23 Oct
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Kabam
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Vancouver
At Kabam, we’re constantly raising the bar of excellence in free-to-play gaming. We hire for passion and diversity so that we can triumph in our collective skill. Our teams are made up of a fusion of personalities and interests bound together by a collaborative nature, fun-loving culture, and a drive to do what it takes to make great games.
Technical
Director is to lead and manage the engineering team. They direct, oversee, and communicate project engineering efforts while collaborating for feedback with game stakeholders. This role is a full-time, on-site position based 5 days a week at our Downtown Vancouver studio.
Manage Engineering Team
Oversee the recruitment, onboarding, and performance management of the engineering team. Communication and Project Updates Regularly communicate updates regarding project engineering efforts to stakeholders, including the game client/server technology, development roadmap, and live operation of cross-platform products. Keep stakeholders informed about technical progress, challenges, and solutions.
Technical
Design and Development Lead and manage the technical design and development of game software, ensuring that the design and architecture are extensible across projects. Collaborate with key stakeholders to contribute directly to the design of major game features, technology budgeting, scheduling, and whole-project dependency analysis. Proactively identify development bottlenecks across all areas, disciplines, and projects.
Coordinate with teams and stakeholders to find and implement solutions to overcome these bottlenecks, ensuring smooth development processes.
Technical Debt Management
Understand and manage technical debts within the project, prioritizing and addressing them where they can increase efficiency. Collaborate with teams to identify and mitigate technical debt risks, ensuring a sustainable and maintainable codebase. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Experience leading technical development in the mobile/video games space and have shipped at least 2 large scale game titles. 10+ years of progressive experience in a similar capacity including 5+ years in a technical leadership role, preferably in the game industry.
Experience with game engine(s): Unity3D, Unreal, Frostbite, or others. A people manager who has experience in developing team members’ career advancement.
Experience building and running highly scalable applications.
Game development experience on any platform (Mobile, iOS, Android, PC, Consoles).
We share our success with our people through flexible benefits and reward programs, sweet swag, snacks, and more.
Extended Health
Coverage :effective day one, no waiting period! Our benefits cover health, dental, life, disability, and extended paramedical services such as vision care, mental health practitioners, massage, physiotherapy, acupuncture, and much more.
Flexible Spending
Accounts :our benefits are built on a flex credit model, so you’re able to choose the coverage levels that are right for you, and allocate the rest to a group RRSP/TFSA, Health Spending account, and/or Personal Spending Account. RRSP Matching :everyone retires eventually, and we help our people save for their futures with a contribution matching program once you reach 90 days with us. We provide a flexible, monthly cash allowance to help cover the costs of transit, parking, or even personal logistics like childcare and pet care.
PTO and Parental Leave :we offer paid parental leave,
adaptable paid time off, paid time off for volunteering, sick leave, and holiday closures.
Employee and Family Assistance Program : this program provides crisis management support, immediate mental health care, and generalized support for emotional, mental, and financial well-being.
Telus Virtual
Health :we provide increased access to remote healthcare providers for prescription refills or referrals from the comfort of your home. Whether it’s summers on the rooftop patio in Downtown Vancouver, or watching the fireworks in Montreal’s South Shore - we want our people to feel like their time spent in office is worthwhile! Some teams even band together for group volunteer days off-site! $Kabam is a world leader in developing entertaining, immersive, and highly social multiplayer games, bringing high-quality graphics, next-generation technology, and revolutionary gameplay to players around the world.
Kabam’s games, Marvel Contest of Champions, Shop Titans, and more have generated hundreds of millions of downloads and have received multiple awards including Apple’s Editor’s Choice and Google Play’s Best Game of the Year. Kabam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netmarble Games. Kabam is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and equitable workplace, and inclusive environment for all existing and potential employees.
Employment decisions are based on candidate qualifications and business need, not race, color, ancestry, place of origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, political belief, religion, creed, marital or family status, medical condition, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, prior criminal conviction or any other protected class in accordance with federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances.
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