Game Level Designer / Systems Planner

🌟 We're Hiring: Game Level Designer / Systems Planner

📍 Location: United Arab Emirates (Remote)

🕒 Employment Type: Part-Time

💼 Experience Level: Mid-Level to Senior

🌐 Work Arrangement: Fully Remote

About Us

We are a globally focused organization dedicated to creating engaging digital experiences and innovative interactive products. Our teams combine creative design, technical thinking, player insights, and data-driven development to build compelling gameplay experiences. We value creativity, collaboration, structured thinking, accountability, and continuous improvement.

The Role

We are looking for a Game Level Designer / Systems Planner to help shape gameplay environments, player progression, game mechanics, and interactive systems. This role combines creative level design with structured systems planning, requiring a strong understanding of player behavior, game balance, progression, and overall gameplay flow.

You will work closely with game designers, developers, artists, producers, and other stakeholders to transform concepts into engaging, intuitive, and scalable gameplay experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and plan game levels, environments, missions, encounters, objectives, and player journeys.
• Develop gameplay systems, progression structures, rules, mechanics, rewards, and player interaction models.
• Create level layouts, flow diagrams, design documentation, gameplay specifications, and system frameworks.
• Analyze pacing, difficulty, player engagement, progression, and overall game balance.
• Collaborate with programmers, artists, UI/UX designers, writers, and producers throughout development.
• Prototype gameplay concepts and iterate designs based on testing, feedback, and player data.
• Define difficulty curves, progression milestones, rewards, resources, and gameplay loops.
• Identify bottlenecks, usability issues, balance problems, and opportunities to improve player experience.
• Support playtesting sessions and translate feedback into practical design improvements.
• Maintain organized design documentation and communicate requirements clearly to development teams.
• Monitor industry trends, emerging gameplay patterns, and successful game design practices.
• Contribute to continuous improvements in design processes, systems, and production workflows.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional experience in game design, level design, systems design, gameplay design, or a related field.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification in game design, computer science, interactive media, or a related discipline is preferred.
• Strong understanding of level design principles, gameplay loops, player progression, mechanics, and game balance.
• Experience creating gameplay specifications, flowcharts, prototypes, design documents, or system frameworks.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a balance of creative and structured thinking.
• Ability to understand player behavior and use playtesting or data to improve game experiences.
• Familiarity with game engines, level editors, prototyping tools, or design documentation platforms.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to manage multiple design priorities and work effectively in a remote environment.
• Professional certifications are not required unless specifically requested.
• Strong English communication skills.

What We Offer

• Fully remote, part-time work with flexible collaboration across international teams.
• Opportunity to contribute to innovative games, interactive systems, and player-focused experiences.
• Exposure to level design, gameplay systems, progression, balancing, and digital product development.
• Collaboration with multidisciplinary creative and technical professionals.
• Access to modern game development, analytics, prototyping, and collaboration tools.
• Competitive compensation aligned with experience and responsibilities.
• Opportunities for professional growth, creative ownership, and long-term development.