Full-Time

Level / Game Designer

Concepteur de niveaux / de jeux

Hardsuit Labs

Hardsuit Labs

51-200 employees

Co-development and porting services for games

Compensation Overview

CA$70k - CA$100k/yr

Remote in Canada

Remote

Applicants must reside in Ontario, Quebec, or British Columbia and be legally authorized to work in Canada.

Category
Product & Experience Design (1)
Required Skills
Unreal Engine

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Requirements
  • At least 4 years of experience working in professional production environments in game design, level design, and mission design.
  • Experience conceptualizing, developing, and shipping levels and missions end to end.
  • A good sense of 3D game space, pacing, flow, immersion, player motivation, and aesthetics.
  • Strong understanding of technical concepts, logic, and logic flow.
  • Strong understanding of Unreal Engine and its development environment.
Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with internal and external teams and disciplines to achieve end-user experience goals.
  • Conceptualize, document, and ideate levels, spaces, missions, and gameplay experiences.
  • Work with a variety of technologies, systems, and platforms.
  • Perform grey-boxing, pacing, layout beats, scripting, encounters, and gameplay implementation.
  • Test, debug, and optimize level performance and streaming.
  • Develop environmental storytelling, world building, tone, setting, and art propping.
  • Manage and maintain work and documentation.
  • Contribute actively to improving pipelines and the surrounding team.
  • Provide knowledge and mentorship to others.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with a range of game engines and tool sets.
  • Experience in other development roles, including production, engineering, art, or quality assurance.
  • Experience developing networked games and cooperative experiences.
  • Capability with Maya, 3ds Max, or equivalent 3D software.
  • Console development experience.

Hardsuit Labs is a Seattle-based game development studio that provides co-development, engineering, porting, and optimization services to other game makers. It works by offering partnership-based outsourcing, delivering technical resources during pre-launch windows, networking, and performance improvements to help partners ship games on time. Compared with competitors, it focuses on flexible collaboration and support across a range of development needs rather than building its own titles. Now part of Keywords Studios, its goal is to provide reliable hands-on development support to help clients deliver high-quality games.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington

Founded

2015

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Hardsuit is hiring technical artists and programmers in September 2026, showing active workloads.
  • Its 2026 careers page stresses long-term hiring, suggesting management expects continued project demand.
  • Keywords still markets Hardsuit for full development, co-development, and porting, broadening client access.

What critics are saying

  • Keywords cut 128 San Francisco jobs on 2026-06-22, signaling services demand volatility.
  • Hardsuit's client work depends on publisher contracts; losing one project can idle teams fast.
  • A Keywords downturn or studio consolidation could absorb Hardsuit entirely within 2027.

What makes Hardsuit Labs unique

  • Keywords Studios updated Hardsuit Labs page on 2026-02-25, highlighting Unreal Engine depth.
  • Seattle location and console-porting history differentiate Hardsuit among Keywords' Create studios.
  • Co-founders Andy Kipling and Russell Nelson still lead post-2023 acquisition, preserving continuity.

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Company News

DSOGaming
Sep 24th, 2024
16 minutes of gameplay from Hardsuit Labs' canceled Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2

For those unaware, Hardsuit Labs was working on Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 from 2019 to 2021.

Proactive Investors
May 11th, 2023
Keywords Studios PLC acquires Call of Duty studio Hardsuit Labs Inc

Keywords Studios PLC (AIM:KWS, OTC:KYYWF) has acquired Hardsuit Labs Inc, a US-based game development studio based in Seattle, for up to a maximum of US$15mln.

NewsnReleases
May 11th, 2023
Keywords Studios acquire Hardsuit Labs, a US-based game development studio for $15mn

Keywords Studios, the international technical and creative services provider to the global video games and entertainment industries, has acquired Hardsuit Labs, a US-based game development studio based in Seattle.