Level Designer - RuneScape Dragonwilds

Location: Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Department: RuneScape: Dragonwilds

Workplace: hybrid

Employment Type: full

Description

Location: Cambridge, UK – This position offers flexible working options, including predominantly remote work. Applicants should be based (or willing to relocate) within a comfortable commuting distance of our office to attend onsite as required.

Can you work with a wider team to create immersive experiences on an ever expanding world?

We're seeking an experienced Mid-Level Level Designer to craft immersive, open world spaces filled with memorable quests, engaging activities and challenging combat encounters. This role requires a strong blend of narrative, gameplay, and level design expertise to expertly weave player exploration, challenge, narrative pacing and player progression through the expansive world of Ashenfall. 

What you’ll be doing:  

• Work closely with other designers, engineers and artists to help define and champion creative vision. 
• Collaborate with product, analytics and research to gain player insights, using data to help inform and refine the player experience. 
• Own the design and implement open world layouts, quests, activities and combat encounters from concept to completion in UE5. 
• Document designs, tooling requirements and improvements. 
• Script quests, gameplay and NPC dialogue using proprietary tools and Blueprints. 
• Ensure layout and gameplay support narrative and gameplay direction. 

What we’re looking for: 

• Experience blocking out open world spaces. 

• Experience designing combat encounters, ideally for melee & ranged combat. 
• Experience designing quests, ideally for multiplayer worlds. 
• Proficiency in Unreal Engine 5, including scripting, prototyping, and collaborative cross-discipline workflows. 
• Good understanding of narrative structure, pacing and player motivation. 
• Excellent communication, documentation and problem-solving skills. 

What we offer:

When you join Jagex you can look forward to a generous Perks & Benefits package including:

• Private Healthcare, including Dental Plan.
• Discretionary annual performance bonus.
• Minimum 6% Pension contributions.
• Life Insurance.
• Enhanced family leave policies from day 1.
• Flexible working hours.
• 25 days annual leave + Bank holidays & the option to buy/sell holidays + so much more!

About Jagex

We are Jagex: The RuneScape Company. Home to one of gaming’s most enduring success stories. We create deep, community-powered games with worlds that evolve, inspire, and endure. Our flagship MMORPG franchise, RuneScape, has welcomed over 300 million player accounts, inspiring generations of players across PC and mobile for 25 years.

As we begin our 26th year, we are accelerating our strategy to expand RuneScape into a broader ecosystem of forever games and connected experiences, grounded in a renewed commitment to integrity and fair play. This includes the reduction of monetisation mechanics, as well as the launch of RuneScape: DragonWilds into Steam Early Access in 2025, representing a major step in building a multi-genre future for the RuneScape universe. We remain focused on building enduring worlds, empowering player-led innovation, and laying the foundations for the boldest era in RuneScape’s history. For more information, visit www.jagex.com.

Headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom, we are home to passionate creators, storytellers, engineers, and even a few dreamers, all united by a single mission to shape the future of online worlds and empower players to make them their own. We’re looking for people to join us who share our ambitions and values. We foster an inclusive workplace built on trust, autonomy, and a shared passion for creating experiences that inspire our communities.
Our values guide everything we do: We Embrace Fellowship by collaborating and sharing openly. We Hone our Craft by always learning and improving; We Honour our Vows by being honest and transparent; We are our Customers’ Heroes by striving to understand our team & player needs, and We Seize The Day by making the most of every opportunity.

Join us. The next era of RuneScape and the next chapter of Jagex: The RuneScape Company starts now.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities and creating an environment where everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, and we recruit, develop, and promote based on merit and ability.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you during the recruitment process, please let us know when you’re invited to interview.