Unreal Engine Level Designer

TL;DR

Unreal Engine Level Designer (Unreal Engine 4): Creating landscapes and building interiors for an in-development open-world RPG in Unreal Engine 4 with an accent on detailed level construction, asset/resourcefulness, and pipeline communication. Focus on optimizing environments with LODs, using Houdini tools when needed, and coordinating with 3D artists through an English-speaking Slack workflow.

Location: Remote development team (central office address provided; no relocation is necessary)

Company

hirify.global is a volunteer-based, all-online, global game development team building an in-development indie open-world RPG using Unreal Engine 4.

What you will do

• Create landscapes and building interiors based on concepts and layouts in Unreal Engine 4.
• Build and iterate on environments while managing and reusing assets efficiently.
• Use Houdini tools (recommended) to support procedural development workflows for Unreal Engine.
• Optimize levels using LODs (Level of Detail).
• Communicate clearly with team members, including 3D artists, to coordinate required assets.
• Follow team policies and attend meetings via Slack.

Requirements

• Ability to create detailed landscapes and building interiors in Unreal Engine 4.
• Ability to optimize environments using LODs (Level of Detail).
• English fluency is required for clear communication with the English-speaking team.
• Ability to run Unreal Engine 4 and download at least 25 GB of game files (Git pull) with sufficient disk space and internet speed.

Nice to have

• Houdini experience for procedural development tools used in Unreal Engine.
• Unreal Engine 4 Blueprint Scripting experience.
• Quixel Megascans experience.
• Heightmap development and asset library usage experience.
• Comfort with teaching and supporting more junior team members.

Culture & Benefits

• Completely remote development team; no relocation required.
• English-speaking team with communication through Slack.
• Volunteer role with team orientation and shared policies.
• Opportunity to support junior members if comfortable with teaching.