Senior Level Designer

About Blackbird Interactive

Blackbird Interactive is a creative-fueled, independent game studio offering long-term careers across world-class IPs and original creations spanning multiple genres. We operate as a remote-first workplace with flexible work arrangements.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with systems design, quest design, art, engineering, and production to support and implement the established creative vision through level design
• Design and own levels end-to-end, including concepting layouts, defining gameplay beats, pacing encounters, and guiding player flow
• Create and iterate on 2D layouts and 3D blockouts, translating design intent into playable spaces
• Implement levels directly using in-engine tools, scripting, and event systems to ensure functionality across a wide range of player behaviors
• Work closely with other designers to integrate systems, AI, narrative, and encounters into cohesive gameplay experiences
• Plan, implement, and refine combat encounters, traversal, and exploration within levels
• Build and maintain level logic, scripting, and state-based events to support progression, pacing, and player interaction
• Test, debug, and iterate on levels regularly, identifying and addressing gameplay issues

Note: Candidates must be legally eligible to work in Canada and reside within Canada.