Level Designer

GoHiring GmbH; München; Remote; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Fully Remote within Germany

Flexible working hours

Paid overtime

Ergonomic setup budget

Personal growth allowance

Focus days for learning

Yearly team gathering

2% annual pay raise

Hardware & home office budget (2.000€,

Job Ticket

Zusammenfassung

GoHiring GmbH is seeking a Senior Level Designer to craft the large open world for our upcoming factory game in Unreal Engine 5. You will be the first level designer on a new game team, shaping exploration spaces and environmental storytelling, with no prior factory game experience required.

You will collaborate with design, art and engineering to build tools, workflows and performance, while playtesting and iterating to refine the game world.

Qualifikationen

• 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.

Aufgaben

• 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.

Kenntnisse

Shipped level/world design

Unreal Engine 5 editor

Portfolio demonstrating process

Clear communication

PCG/World Partition/Blueprints

Set dressing fundamentals

Tools

Unreal Engine 5 Editor

Blueprints

Jobbeschreibung

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.

Your responsibilities

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.

• 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 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

You will likely have:

• 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).

About us

We are a small indie studio that makes factory and automation games. We started with web games and found our success on PC. Our current 17 staff come from 5 continents, with a diverse range of experiences and backgrounds. We value direct communication and ownership over bureaucracy. We design for our players, in close collaboration with our community.

We work completely remote and in English; professional working proficiency is enough. We have critical meetings and collaborate with other staff during CET core working hours (approx. 11:00-15:00).

We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, genders, ages, abilities and identities, and we evaluate everyone on the same criteria.