Hiring Senior HTML5 Games Developer (Canada, Montreal)

[PearFiction Studios]

PearFiction Studios is looking for an experienced HTML5 Game Developer to work with our highly talented Montreal team. Develop the next generation of online casino games in our cool loft style office in the trendy Plateau Mont-Royal district. If you have a personality to handle responsibility and collaborate in a small team environment, we'd love to have you join PearFiction Studio's dev team. Candidates should have an interest in online, mobile, and social casino games.

You will be responsible for:

• Participating in designing the front-end aspects of a game design including entertainment, pacing, features, and UI functionality.
• Designing, developing, and maintaining games in HTML5.
• Developing new front-end game development tools, features, or extending current ones.
• Creating and owning all design documentation and deliverables for our HTML5 game development toolset.
• Developing new casino games with our HTML5 game development toolset.
• Integrating the game graphics and visual effects.
• Integrating the game business requirements and features.
• Ensuring entertainment value to end users.
• Maintain and test HTML5 games and tools to ensure stability.

Essential Experience:

• Technical degree or higher in computer science
• Minimum of three years of HTML5 (Canvas and JavaScript/Typescript) game development for mobile and desktop platforms.
• Experience with Pixi.js or Phaser.io JavaScript/CSS frameworks.
• Solid knowledge of Object Oriented Programming, MVC and other design principles.
• Experience working in agile and iterative environments.
• Familiarity with project tracking tools such as JIRA or Trello.
• Familiarity with Git and feature branching approach.
• Understanding web browser game development, with focus on mobile.
• A flair for game graphics programming, animations, effects, and optimization for best performance for online and mobile use.

Desirable Experience:

• Experience developing slot machine front ends.
• Good understanding of casino games and real money gaming mathematics.
• Experience working with graphically performance-heavy web applications.
• Experience with client-server integrations and serialization techniques.
• Open to challenges of learning new languages, technologies, frameworks and approaches to development.
• Experience in game development projects (hobby or professional).
• Experience with other programming languages (C#, Java, / PHP / Python / C++, etc) is an asset.
• Genuinely wants to do a good job as a matter of pride in one’s work.
• Keen to learn and demonstrate ability.
• Self-motivated.
• Bilingual (French and English) is an asset.

 

You can apply on our website here -> http://pearfiction.com/careers/ or via LinkedIn here -> https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/cap/view/271185313/?pathWildcard=271185313&trk=job_capjs