Senior Level Designer (4-Month Contract)

• A minimum of 8 years of game development experience, with significant experience designing and implementing levels for action, RPG, or combat focused games
• Experience shipping multiple titles, including at least one in a senior or equivalent level design role
• Proven ability to independently own complex levels from initial concept and blockout through implementation, iteration, and final polish
• Strong understanding of action RPG level design, including combat spaces, encounter pacing, exploration, progression, player guidance, and replayability
• Strong hands-on experience with level editing, gameplay scripting, and in-engine implementation, with the ability to prototype, debug, and iterate quickly
• Strong design judgment, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to balance gameplay quality, creative goals, technical constraints, and production realities

Pluses

• Passion for action RPGs centered on combat, character builds, loot, progression, and exploration
• Experience designing levels for an isometric or elevated gameplay camera, with an understanding of its impact on combat readability, navigation, and composition
• Experience creating replayable content that supports different character builds, abilities, difficulty levels, or repeated playthroughs
• Appreciation for systemic combat and how level geometry, enemy composition, hazards, and interactive elements combine to create varied encounters
• Experience designing dungeons, interconnected environments, procedural or modular level content, or other repeatable gameplay spaces
• Strong instincts for environmental storytelling, gameplay readability, polish, and identifying opportunities to improve the player experience through iteration