Senior Level Designer

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Level Designer based in Canada.

• Collaborate with combat, systems, narrative, art, engineering, audio, and production teams to create levels that reinforce the game's creative vision and core gameplay pillars.
• Own levels end-to-end, from early concepts and layouts through blockouts, implementation, iteration, and final polish.
• Design engaging combat spaces that accommodate varied enemies, character builds, abilities, positioning strategies, and approaches to combat.
• Build compelling exploration experiences through optional paths, secrets, environmental storytelling, and meaningful rewards while maintaining intuitive navigation and progression.
• Design encounter pacing, traversal, player flow, environmental composition, and progression to create satisfying and memorable gameplay experiences.
• Script and implement gameplay events, objectives, triggers, encounters, and environmental interactions directly within the game engine.
• Prototype, test, debug, and iterate rapidly based on playtesting and feedback, improving combat flow, difficulty, pacing, readability, and replayability.
• Independently identify and solve complex level design challenges while balancing creative goals, gameplay quality, technical constraints, and production requirements.
• Apply strong design judgment throughout development and contribute to establishing and maintaining a high quality standard for playable content.

• 8+ years of professional game development experience, including significant experience designing and implementing levels for action, RPG, or combat-focused games.
• Experience shipping multiple game titles, including at least one project in a senior or equivalent level design position.
• Demonstrated ability to independently take complex levels from initial concept and blockout through implementation, iteration, and final polish.
• Strong understanding of action RPG level design principles, including combat spaces, encounter pacing, exploration, progression, player guidance, navigation, and replayability.
• Strong hands-on experience with level editors, gameplay scripting, and in-engine implementation, with the ability to prototype, debug, test, and iterate efficiently.
• Strong design instincts and judgment, with the ability to make thoughtful decisions that balance player experience, creative direction, technical limitations, and production realities.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience working effectively across multidisciplinary development teams.
• Passion for action RPGs featuring combat, character builds, loot, progression, and exploration.
• Experience designing for an isometric or elevated gameplay camera, including an understanding of its effects on combat readability, navigation, spatial composition, and player awareness, is an asset.
• Experience creating replayable content that supports different character builds, abilities, difficulty settings, or repeated playthroughs is an asset.
• Strong understanding of systemic combat and how level geometry, enemy composition, hazards, and interactive elements can combine to create varied encounters.
• Experience designing dungeons, interconnected environments, procedural or modular content, or other repeatable gameplay spaces is a plus.
• Strong instincts for environmental storytelling, gameplay readability, polish, and identifying opportunities to improve player experiences through iteration.
• Must be legally eligible to work in Canada and currently reside within Canada.

• Annual salary of $115,000–$149,500, depending on experience, skills, and qualifications.
• Remote-first workplace offering flexible working arrangements.
• Opportunity to work on an ambitious action RPG with a strong focus on combat, character progression, exploration, and replayability.
• Significant ownership and creative influence over levels and gameplay experiences from conception through final polish.
• Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams spanning design, engineering, art, narrative, audio, and production.
• Opportunity to work alongside experienced game developers and contribute to a high quality bar for playable content.
• Long-term career development opportunities within a creative and independent game development environment.
• Exposure to a broad range of gameplay and design challenges, with opportunities to develop expertise across multiple areas of level design.