Remote Open-World Level Designer for Dragonwilds

Jagex: The RuneScape Company; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Healthcare (including Dental)

Discretionary annual performance bonus

Pension contributions (minimum 6%)

Life Insurance

Enhanced family leave policies fromDay

Flexible working hours

Job summary

Jagex: The RuneScape Company is seeking a Mid-Level Level Designer to craft immersive, open-world spaces and engaging quests for the Ashenfall continent. The role combines narrative pacing, level design, and combat tuning, with collaboration across art and design teams.

This 22-month fixed-term contract will be employed directly by Jagex with full benefits, offering predominantly remote work and onsite attendance as required, within comfortable commuting distance of Cambridge, UK.

Qualifications

• Proven quest design experience across gameplay beats, narrative pacing, and player-facing logic — open-world or multiplayer context a strong plus.
• Hands-on experience blocking out open-world environments, with a clear understanding of how space drives player behaviour and exploration.
• Practical background designing combat encounter spaces — enemy placement, sightlines, and arena flow that make fights readable and rewarding.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop quests from concept to completion, creating engaging narratives and gameplay hooks that motivate players.
• Layout open-world spaces to encourage natural exploration and support both solo and multiplayer gameplay while maintaining environmental storytelling.
• Design and tune combat encounters by placing enemies and shaping arenas for rewarding melee and ranged combat experiences.
• Collaborate with artists and designers to deliver cohesive and polished game elements.
• Script quest logic, NPC dialogue, and events using Unreal Engine 5 Blueprints and proprietary tools.
• Document designs, identify tooling needs, and iterate based on feedback, promoting clear communication and rapid improvement.

Skills

Quest design

Open-world design

Level design

Unreal Engine 5 (Blueprints)

Narrative pacing

Gameplay scripting

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Job description

Jagex: The RuneScape Company is seeking a Mid-Level Level Designer to craft immersive, open-world spaces and engaging quests for the Ashenfall continent. The role combines narrative pacing, level design, and combat tuning, with collaboration across art and design teams.

This 22-month fixed-term contract will be employed directly by Jagex with full benefits, offering predominantly remote work and onsite attendance as required, within comfortable commuting distance of Cambridge, UK.