Senior Level Designer (AAA FPS)

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

Salary: $82,240–$152,160 annual base pay, plus potential incentive compensation.

Company

hirify.global develops and publishes interactive entertainment franchises, including Call of Duty, through large-scale game development teams.

What you will do

• Design, build, prototype, and polish single-player campaign levels from concept through final release.
• Create gameplay spaces supporting combat, traversal, exploration, narrative, cinematic moments, pacing, and player choice.
• Implement mission gameplay with proprietary scripting and design tools, then debug and iterate through playtests and design reviews.
• Collaborate with mission designers, artists, narrative, engineering, animation, audio, production, QA, and external partners.
• Document missions, encounters, scripting, and implementation details through briefs, presentations, diagrams, and visual references.
• Mentor teammates and help maintain the quality, immersion, and player-first focus of campaign missions.

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 with level design responsibilities.
• Strong experience designing and implementing FPS gameplay, including geometry, flow, layout, navigation, combat, pacing, encounters, and player guidance.
• Strong gameplay scripting, implementation, debugging, documentation, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Experience owning gameplay content from concept through final polish.
• Ability to work onsite in Middleton, Wisconsin, 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 player 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, healthcare 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, gaming, legal service, and identity protection programs.
• Relocation assistance may be available when the company requires a geographic move for the role.