Game Designer

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential game development studio in Canada seeking a talented Game Designer to join their team. As part of a global network, our client partners with studios worldwide across multiple genres and platforms. This is an exciting opportunity to flex your design skills across an ever-changing landscape of projects while collaborating with teams around the globe.

This is a remote, full-time permanent position open to candidates residing in Ontario, Québec, or British Columbia. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in Canada and reside in one of these provinces.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal and external teams across multiple disciplines to achieve exceptional player experience goals
• Conceptualize, document, and ideate levels, spaces, missions, and gameplay experiences
• Work with a variety of game technologies, systems, and platforms
• Execute grey-boxing, pacing design, layout beats, scripting, encounters, and gameplay implementation
• Conduct testing, debugging, level performance optimization, and streaming improvements
• Craft environmental storytelling, world building, tone, setting, and art propping
• Manage and maintain design work and documentation throughout the development cycle
• Actively contribute to pipeline improvements and support team growth
• Serve as a source of knowledge and mentorship to other team members

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of professional experience in game design, level design, and mission design within production environments
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across internal and external teams as a strong team player
• Pro-active problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to see issues through to resolution
• Excellent active communication skills and consistent follow-through
• Experience conceptualizing, developing, and shipping levels and missions from start to finish
• Strong sense of 3D game space, pacing, flow, immersion, player motivation, and aesthetics
• Solid understanding and comfort with technical concepts, logic, and logic flow
• Strong working knowledge of Unreal Engine and its development environment

Nice to Have:

• Experience with multiple game engines and toolsets
• Background in other development roles such as Production, Engineering, Art, or QA
• Experience developing networked games and cooperative multiplayer experiences
• Proficiency with Maya, 3ds Max, or equivalent 3D software
• Console development experience

How We Work With You

When you apply through Get A Job.ai, our recruiting team will review your background and conduct an initial screening. If there's a strong match, we'll submit your profile to our client for consideration. Please note that you should not contact the client directly—all communication and coordination will flow through our talent team to ensure the best experience for everyone involved.

Pay

Pay via Get A Job.ai: $70,000 to $100,000 CAD annually

Equal Employment Opportunity: Get A Job.ai is committed to inclusive hiring practices and considers all qualified candidates regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability status, or other legally protected characteristics.