Senior Level Designer - Remote Multiplayer Action

Blackbird Interactive Inc.; Airdrie; Remote; CAD 115,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackbird Interactive is seeking an experienced Senior Level Designer to craft and deliver high-quality gameplay spaces for a third-person multiplayer action game. You will own levels end-to-end, from concept and blockout through iteration and polish, collaborating across design, art, engineering, and production.

You will design combat spaces that support multiple playstyles, ensure readable navigation, pacing, and replayability, and work in a remote-first studio with flexible schedules to help

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience contributing to game development with a focus on level design for action or multiplayer games
• Experience shipping at least one title, ideally a multiplayer action or third-person game
• Hands-on experience with Unreal Engine 5 and in-engine level editing, Blueprint scripting, and workflows

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with design, art, engineering, and production to implement the established creative vision, raising questions or inconsistencies as they arise during development
• Design and build levels end-to-end, including layout, combat spaces, traversal, pacing, player flow, and objective placement
• Create engaging multiplayer environments that support varied combat scenarios, multiple player strategies, and balanced gameplay experiences
• Script and implement gameplay events, encounters, objectives, triggers, and environmental interactions that support gameplay and replayability
• Test, debug, and iterate on levels regularly, identifying and resolving issues related to navigation, combat balance, player flow, readability, progression, and edge cases
• Respond constructively to feedback, refining layouts, combat spaces, and pacing to improve gameplay quality, balance, and player experience
• Maintain an understanding of core gameplay systems and how they interact with level design, adjusting layouts to support multiple playstyles, team dynamics, and systemic gameplay

Skills

Level design

Multiplayer design

Gameplay balance

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Blueprint scripting

Job description

Blackbird Interactive is seeking an experienced Senior Level Designer to craft and deliver high-quality gameplay spaces for a third-person multiplayer action game. You will own levels end-to-end, from concept and blockout through iteration and polish, collaborating across design, art, engineering, and production.

You will design combat spaces that support multiple playstyles, ensure readable navigation, pacing, and replayability, and work in a remote-first studio with flexible schedules to help