Senior Technical Level Designer - Global Remote Freelance

1 Month ago • 4-8 Years • Level Design

Job Summary

Job Description

Lakshya Digital seeks a Senior Technical Level Designer for a 6-month freelance contract (with potential extension) starting June 2025. This fully remote role requires UK timezone availability. Responsibilities include scripting gameplay sequences in Unreal Engine 4 or 5 (Blueprints), delivering level content from concept to completion, prototyping features, designing editor utilities, and solving technical problems. The ideal candidate will have experience streamlining level design pipelines, gathering requirements, mentoring designers, and using level streaming systems. Familiarity with source control is a plus.
Must have:
  • Unreal Engine 4/5 (Blueprints) scripting
  • Level content delivery (concept to completion)
  • Prototyping level features
  • Editor utility widget design
  • Technical problem-solving skills
Good to have:
  • Level streaming systems experience
  • Source control & production workflow familiarity
  • Mentoring other level designers

Job Details

Description

Requirements

Lakshya Digital, a part of Keywords Studios, is a leading provider of Game Art services to the global games industry.
With over 800 employees and contributions to more than 150 AAA titles across all major platforms and genres, Lakshya is known not only for its high-quality work but also for its best-in-class processes. We are growing rapidly and have studios in India (in Gurgaon, Bangalore and Pune) as well as teams in the US, UK, Japan, and the Philippines.
Our studio works on multiple exciting projects at any one time offering plenty of variety and involvement. We have worked on some of the biggest and most exciting IP’s in the games industry, including Diablo Resurrected, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Halo Infinite, Returnal, Forza Horizon 5, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Borderlands 3, FIFA Online 4, PUBG: New State, Sea of Thieves, Amazon: New World, Dauntless, State of Decay 2, Middle Earth: Shadow of War, just to name a few.
Our successful studio is continuing to grow, and we are looking for an experienced Senior Technical (Level) Designer (UK time zone preferred but not required) to join the team.

This is a fully remote 6-month freelance contract starting in June 2025, with the possibility of extension for another 6–12 months.
This position is offered on a fully remote basis, but the successful candidate must be able to work within UK timezone hours.

What we are looking for:

  • Experience scripting narrative and gameplay sequences in Unreal 4 or 5 using Blueprints
  • Proven ability to own and deliver level content from concept through to completion
  • Experience prototyping level-based features and breaking down narrative and gameplay into clear implementation steps
  • Ability to design and maintain Editor Utility Widgets and Blueprint Construction Scripts to support efficient workflows
  • Strong technical problem-solving skills and comfort working across design, programming, and tools teams
  • Experience identifying friction points in level design pipelines and proposing scalable solutions
  • Confident collecting design requirements and translating them into long-term feature and tool ideas
  • Skilled communicator and collaborator, capable of mentoring other level designers
  • Experience with level streaming systems such as Levels, Data Layers, and other modular tech is a bonus
  • Familiarity with source control tools and production workflows
  • Proactive, self-directed, and eager to contribute to tools, pipelines, and process improvements

Benefits

Keywords Studios is dedicated to following a well-established Equal Opportunities Policy.
We strive to create a workplace that offers equal opportunities to all employees and potential employees.

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Role Information
Studio: Lakshya Digital
Location: Americas, North America
Area of Work: Creative
Service: Create
Employment Type: Contract
Working Pattern: Remote

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With key talent located in four countries across three continents, Lakshya is dedicated to discovering talent and delivering exciting and fulfilling careers in digital art production. As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to work with an experienced, international team of game artists, master cutting-edge tools and contribute to some of the highest profile game titles in development from across the US, Japan and Europe.

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