Senior Quest Designer

Summary

We are seeking an experienced d esigner to help s hape quests, events, and repeatable activities within our early stage open-world video game. In this role, you will own gameplay content end to end, from concept and paper design through in-editor implementation, encounter setup, tuning, and polish. You will build experiences that support player freedom, reward exploration, and align with a grounded, satirical world tone.

• Own end-to-end quest and open world content, from initial pitch and prototype through implementation, tuning, and final polish.
• Design missions, events, and repeatable activities with clear gameplay goals that support exploration, player agency, and the established world tone.
• Implement and maintain quest logic using visual scripting and existing content systems, supporting open-ended sandbox play.
• Prototype custom mechanics for mission beats.
• Create modular quest templates and examples to enable effici ent, consistent content creation across the team.
• Greybox interior and exterior spaces, sculpt landscapes, and place gameplay props to support traversal, readability, and encounter flow.
• Design and tune AI patrols, crowds, companions, and mixed encounters that encourage player improvisation.
• Collaborate closely with Narrative, Systems Design, Engineering, Audio, Animation, Production, and outsource partners to deliver high-quality content on schedule.

• Shipped at least 2 titles on console and/or PC in a mission design, quest design, or similar role.
• Strong visual scripting ability for quest logic and mechanic prototyping.
• Strong spatial design skills across traversal, stealth, and combat encounters.
• Clear writing and communication.
• Strong instincts for tone and humor in a grounded, satirical world.
• Comfort owning work through iteration, feedback, and ship readiness.

• Unreal Engine 5 experience, including Blueprint scripting.
• Open world design experience.
• Strong NPC design instincts in a dense world, integrating crowds and combat.
• A track record of building reusable patterns and templates.
• Experience working with outsource or co-dev partners.
• Familiarity with mission state machines, smart objects, and State Tree AI.
• A portfolio of quests, design docs, or prototypes.

• Full time job with benefits
• Role is on-site in San Rafael, CA
• Office is located near downtown San Rafael- near freeway and bus and train stations.

The base pay range for this position is $110,000 to $150,000 per year. Actual compensation is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. We also offer a competitive package of benefits including vacation time, sick time, company holidays, parental leave, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) matching to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.