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The Opportunity

Halifax Regional Municipality, NS
Information Technology
Experienced
Full-time

* PLEASE NOTE: This is not a remote position and unfortunately we do not offer relocation packages at this time.

Gogii Lighthouse Studios Inc. is a fully-funded satellite of Gogii Games which has been around for over 15 years and we're growing our team. You'd be joining us at our North End studio and programming both original and work-for-hire titles, working in a progressive development culture with flexible hours, competitive salaries and the opportunity to work on some exciting titles. 

We're leanly managed, looking for experienced developers who can work autonomously who have a knack for creativity both in outlook and approach to their craft. We're looking for people who love to work with small teams to accomplish big things. 

Gogii Lighthouse is an equal opportunity employer. 

What you'll do

Responsibilities

  • Program gameplay, AI, UI, effects and all sorts of fun challenges.
  • Solve difficult problems with the help of your teammates.
  • Pour through legacy code like an archaeologist, to help us port old titles to new, updated platforms.
  • Using your skills in Unity and C#, you'll help us develop new features and upgrade SDKs in Unity
  • Work with multiple mobile platforms to help our games reach the widest possible audience
  • Work along with artists, designers and producers to ensure the vision of the game is realized on screen.
  • Progam new features, gameplay mechanics. scenes and effects
  • Improve your skills

What you'll need

Qualifications

Aside from the usual requirements (below), we highly value autonomy and self-management -- people who take a great deal of pride in their work and understand the importance of every role on the team.

Absolutes:

  • Degree in Computer Science, a college diploma or a demonstrable portfolio of experience.
  • At least 2 years experience with programming games in Unity
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Excellent self-management and time management skills.
  • You've been through at least 1 game development cycle from start to ship.
  • Humility

Bonus Skills:

  • C/C++ experience
  • Some experience with JavaScript and/or web-based backends
  • Some experience writing tools or data processing in python or similar
  • Technical art, modelling, design or art skills.

We're looking for

Core Skills

Challenge Driven Self-starter JavaScript Unity3D C# C++ Game Development Unity

A little bit about us

Gogii Lighthouse Studios Inc.

Gogii Lighthouse Studios Inc. is the Halifax-based branch of Canadian video game developer and publisher Gogii Games, headquartered in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. We've been developers of multiplatform casual video games for over a decade.

Are you interested?

Work With Us

Gogii Games has been a world-class force in 2d casual games in the industry for over 15 years. The new Halifax satellite, Gogii Lighthouse, expands the company's reach and capabilities even further, focusing on mobile in both 2D and 3D realms.

We offer competitive salaries, full benefits and bonuses. We work in an awesome North End studio in downtown Halifax where we enjoy our work as much as we enjoy our play. Get in early and help shape our success!

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