Senior Videogame Designer shaping gameplay, systems, mechanics, levels, and UX for Seismic Squirrel’s narrative - driven RPGs. Collaborating remotely across design, engineering, art, writing, and testing teams.
About the role
- Senior Level Designer creating combat spaces and multiplayer environments for Blackbird Interactive’s third-person action game. Owning levels from blockout through implementation, iteration, and polish.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with game design, art, engineering, and production to support and implement the established creative vision
- Work within production schedules and constraints, implementing level content iteratively while communicating risks and dependencies
- Design and build levels end-to-end, including layout, combat spaces, traversal, pacing, player flow, and objective placement
- Create engaging multiplayer environments supporting varied combat scenarios, player strategies, and balanced gameplay
- Script and implement gameplay events, encounters, objectives, triggers, and environmental interactions
- Test, debug, and iterate on levels, resolving navigation, combat balance, player flow, readability, progression, and edge-case issues
- Respond to feedback and refine layouts, combat spaces, and pacing
- Maintain understanding of core gameplay systems and adjust layouts for multiple playstyles, team dynamics, and systemic gameplay
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of experience contributing to game development, focused on level design for action, multiplayer, or combat-focused games
- Experience shipping at least one title, ideally a multiplayer action or third-person game
- Understanding of the full content lifecycle from implementation through polish
- Hands-on experience with Unreal Engine 5, including in-engine level editing tools, Blueprint scripting, and gameplay workflows
- Ability to build, implement, debug, and iterate on gameplay spaces
- Ability to work independently, manage tasks, iterate on feedback, and solve implementation challenges
- Strong collaboration and communication skills across design, art, engineering, audio, and production
- Strong understanding of combat space design, player navigation, encounter pacing, gameplay readability, and multiplayer level flow
- Legally eligible to work in Canada and residing within Canada
Benefits
- Remote-first workplace
- Flexible work arrangements
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