JOBS

Role Overview:

We’re seeking a skilled and proficient Unity Developer with a minimum of 5 years of experience in Unity development. The ideal candidate will take the lead in building interactions, applying large language models to digital humans, and seamlessly integrating character animations. As a pivotal team member, you will supervise and manage the entire development cycle, ensuring product readiness and handling the release process to the VR marketplace, notably the Meta Quest store.

Responsibilities:

• Spearhead Unity development for immersive XR/VR/AR experiences.
• Refine gameplay above and beyond expectations to execution excellence.
• Create and manage interactions, implementing advanced features for digital humans.
• Seamlessly integrate character animations into the Unity environment.
• Oversee the entire development cycle, ensuring product readiness for release.
• Accountable for releases to VR marketplaces, particularly the Meta Quest store. Ensure the product meets all necessary criteria and quality standards before it’s launched or made available to the market. This will involve a comprehensive assessment of various aspects such as functionality, performance, user experience, stability, compatibility with target platforms, and adherence to design specifications.
• Anticipate, identify and articulate technical and developmental risks and obstacles, and generate solutions
• Participate in all project phases, from concept to maintenance
• Ensure timely and high-quality modular software development
• Independently implement complex components of interactive applications
• Proficiency in Android and PC platform development
• Setup and management of cloud-based build machine directly linked to repository changes. Setting up and overseeing a cloud-based build machine compiling, building, and testing every repository change to the Unity project 
• Excellent communication and critical thinking skills; ability to identify and solve key problems creatively with minimal guidance
• Experience creating game systems, mechanics, features, and content designed to appeal to a casual audience
• Prior experience with App Lab preferred.
• Collaboration with diverse teams of designers and developers across different time zones.
• Familiarity with AWS, Google Cloud Services, and Microsoft Azure.

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years of Unity development experience.
• Thorough understanding of Unity architecture and preferred workflows
• Ability to write clear, maintainable, and optimized code
• Demonstrated extensive proficiency in and knowledge of object-oriented programming in C#
• Source control and code review processes
• Experience with agile frameworks such as Kanban and Scrum
• Experience with GPU / CPU profiling, optimization techniques and approaches for developing performant tethered and mobile XR applications
• Expertise in building interactions and integrating character animations.
• Strong familiarity with Android and PC platforms.
• Experience managing cloud-based build processes linked to repository changes.
• Prior exposure to App Lab is advantageous.
• Proficiency in collaborating with global teams across different time zones.
• Knowledge of AWS, Google Cloud Services, and Microsoft Azure.
• Resourceful – a self-starter who loves the freedom and accountability of handling your workflow.
• Adaptable – comfortable handling changing priorities, learning new skills
• Quality – take pride in everything you deliver as a reflection of yourself.

Benefits:

• Opportunity to work on groundbreaking XR/VR/AR projects.
• Collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Possibility of a hybrid work model.
• Located in downtown Toronto – in a growing creative studio.

Application Process:

To apply, please send your resume and demos showcasing your Unity development skills to [email protected]. We’re excited to welcome passionate and talented individuals to join our team and contribute to crafting extraordinary immersive experiences.

Join us in shaping the future of immersive technology and storytelling. Apply now and be part of our journey at Blimey!

We are looking for an organized, detail-oriented individual who is passionate about project management standard methodologies and practices and takes pride in ensuring the success of key projects. 

The software Project Manager (PM) will manage software projects throughout the entire project life cycle, from initiation to deployment. The PM will work cross-functionally alongside various teams within our growing company. Our cross-disciplinary teams include developers, technical artists, 3D artists, Art Directors, UX & UI designers, and support staff dedicated to software quality and an extraordinary user experience.

To be successful as a software PM, you should have an excellent working knowledge of project estimation techniques, agile methodologies and the ability to assign tasks through a project management platform and motivate the team to success.

Main Responsibilities

• Project Estimation and Planning – determine project scope and objectives, predict resources needed to reach goals, build and maintain project plan, ensure it is kept up-to-date and adjust with ongoing project activities, and maintain accurate project forecasts. Appropriately identify when the program/project is “off track” to project plans and take immediate corrective actions, including adjusting plans to account for corrections. 
• Project Communication – identify and manage all stakeholders effectively and provide visibility and transparency so stakeholders can take appropriate action.
• Team Management – manage stakeholder relationships and ensure strong communication plans.
• Risk Management – identify and plan the resolution of program risks.
• Project Performance – identify and recommend improvement opportunities by analyzing consistent themes in lessons learned information.
• Program Transparency – deliver accurate and timely reporting of progress,  impediments and surfacing dependencies to senior management and customers.
• Dependency Management – lead analysis and ensure all impacts of dependencies are addressed in the overall project plan. Effectively work across the organization to ensure all dependent teams are aligned with the project plans and schedules.
• Project Accounting – apply company financial measures to monitor and track financial health to meet strategic goals.
• Quality Assurance – determine and oversee verification of team deliverables during all project’s life span and identify issues to be addressed.
• Delivery and Deployment – deliver finished software products to clients and write software release notes to communicate the changes and best practices for deployment.
• Follow-up – collaborate with leaders on action items and follow-up requests.

Essential Skills/Experience Required

• 3-5 years of project management and related operations experience. Active participant in all phases of the project; typical projects may include the entire lifecycle from initiation through to deployment or specific parts of the lifecycle of a larger project.
• Knowledge of Agile, Kanban, and SCRUM
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• An ability to drive to big-picture goals and milestones while valuing and maintaining strong attention to detail
• Excellent planning and organizational skills and an ability to manage competing demands with attention to detail and a focus on execution
• Resourceful – a self-starter who loves the freedom and accountability of handling your workflow.
• Adaptable – comfortable handling changing priorities, learning new skills
• Quality – take pride in everything you deliver as a reflection of yourself.

Desired Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer related field or equivalent experience 
• Background in the games industry 
• Project Management or Scrum Master certifications
• Experience working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with a global team

You’ll play a meaningful role in building and delivering a high quality user experience. You’re a technical artist that takes pride in your work and maintains a passion to learn and grow. As a positive teammate, you are innovative and excited to collaborate. Our cross-disciplinary teams consist of developers, technical artists, 3D artists, Art Directors, UX & UI designers, and support staff dedicated to software quality and an extraordinary user experience.

What you’ll be doing

• Working with designers, artists and developers to deliver best-in-class applications, tools, and games
• Crafting and developing workflows, pipelines, tools and standards for your project and team
• Research and experimenting with groundbreaking technologies, and pioneering new techniques to match the constantly evolving demands of our clients and the industry
• Collaborating with clients and your team on creative and technical solutions

What we’re looking for

• Experience developing with Unity at a high level, or another game engine
• Solid understanding of 3d art workflows and pipelines
• Experience and technical understanding of real-time art optimization and performance
• Intermediate skill with C# or another programming language
• Good communicator with the ability to work as part of a team of diverse skills and interface directly with clients

You might also have

• Production experience developing and shipping applications for AR, VR, mobile or Windows
• Experience with game console development (Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox)
• Experience developing procedural content generation techniques and workflows

We are looking for a Narrative Designer who can help us bring our next big game story to life. The Narrative Designer is a key contributor to the execution of a game story and development of narrative systems in multiplayer mode. The Narrative Designer will collaborate closely with other designers, developers, and artists across the studio to help ensure seamless integration of story and gameplay. Under supervision of the Director, you will: Design and document interactive narrative systems to achieve the projects’ storytelling goals. Define means and techniques to execute narrative goals through gameplay systems and mission design. Work closely with art team to drive environmental storytelling and narrative goals through the visuals of the game. Implement narrative content in engine according to project standards, including guidance on how to best integrate narrative content (speech, text) in the systems. Write and keep up to date documentation for tools and gameplay systems. Meeting with the team virtually to complete tasks. You will be expected to work closely with other designers, developers, and artists across the studio to help ensure seamless integration of story and gameplay. 

Responsibilities

– Under supervision of the Lead Narrative Designer, design, document and implement interactive narrative systems to achieve the projects’ storytelling goals in both Campaign and Multiplayer modes.

– Collaborate with game designers and engineers to execute on narrative goals through gameplay systems and mission design.

– Work closely with art team to drive environmental storytelling and narrative goals through the visuals of the game.

– Implement narrative content in engine according to project standards, including Live Ops.

– Provide feedback and guidance on how to best manage and integrate narrative content (speech, text) in the systems.

– Write and keep up to date documentation for tools and gameplay systems.

Qualifications

– You have experience with a major game engine and a firm knowledge of visual scripting. Unity 3D experience is a plus.

– You enjoy rapid prototyping to test the feasibility of new gameplay features and tools.

– You have in-depth knowledge of industry trends in interactive storytelling, with a genuine interest in creatively advancing the medium

You have an interest in becoming an expert in the narrative tone and style at Blimey

You have experience in leading development on a multi-person team.

Experience working with external creatives and partners.

Requirements

You have shipped at least 1 (one) title in a technical design role (such as narrative, mission design, level design) 

You have experience with a major game engine and a firm knowledge of visual scripting.

Games experience a strong plus. B.A. is preferred but equivalent work experience will suffice

We are expanding our team and seek a talented and creative Game Designer. In your role as a Game Designer, you will translate the project’s mission and objectives into initially a game design document. As an owner and leader of the game in the team, you will own gameplay systems and determine the game’s mechanics. As part of our team, you will help maintain high quality standards and expectations across the project.

Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

• Work alongside the design team to ensure a cohesive gameplay experience.
• Own and become the feature lead for gameplay systems and mechanics within the game.
• Conceptualize, pitch, and iterate on designs with the dev team.
• Actively debate design concepts, systems, and mechanics with the design team.
• Anticipate, identify and articulate technical and developmental risks and obstacles, and generate solutions
• Work with artists, engineers, animators, and audio experts to bring designs to life.
• Constantly iterate on game mechanics and game systems to find the fun based on user feedback, analytics, and design goals.
• Refine gameplay above and beyond expectations to execution excellence.
• Excellent communication and critical thinking skills; ability to identify and solve key problems creatively with minimal guidance
• Experience creating game systems, mechanics, features, and content designed to appeal to a casual audience
• Unity and whitebox prototyping experience a plus
• Strong teamwork and collaboration focus
• Ability to mentor and lead both junior and intermediate game designers
• Experience writing clear and concise game design documentation, specs, user flows, and feature documentation.
• Effective communication skills across all levels of a small studio and a multinational organization

Minimum Requirements:

2+ years of experience designing games

2+ years of scripting experiences

Previous experience working on a VR gaming title as a systems/game designer

Passion for games and fun interactive gameplay

Bonus points!

• Creative Director or Lead Game Designer roles in top selling games
• Programming or artistic experience in a game production
• Various game engines
• Slack, Coda
• Experience with AR / VR- Oculus, SteamVR, Windows Mixed Reality.
• Experience with voice activated RPG

We are an employer that values diversity and inclusion. We welcome different perspectives that come from lived experiences. Interacting with transparency is important to us in every aspect of our work. We strive for an open, honest, and effective workplace because trust is the foundation of our company. We are open to thinking differently, accommodating your needs to succeed, and straying from the conventional.

We are looking for whip-smart and creative go-getters who want to make a profound impact on what we’re building to join our amazing team. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

We are expanding our team and seek talented Unity Senior Developers and Designers with an orientation to digital humans and avatars system design.

Blimey is seeking an experienced senior Unity developer to join our team. We’re looking for a Unity developer – designer and programmer with experience in XR/VR/AR projects, who is self-directed and excellent at collaborating across disciplines. The ideal candidate will have a passion for designing and building avatars systems for exciting XR games & experiences in Unity.

*This is a full-time position with remote and work from home options available.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop an avatar module in Unity.
• Develop the UX and customization panel

• Identify and solve UX problem

• Develop systems to support the functionality of a digital human and ensure its integration (engine, gameplay, AI, sound, animation, FX etc.)

• Collaborate with designers and artists to implement and refine features

• Anticipate, identify and articulate technical and developmental risks and obstacles, and generate solutions

• Participate in all project phases, from concept to maintenance

• Ensure timely and high-quality modular software development

• Independently implement complex components of interactive applications

• Advise less experienced developers regarding their implementation approaches

Essential Experience

• 5 years avatar design and development in a game engine experience with 2 or more commercial launches

• 3+ years of C# development in Unity3D

• Good understanding of gameplay technologies with the ability to apply technical knowledge in various areas such as mathematics, physics, animation, Inverse Kinematics, AI to implement performance aware gameplay features

• Ability to work in an iterative environment with game designers and producers to quickly deliver gameplay feature prototypes

• Thorough understanding of Unity architecture and preferred workflows

• Ability to write clear, maintainable, and optimized code

• Demonstrated extensive proficiency in and knowledge of object-oriented programming in C#

• Source control and code review processes

• Experience with agile frameworks such as Scrum

• Experience with GPU / CPU profiling, optimization techniques and approaches for developing performant tethered and mobile XR applications

Useful Skills & Experience

• Experience with AR / VR- Oculus, SteamVR, Windows Mixed Reality.

• Experience with GPT3, Natural Language processing integration with Unity.
• Experience with IK, humanoid animations and muscle setup

We are an employer that values diversity and inclusion. We welcome different perspectives that come from lived experiences. Interacting with transparency is important to us in every aspect of our work. We strive for an open, honest, and effective workplace because trust is the foundation of our company. We are open to thinking differently, accommodating your needs to succeed, and straying from the conventional.

We are looking for whip-smart and creative go-getters who want to make a profound impact on what we’re building to join our amazing team. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!