining tile matching, sudoku, and mahjong elements (launched 2023).
- **Blitz Busters**: A 3D variation of the tile-matching puzzle game.
- **Royal Riches**: A social casual mobile game.
- **Yarn Loop**: A yarn-puzzle game.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of $5M (latest reported); total funding $110M across three rounds.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Griffin Gaming Partners (led $55M seed round), Moon Active (led $50M Series A), Endeavor Outliers, Endeavor Turkey.
- **Growth Signals**: 1800% annual revenue growth from 2021 to 2023; 89 employees (+14.1% YoY); three times higher 7-day retention than the top 25% of casual games; developed an internal tool that reduced game development cycles from 12 months to 3–4 months.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Speed of iteration**: Proprietary tooling cuts game development time by ~70%, enabling rapid testing and launch.
- **AI-driven personalization**: Uses AI to predict player behavior and dynamically adjust in-game experiences, boosting retention.
- **Ad-light monetization**: Shows fewer ads than competitors; relies more on in-app purchases, leading to higher player satisfaction and retention.
- **Founding team pedigree**: Co-founders previously built Peak Games (acquired by Zynga for $1.8B), bringing deep industry connections and proven execution.

## Strategic Focus
- Building “forever franchises” – games designed to retain players over years.
- Expanding portfolio to 4–5 core titles while maintaining fast development cycles.
- Leveraging AI further to optimize player experience and monetization.
- Strengthening local talent retention in Turkey while attracting global talent.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes creativity, innovation, and freedom to operate. Co-founders are hands-on and focused on replicating the successful culture of Peak Games.
- **Work model**: Mix of on-site (Istanbul HQ) and remote roles (e.g., Performance Marketing Specialist, Product Manager, Game Developer) – check specific job postings.
- **Engineering & tech stack**: Unity, C#, Python, Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, Redis, Google Cloud Platform, Firebase, Tableau, Looker, and more. Strong backend and data science teams.
- **Growth trajectory**: Rapidly scaling company with aggressive revenue targets through 2027.
- **Perks**: Not extensively documented, but the company invests in employee development and local talent. Office located in Şişli, Istanbul.
- **Considerations**: Employee rating of 2.9/5 (based on 7 reviews) – work-life balance rated 2.4, culture 2.5; may reflect growing pains of a fast-scaling startup.

## Sources
1. [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/spyke-games)
2. [CBInsights](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/spyke-games)
3. [Built In](https://builtin.com/company/spyke-games)
4. [Endeavor](https://endeavor.org/stories/behind-the-curtain-why-we-selected-turkish-startup-spyke-games/)
5. [Lever Jobs](https://jobs.lever.co/spyke-games)

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