General Application at Blackbird Interactive (Vancouver, Canada)
Blackbird Interactive· Vancouver, Canada·
Role details
Job description
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.
Our studio operates as a remote-first workplace, offering flexible work arrangements.
PLEASE NOTE: At this time, we are only able to hire candidates who are legally eligible to work in Canada and reside within Canada.
Interested in a career with Blackbird Interactive? We are a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent studio located in Vancouver. We're also moving to a four day work week!
We're always on the look out for new talent in a number of fields including design, programming, art, production, community management, audio, and animation. If you are talented and passionate but don't fit into any of our current job openings, please apply here!
Requirements
- To be an awesome and humble game developer!
- Join a team of skilled and creative people, and create something bigger and better than anyone could have imagined
- Experience developing creative and compelling entertainment products
- Self direction and a proven ability to thrive in a highly dynamic and technical environment
- Strong inter-disciplinary collaboration skills, including verbal and written skills
Why work at Blackbird Interactive
- Remote-first culture: Flexible work environment (remote-first policy)
- Generous benefits: Competitive salary, comprehensive extended health & wellness, paid parental leave top-up, generous vacation and personal leave
- Innovation opportunities: R&D time, New IP Pitching Program with bonuses for greenlit projects
- Engineering culture: Emphasis on creative freedom, technical challenges, and a healthy work-life balance (previously trialed a 4-day work week in 2021–2022, implemented across teams)
- Industry veterans: Work alongside talent from EA, Capcom, The Coalition, Relic; leadership with decades of game development experience
- Open roles (as of search date): Design Director, Gameplay AI Software Engineer (UE5), Senior Systems Designer, Technical UI, Intermediate Software Engineer, Lead Software Engineer