Level Designer

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

📋 Description

• Collaborate with level design leadership to establish objectives, desired player experience, and quality standards for designated content.

• Design, block out, implement, and refine open-world locations and points of interest using Unreal Engine 5.

• Create gameplay environments that facilitate exploration, traversal, encounters, puzzles, pacing, challenges, and environmental storytelling.

• Utilize Blueprint and project-specific tools to implement objectives, triggers, encounter logic, scripted behaviors, state changes, and other interactive elements.

• Position, configure, and adjust enemies, NPCs, gameplay objects, and environmental components.

• Collaborate with design, engineering, art, production, QA, and partner teams.

• Participate in playtests and design reviews, iterating based on feedback received.

• Create and maintain documentation, layout callouts, encounter notes, task updates, and acceptance criteria.

• Ensure organized content, adherence to naming conventions, source control practices, and overall level hygiene.

• Identify risks, blockers, and dependencies, adapting to shifting priorities or creative direction.

• Develop open-world content for a prominent AAA action-adventure title within a legendary franchise as part of a co-development team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Level Designer I candidates should typically possess two or more years of relevant professional experience.

• Level Designer II candidates should generally have five or more years of relevant professional experience.

• Professional experience in designing and implementing gameplay spaces in Unreal Engine 5 or a similar modern game engine.

• Practical experience utilizing Blueprint or comparable visual scripting tools.

• Strong understanding of level design principles, including spatial composition, navigation, gameplay flow, sightlines, traversal, pacing, readability, and player guidance.

• Experience in creating encounters, puzzles, activities, or other interactive content in both authored and open-world environments.

• Ability to work with AI behaviors, gameplay objects, scripted events, triggers, and environmental content.

• Strong creative problem-solving abilities and capacity to iterate within technical, production, and scope constraints.

• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the capability to collaborate across disciplines and with external development partners.

• Familiarity with Perforce, Jira, Confluence, or equivalent tools.

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail in a fast-paced, distributed development setting.

• Level Designer II candidates should have contributed to at least two shipped AA or AAA projects.

• A portfolio showcasing level layouts, playable spaces, blockouts, or completed level-design work is preferred.

• Experience in developing open-world action-adventure content, traversal challenges, environmental puzzles, and AAA full or co-development environments is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.

• 401K plan with employer matching.

• Employer-paid Life Insurance Policy.

• Generous Paid Time Off.

• 18-20 Paid Company Holidays.

• Relocation assistance.

• Paid Parental Leave.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Discounts for Fitness Club memberships.

• Sponsorship for Sports Teams.

• Annual Company Events.

• Project Wrap Parties.

• Flexible work location options: remote, in-office, or hybrid.

• Potential for extension or conversion to regular full-time employment after six months.