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Generalist Programmer

Blackbird Interactive is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent game studio where the best talent in the industry can find long-term careers to help grow their abilities while working on a wide range of projects, which encompass world-class IPs as well as our own creations across multiple genres.

Blackbird Interactive is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent studio in Vancouver and we are looking for a passionate and experienced programmer to join our team! Homeworld 3 is the upcoming entry in the award-winning franchise that revolutionized 3D strategy. It will continue the powerful space epic journey of the Hiigaran people through the galaxy while offering best-in-class space combat and visuals. Fans will find everything they know and love from Homeworld, reimagined for the modern age in Unreal Engine: enigmatic megastructures to navigate through and use as cover; jaw-dropping environments on a massive scale, and upgraded ballistics simulation. Do you want to build compelling game experiences having designed, prototyped, and delivered high-profile gameplay systems, features, and tools? Do you love working with a team of talented designers, artists, and programmers to create ambitious in-game content? You will be part of a high-performing team who can crunch ideas quickly and come up with dazzling solutions to challenging problems. You will have a collaborative approach and be directly involved in the day-to-day decision-making and ship a high-quality game.

Responsibilities

• Implement robust and innovative game features, with an eye to code quality and maintainability.
• Work closely with designers to understand and refine design intentions via prototypes and rapid iteration.
• Collaborate continuously with art, design and technical teams to define requirements and iteratively build solutions.
• Jump wholeheartedly into learning new technologies and systems and leverage them in creative ways to meet our technical and business needs.
• Assess requirements and provide effort estimates to guide an evolving development plan.
• Embrace and help improve our engineering practices for solid design, testing, and implementation.

Requirements

• 3+ years of game development experience using C++ (UnrealEngine is fine)
• Self-direction and a proven ability to thrive in a highly dynamic environment.
• Strong interdisciplinary collaboration skills, including verbal and written skills.

Pluses

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• Multi-platform development experience.
• Mobile development experience
• Avid gamer
• Demonstrated passion for entertainment products/media (i.e. comics, movies, novels, etc.)

+ 4-day, 32-hour work week for all full-time staff

+ Mentorship program

+ Skunkworks internal game jam program

+ 4 weeks paid vacation per year

+ 11 paid stat holidays

+ 3 paid days per year for professional development

+ December holiday studio closure (extra paid time off!)

+ Comprehensive health/dental benefits from day 1

+ Life insurance

+ $300 Healthcare Spending Account per annum

+ RRSP matching up to $1500

+ Profit-sharing bonus program

Any questions about the role and/or accessibility requests can be sent to: hr@blackbirdinteractive.com

Unfortunately, we cannot reply to everyone. Only successful applicants will be contacted about the next steps. Thank you for your understanding.

If you are interested in the role, please apply even if your experience and skills don’t perfectly match our ideal credentials. We are committed to inclusion and especially encourage members of historically marginalized communities to apply. As an equal opportunity employer we encourage applications from all qualified individuals. BBI does not discriminate against applicants based on gender, race, national and ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, marital and family status, and/or mental or physical disabilities.

Blackbird Interactive is privileged to be developing our projects on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ /Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.