Level Designer

tobspr Games GmbH; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully Remote in Germany

Flexible working hours

Paid overtime

Ergonomic setup budget

Personal growth allowance

Focus days for learning

Yearly team gathering

Salary review with 2% annual increase

Hardware & home office budget (€2,000+

Job Ticket in Germany

Job summary

tobspr Games GmbH is seeking a Senior Level Designer to craft and fill the expansive open world of our next factory game in Unreal Engine 5. You will shape exploration spaces, storytelling, and player factory-building moments, as the first designer on the new team.

You will ship levels, iterate through playtests, and collaborate with design, art, and engineering to optimize tools and performance. Fully remote within Germany with flexible hours and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Shipped level or world design on an open-world or large-environment game.
• Portfolio showing blockout to final process.
• Clear communication and documentation.
• Experience with PCG, World Partition or Blueprints.

Responsibilities

• Own the entire level design for the whole game.
• Create exploration spaces, points of interest and environmental storytelling.
• Shape where and how players build their factories.
• Work with design, art and engineering on tools, workflows and performance.
• Playtest and iterate.

Skills

Level design

Exploration design

Communication

Playtesting

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Blueprints

World Partition

PCG

Job description

About the role

We're looking for a Senior Level Designer to build and fill the large open world of our next factory game in Unreal Engine 5.

The world needs to be rewarding to explore and give players great places to build. Over the course of the game, the world also changes visibly in response to what the player does.

You'll be the first level designer on a new game team. No factory game experience required.

What You'll Do

• Own the entire level design for the whole game
• Create exploration spaces, points of interest and environmental storytelling
• Shape where and how players build their factories
• Work with design, art and engineering on tools, workflows and performance
• Playtest and iterate

What We're Looking For

• Shipped level or world design on an open-world or large-environment game
• Strong Unreal Engine 5 editor skills
• A portfolio that shows your process from blockout to final
• Clear communication and documentation
• Experience with PCG, World Partition or Blueprints
• A good understanding of artistic fundamentals for set dressing

In addition, you may have:

• Experience with survival, exploration or simulation games
• An interest in factory games

What We Offer

• Fully Remote: We employ directly inside Germany
• Flexible working hours!
• Paid overtime, on the rare occasions it happens
• An office budget to ensure you have the ergonomic setup and hardware you need to work comfortably
• A monthly personal growth allowance for courses, books or other learning material
• Focus days to research or learn new skills
• A yearly team gathering to meet and collaborate in person
• A yearly salary review to keep your pay in line with the market, and an automatic increase of 2% per year
• Hardware & home office budget (2.000€ when joining, then 1.000€ yearly).
• Job Ticket (if you live in Germany).