Level Designer

confidential; United States; Remote; USD 50,000 - 61,000; Part time

Job summary

Affray Interactive LLC is seeking a Level Designer contractor to work on SCP: 5K, a horror-focused tactical shooter currently on Steam in early access. The role is remote, 40 hours per week, with a Oct 2026–Jan 2027 term. Unreal 4 experience is required, and candidates in US time zones are preferred for collaboration.

The successful candidate will mentor other designers to elevate horror within FPS levels and collaborate across departments to maintain the level creation pipeline.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional Level Design experience with a focus in horror.
• Proven experience making FPS levels with examples of your work during grayboxing phase.
• Proven track record using problem-solving skills to resolve development issues.
• Strong documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with other level designers to inject horror moments into levels.
• Create levels that revolve around horror and tension.
• Create interior-based areas that are exciting and navigable via Greybox and playtesting; iterate after feedback.
• Mentor other level designers in horror design.
• Collaborate with Environment Art and QA to shepherd levels through the creation pipeline.
• Communicate progress to lead and director on level design tasks.

Skills

Horror level design

FPS level design

Strong collaboration

Mentoring other designers

Education

3+ years professional level design

Tools

Unreal Engine 4

Job description

Title: Level Designer

Status: Contractor

Rate: $4500/month - 5500/month

Expected Hours: 40 hrs/week

Term: Oct 2026 - January 2027

Affray Interactive is a fully-remote office with flexible core hours.

Salary is negotiable within the range listed based on experience.

Affray Interactive believes in equal-opportunity employment. We aim to create a fair, transparent, and secure hiring process for all. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status such as disability, age, marital and family status, sexual orientation and gender identity, health status, economic and social situation.

AFFRAY LEVEL DESIGNER

Affray Interactive LLC is looking for a level designer to join the team.

This level designer will be working on our horror, tactical shooter FPS SCP: 5K, available now on Steam in early access.

This is a limited term contractor position (40hrs per week).

See below for salary and benefits information.

Unreal 4 experience is required, as we're looking for a candidate who can hit the ground running!

We're looking for candidates in a US time zone for ease of collaboration and teamwork.

Horror is a focus for this position, and you should expect to mentor and work with other level designers to elevate the horror experience of SCP:5K.

THE WORK YOU WILL BE DOING

• Work with other level designers to inject horror-moments into their levels
• Create levels that revolve around horror and tension
• Create primarily interior-based areas that are both exciting and easy to navigate through Greybox and playtest your level, receive feedback, and work thoughtfully to implement feedback
• Mentor other level designers in horror design
• Collaborate seamlessly with other departments in the creation and maintaining of levels
• Communicate frequently with the lead and director on progress of level design tasks
• Be comfortable on working on multiple levels at the same time, switching as necessary
• Follow company organizational best practices while working in the project
• Work closely with other departments like Environment Art and QA as your level is shepherded through the level creation pipeline

WHAT YOU SHOULD BRING TO THE TABLE

• Passion for both tactical shooter and horror level design
• Exceptional interpersonal skills: Communication, giving plus receiving feedback, learning from mistakes, and meeting deadlines are key
• 3+ years of professional Level Design experience with a focus in horror
• Proven experience making FPS levels with examples of your work in the documenting phase through greyboxing
• Proven track record using problem-solving skills to solve issues that arise during development
• Strong documentation skills

NICE TO HAVES

• Experience of Blueprints in Unreal
• Prior experience melding tactical shooter gameplay and Horror
• Experience with Co-op game design
• Experience with Jira for task tracking and bug fixing
• Experience with markdown based software