[Hiring] Level Designer @Side

Role Description

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.

• 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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Company Description

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