Jobs at Next Level Games

Lead technical design for video game development by creating engineered solutions, maintaining level creation pipelines, developing shared technology, and establishing designer workflows. Serve as a bridge between engineering and design, support feature and tool testing, manage technical standards and performance constraints, assess risks, assist with planning, and mentor technical designers and other team members. Collaborate with leads, directors, production, support departments, and the publisher.

Design and champion gameplay experiences, core features, levels, and scripted encounters across the full game development lifecycle. Collaborate with directors, engineers, artists, and production to deliver polished games. Present design concepts, solve complex design problems, improve tools and processes, and mentor teammates. The role requires shipped game experience, strong programming or scripting proficiency, 3D layout expertise, and proficiency with tools such as Maya, Unreal, or Unity. This is a hybrid position based in Vancouver.

Design and build 3D game levels, environments, layouts, and gameplay moments throughout development. Collaborate with directors, designers, engineers, and artists; communicate level vision; solve complex design problems; iterate on levels and tools; champion project direction; and share expertise with teammates. The role requires at least one shipped game, experience across game development phases, strong 3D layout skills, scripting or programming proficiency, and familiarity with Unreal, Unity, or Maya.

Design and iterate gameplay moments, levels, and core features in collaboration with directors, engineers, and artists. Script gameplay encounters, build 3D layouts in Unreal/Unity, present and defend design ideas, own features through development, mentor teammates, and help improve tools and processes.

Build, operate, and improve CI/CD, automated testing, and deployment infrastructure for game development. Create automation tools, dashboards, and scalable systems; collaborate with developers, QA, and operations to streamline workflows and improve game quality.