Senior Level Designer (Action RPG)

Location: Remote, but candidates must reside in Canada and be legally eligible to work in Canada.

Company

hirify.global is developing an action RPG focused on fast-paced combat, character progression, exploration, and replayability.

What you will do

• Design and own levels end-to-end, from layouts and blockouts through implementation, iteration, and polish.
• Create combat spaces and encounters supporting varied enemies, character builds, abilities, positioning, and combat approaches.
• Build exploration through optional paths, secrets, environmental storytelling, clear navigation, and meaningful rewards.
• Script and implement gameplay events, objectives, triggers, and environmental interactions directly in the game engine.
• Test, debug, and iterate on levels using playtest feedback to improve combat flow, difficulty, pacing, readability, and replayability.
• Collaborate with combat, systems, narrative, art, engineering, audio, production, and leadership to align content with the creative vision.

Requirements

• Must reside in Canada and be legally eligible to work in Canada.
• At least 8 years of game development experience, including significant level design and implementation experience in action, RPG, or combat-focused games.
• Experience shipping multiple titles, including at least one senior or equivalent level design role.
• Ability to independently own complex levels from concept and blockout through implementation, iteration, and final polish.
• Strong understanding of action RPG level design, combat spaces, encounter pacing, exploration, progression, player guidance, and replayability.
• Hands-on experience with level editing, gameplay scripting, in-engine implementation, prototyping, debugging, communication, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Nice to have

• Experience designing for isometric or elevated gameplay cameras.
• Experience creating replayable content for different character builds, abilities, difficulty levels, or repeated playthroughs.
• Experience designing dungeons, interconnected environments, procedural or modular content, or repeatable gameplay spaces.
• Understanding of systemic combat, environmental storytelling, gameplay readability, and iterative polish.

Culture & Benefits

• Temporary full-time employment for a four-month contract.
• Remote workplace arrangement.
• Cross-functional collaboration across design, art, narrative, audio, engineering, and production.