Lead Technical Level Designer

Responsibilities: — Lead a team of technical level designers by planning workload, assigning tasks, and evaluating their work quality — Support team growth through regular one-to-one meetings, feedback, development plans, and mentorship — Establish smooth collaboration pipelines with level artists, level designers, narrative designers, and programmers — Identify root causes of recurring production issues and initiate development of necessary tools — Translate designers' needs into technical requirements and collaborate with programmers to implement solutions — Maintain up-to-date documentation and assist the team in learning tools — Oversee technical quality aspects of levels such as collisions, streaming, and event script setup Requirements: — At least 3 years of experience in game level production with hands-on technical involvement — Experience leading a team of 3 or more people or mentoring experience — Ability to independently implement mechanics and systems for levels using Blueprints or C++ (other programming languages acceptable) — Experience with Unreal Engine 5 level production tools including Level Streaming, World Partition (Data Layers, HLOD, One File Per Actor), Level Instances, and Packed Level Actors — Solid understanding of level design fundamentals — Fluent communication in Russian Nice to Have: — Experience with shipped PC or console projects — Skills in developing editor tools such as Editor Utility Widgets, Python in UE, and C++ — Experience profiling and optimizing levels for consoles — Background in third-person action games