# Level Designer

**Company:** [Side](https://jobs.workable.com/companies/ryEW8icxs3mdwJYB31Ab5U.md)
**Location:** Remote
**Workplace:** remote
**Employment type:** Contract
**Department:** CoDev

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## Description

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-   **Strong speaking skills/proactive communication in English is necessary - only CVs/resumes in English will be considered**
-   **European time-zone coverage/embedded in Sweden time zone is essential**

At Side, we partner with some of the world's leading developers and publishers to solve complex production challenges and help bring exceptional games to life. From concept through live operations, our co-development teams work as trusted extensions of our clients' studios, contributing expertise across design, engineering, art, audio, QA, and production.

We’re looking for an experienced **Level Designer** who can take ownership of gameplay spaces and create engaging, immersive experiences for players. The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of Unreal Engine 5 and first-person action gameplay, player flow, combat encounters, exploration, and modular level design that supports procedural generation and replayability.

## Requirements

**What you will do:**

-   Experienced Level Designer capable of taking ownership of a gameplay space.
-   Strong understanding of first-person action gameplay, player flow, combat spaces, exploration, and encounter design.
-   Ability to work within established gameplay rules, metrics, and production guidelines.
-   Experience creating modular levels that can support procedural generation and replayability.
-   Comfortable collaborating closely with Level Art, Environment Art, Design, and Production teams.
-   Strong Unreal Engine 5 proficiency, including level assembly, greyboxing, gameplay implementation, and iteration.
-   Ability to communicate clearly, incorporate feedback quickly, and maintain production quality standards.
-   Experience building large landmark or destination-style spaces that serve as key player objectives and points of interest.
-   Excellent speaking communication skills in English.

**What we are looking for:**

-   Previous experience designing and building levels for action, RPG, co-op, or first-person games.
-   Proven track record creating playable greyboxes/blockouts that successfully transition into final production content.
-   Experience working with modular kits and level-building systems.
-   Understanding of procedural content generation workflows and how level design supports randomized gameplay experiences.
-   Solid knowledge of level metrics, navigation, sightlines, combat pacing, and player guidance.
-   Proficiency with Unreal Engine, ideally Unreal Engine 5.
-   Experience working within multidisciplinary development teams and following established production pipelines.
-   Shipped title experience or substantial production experience on PC/console game projects is strongly preferred.

**Nice to haves:**

-   Co-op multiplayer game development.
-   Dark fantasy, RPG, or dungeon/environment-focused level design.
-   Experience designing content intended for repeatable runs and live-service style replayability.
-   Familiarity with performance considerations and gameplay-driven environment construction.

## Benefits

-   Competitive Salary.
-   Dynamic, multicultural and fun environment.
-   You will be working for the world's leading provider of game services.
-   We empower our people and offer regular progression opportunities to ensure our employees flourish.

**About Side**

_Side (formerly PTW) is a global video game development and services provider, offering technical and creative solutions to many of the largest developers and studios around the world. Founded in 2009 and drawing on 30+ years' experience from our parent company in Japan, Side has since grown to become a global force with 20 studios in 14 countries across North America, Europe, South America, and Asia._ 

_Our industry-leading services include game development, art production, audio production, quality assurance, localization, localization QA, player support, community management, and datasets._ 

_Experience our side of life. For more information, visit_ [**www.side.inc**](https://www.side.inc)