Remote Senior Action RPG Level Designer

Blackbird Interactive Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 81,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first studio

Flexible work arrangements

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Blackbird Interactive is seeking an experienced Senior Level Designer to craft high‑quality gameplay spaces for an action RPG focused on fast‑paced combat, exploration, and player progression. You will own levels end‑to‑end, from initial layout to final polish, working with design, art, narrative, audio, and engineering to realize the creative vision.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of game development experience, a track record of shipping titles, and strong hands‑on skills in level editing

Qualifications

• 8+ years of game development experience with strong level design credits.
• Shipped titles, including at least one in a senior or equivalent role.
• Ability to own complex levels from concept to polish.
• Deep understanding of action RPG level design, pacing, exploration, and progression.
• Hands-on level editing, scripting, and in-engine implementation; prototyping and debugging.
• Strong design judgment and collaborative communication.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with combat, systems, narrative, art, engineering, audio, and production to create levels aligned with the creative vision.
• Own levels end-to-end from layout and blockouts to encounters, traversal, pacing, and player flow.
• Design combat spaces for varied enemies, builds, abilities, and different approaches to combat.
• Create exploration through optional paths, secrets, storytelling, and rewards with clear navigation.
• Script and implement events, encounters, objectives, triggers, and environmental interactions in engine.
• Test and iterate using playtests to improve combat flow, pacing, readability, and replayability.

Skills

Level design

Gameplay scripting

In-engine work

Combat design

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in game design

Job description

Blackbird Interactive is seeking an experienced Senior Level Designer to craft high‑quality gameplay spaces for an action RPG focused on fast‑paced combat, exploration, and player progression. You will own levels end‑to‑end, from initial layout to final polish, working with design, art, narrative, audio, and engineering to realize the creative vision.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of game development experience, a track record of shipping titles, and strong hands‑on skills in level editing