Level Designer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Design, script, and implement quests, missions, and gameplay events from inception to final polish, encompassing objectives, triggers, fail states, rewards, and branching conditions.

• Utilize Unreal Engine 5 for direct in-engine building and iteration, demonstrating strong hands-on expertise in Blueprints for gameplay scripting, mission logic, and event flow.

• Assist in the development of scripted sequences, cinematic moments, AI encounters, and interactive mission elements using Blueprints and, when necessary, Sequencer.

• Create and uphold mission flow documentation, scripting briefs, and implementation notes that clearly articulate objective structure, event conditions, dependencies, and anticipated outcomes.

• Collaborate with narrative, systems, engineering, art, QA, and production teams to ensure missions are functional, comprehensible, and aligned with overarching gameplay objectives.

• Aid in the creation and maintenance of recurring mission content, rotating objectives, and other player-facing live content structures as applicable.

• Conduct playtesting and iterate on pacing, clarity, challenge, and usability based on team feedback, player behavior, and quality benchmarks.

• Assist in identifying, triaging, and resolving scripting issues, broken triggers, edge cases, quest blockers, and live player-impacting bugs.

• Maintain clean, understandable, and sustainable Blueprint logic that facilitates long-term updates and collaboration across the team.

• Engage in light scripting in C++ as necessary, particularly in support of implementation hooks and collaboration with engineering teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• 3+ years of professional experience in level design, quest design, or mission scripting.

• Proficient in Unreal Engine 5, with practical implementation experience in building gameplay content directly in-engine.

• Strong working knowledge of Blueprints for scripting logic, triggers, mission flow, and interactive events.

• Ability to assist or work with light scripting in C++ in conjunction with engineering when implementation necessitates it.

• At least one shipped title where you designed and implemented missions, quests, or scripted gameplay content.

• Solid understanding of player flow, narrative pacing, gameplay readability, and objective-driven content design.

• Experience in designing conditional or branching content, including optional objectives, fail states, and recovery paths.

• Excellent communication and documentation skills, with the capacity to create implementation-ready design materials.

• Collaborative working style and comfort in providing and receiving feedback across disciplines.

🏝️ Benefits

• 26 days of leave throughout the year (accrued with tenure and company downtime during holiday periods).

• Engaging and challenging tasks – tackle diverse and complex issues while interacting with colleagues and our partners.

• Flexible working conditions – remote work with the ability to customize your workday and hours.

• Opportunity to work in a highly professional and dynamic team on a variety of International Game Production projects, attractive remuneration package, and chances for professional development.