Gaming Tools Engineer (Unity)

Why Big Fish Games?

Big Fish Games is the home of some of the biggest hit mobile casual games including EverMerge, Gummy Drop!, Cooking Craze, Fairway Solitaire, and many more.

We are curious and constantly seek improvement in all we do because that’s what our business demands

We operate with good intentions, confidence, and humility

We welcome diversity of background, thought, and experience

We listen actively and value each other

We foster a fun environment that inspires creativity

Overview

This role is fully remote from Quebec - we will only consider candidates based in Quebec, Canada)

The New Game Division (NGD) is a new division at Big Fish Games and our goal is to keep producing hit games in the casual mobile space. We have built a robust game development process and we are looking for a passionate Unity Solution Engineer to support our partner game developers.

In this role, you will act as a technical system developer, integrator, troubleshooter, and analyst, drawing on your broad knowledge of software development to assist with a wide variety of technical challenges.

You will work with game producers, product managers and the external game development team to help all these groups overcome technical obstacles and drive the game to greater success.

What You'll Do

Help our partner developer to integrate, update and leverage the capabilities of 3rd party tools & services that are integral to the game.

Troubleshoot and firefight short term issues as they crop up. Identify, optimize and mitigate long running performance and stability issues.

Become an expert on Big Fish Games technical products, services, and best practices so our solutions provide maximal value to our game teams.

Be flexible in order to adapt to the shifting priorities that come from working with multiple game projects.

Effectively communicate with technical and non-technical parties to ensure understanding of priorities, services, features and business requirements.

Become familiar with the game’s codebase in order to offer technical advice or help troubleshoot issues.

Proactively find solutions for problems and obstacles. Help improve our processes and documentation.

Tech Stack

Mobile application development in Unity, Android, iOS

Store platform solutions on Apple App Store Connect, Google Play Console

We developed tools and systems for CICD, telemetry, data pipeline, and reach

Cloud platform solutions on GCP, Firebase

3rd party integrations with AppsFlyer, Ironsource, Leanplum, BrainCloud, Zendesk

What We're Looking For

Required Skills

Proven previous software engineering experience .

Unity engine experience, including building mobile clients with both Xcode and Android Studio .

Experience estimating effort and establishing timelines for projects as well as communicating associated risk.

Mobile application development experience for Android, & iOS

Required Soft-Skills / Behaviors

A flexible mindset and a willingness to collaborate with other engineers.

Excellent interpersonal communication skills, both spoken and written.

A service-oriented attitude and confidence in your skills that allows you to build and maintain trust with our game teams.

Ability to understand complex technical systems and be able to navigate them.

Benefits And Beyond

Employees constantly rate Big Fish Games highly for its leadership, flexibility, well-being, diversity and inclusion through quarterly surveys.

FLEX-Forward work environment : Customize the when, where, and how you work while delivering goals

Health Benefits : Health care coverage on your first day of employment with competitive plans and virtual Health care offered

Wellbeing : Employee Assistance Program (EAP) + Wellness spending account (500$)

Time Off : 3 weeks + 4 floating days + 7 personal / sick days

Financial Benefits : 100% match up to 4% on Group RRSPs + SuperShare eligibility where for every 2 Aristocrat Technologies (ATI) shares you buy, up to the set maximum, you will receive 1 for free

Team Member Assistance Fund : Up to $1,000 annually in financial support if you fall on hard times and need financial assistance

Community & Fun : Company social events, employee impact groups, company swag, volunteer opportunities

Access to LinkedIn Learning

• Many More !

About Big Fish

Building upon our 20-year legacy as a leader in the biggest gaming categories in the world, we are innovating and developing new products within the casual space to add to our extensive portfolio. Big Fish is dedicated to delivering amazing experiences for players to connect, compete and discover play, anywhere and on any device. This means games for broad global audiences in genres that are easy to learn, and difficult to master. Be a part of the team from the start.

Big Fish is part of Pixel United, the free-to-play, mobile-first video games business of Aristocrat Leisure Ltd (ASX : ALL)!

Big Fish Games is an equal opportunity employer. We bring unique talents together to build something special that’s why we welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace regardless of race, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

Location

Montreal, Quebec - Remote

Job family

Software

Contract Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Company

Big Fish Games

Travel Expectations

None