Senior Level Designer (Call of Duty)

Location: Middleton, Wisconsin, United States; onsite four days per week

Salary: $82,240–$152,160 annual base pay in the U.S.; incentive compensation may also apply.

Company

hirify.global develops and publishes interactive entertainment franchises including Call of Duty, Crash Bandicoot, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, and Guitar Hero.

What you will do

• Design, build, and polish single-player campaign levels from concept through final implementation.
• Create gameplay spaces supporting combat, traversal, exploration, narrative, and cinematic moments.
• Design encounters with varied pacing, challenge, player choice, and progression.
• Implement mission gameplay using proprietary scripting and design tools; prototype and debug encounters and mechanics.
• Playtest missions and iterate based on usability feedback, design reviews, and QA findings.
• Collaborate with mission design, art, narrative, engineering, animation, audio, production, QA, and external partners.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional game development experience as a single-player level designer or gameplay designer.
• At least three shipped AAA console or PC titles, including two in a level design capacity.
• Experience designing and implementing FPS gameplay and owning content from concept through final polish.
• Strong understanding of geometry building, level flow, layout, pacing, encounter design, combat flow, navigation, and player guidance.
• Strong gameplay scripting, debugging, documentation, communication, and cross-disciplinary collaboration skills.
• Ability to work onsite in the Middleton, Wisconsin office four days per week.

Nice to have

• Experience with visual scripting tools such as Blueprint, Kismet, Bolt, or equivalent.
• Experience with cinematic scripting, narrative-driven gameplay, AI encounter design, gameplay prototyping, or progression systems.
• Experience mentoring junior designers and working with proprietary engines on large AAA teams.
• Knowledge of Call of Duty campaign gameplay, pacing, and mission design.
• Familiarity with Photoshop, Illustrator, or equivalent visual content creation tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, respectful, low-ego environment focused on the game and player experience.
• Medical, dental, vision, health spending, life, disability, and related insurance programs.
• 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, and charitable donation matching.
• Paid holidays, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, parental leave, and bereavement leave.
• Mental health, wellbeing, fitness, free and discounted games, and other voluntary benefits.
• Relocation assistance may be available if the company requires a geographic move for the job.