Room 8 Group is an end-to-end strategic partner in external game development. Working across all platforms, we provide creative and technical expertise across game development, technology, art, trailers, and QA for AAA and AA games.
Our Game Development team provides comprehensive co-dev and full-cycle dev solutions, across all platforms. We’ve helped make some of the biggest games of the past decade, like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and III, and we work with dozens of the world’s biggest publishers and developers.
Through primarily organic growth, we are proudly independent, now home to around 1,100 creatives based in Europe, North America, and South America.
The next great challenge is coming:
We are looking for a Principal Level Designer who will ideate, prototype, build, and refine engaging and explorative open-level experiences for a third-person action game in Unreal Engine 5.
Superpowers you have:
- 8+ years of professional experience in Level Design on AA/AAA PC or console titles.
- At least one shipped AA/AAA title in a Level Design role.
- Proven expertise in Unreal Engine 5, including, World Partition, Blueprint scripting, Landscape tools and performance-conscious layouting.
- Expertise in building both open world and linear environments.
- Exceptional sense of pacing, rhythm, and gameplay flow within mission and level structures.
- Strong understanding of mission design fundamentals and moment-to-moment gameplay, with the ability to shape both through layout, encounters, and environmental storytelling.
- High level of spatial thinking, with a keen eye for environmental readability, player navigation, and traversal clarity.
- Experienced in rapid prototyping, playtesting, and iterative development based on team feedback.
- Experienced in creating and maintaining documentation, maps, flowcharts, reference boards and pacing diagrams.
- Comfortable working within and contributing to naming conventions, internal pipelines, and cross-department workflows.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a strong command of both verbal and written English.
You’re a rockstar if you have:
- Passion for games with a broad, current knowledge of genres and standout titles.
- Proactive mindset and strong ownership over level design work.
- Experience designing combat encounters and AI-driven gameplay within open environments.
- Experience designing traversal gameplay sections.
- Background in narrative-driven games with environmental storytelling.
- Familiarity with modular design, procedural tools, or world-building pipelines.
- Basic knowledge of Unreal Engine Sequencer.
- Basic knowledge of Unreal Engine modeling tools.
- Basic knowledge of performance optimization, streaming zones, and gameplay metrics.
- Comfort presenting level ideas and documentation to internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience guiding, mentoring, and leading a team of Level Designers to deliver high-quality content.
Becoming part of Room 8 Group, you will:
- Design, build, and iterate on large open levels that support 360 approach, exploration, combat, narrative, and player agency.
- Collaborate with Game Designers to connect core systems and mechanics with world layout and progression.
- Collaborate with Environment Artists to shape visually stunning and performative 3D spaces.
- Collaborate with Tech Artists to develop tools that will improve Level Design workflow.
- Own levels from concept through shipping, including layout, greybox, gameplay implementation (scripting, prefab setup and placement), and final polish.
- Design, develop and maintain simple gameplay prototypes that can be used as a starting point for a new mechanic.
- Drive and contribute to playtesting, feedback loops, and iteration cycles across the team.
- Support and mentor junior designers, setting high standards for quality and collaboration.
- Maintain detailed and accessible level design documentation that communicates layout, goals, pacing, and player experience.
Join the team of inspiring game dev professionals, and get even more:
- Competitive financial reward (yes, we are fair enough);
- Challenges to raise your XPs score working on the projects of the top global game dev publishers;
- Private medical care and paid time off;
- A culture of diversity and inclusion to unite the most outstanding talents;
- Community of people who understand and share your passion for games.
Join our special forces to craft engaging games!
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