Thunder Lotus Games (creators of independent games Jotun, Sundered and Spiritfarer) is looking for a Generalist Programmer to join us in making AAA-quality games with an indie heart. In this role, you'll join a team of experienced game developers on our quest for excellence.
As General Programmer on a new project, you'll:
- Develop tools and improve pipelines for the art, design and programming teams
- Integrate online services (accounts, matchmaking, social, monetization, etc.)
- Code gameplay features
The ideal candidate has:
- Several years of professional experience in game development
- Shipped online games and features
- A great understanding of art, design and programming production pipelines and constraints
- Experience with the Unity game engine
- A desire to embrace uncertainty and drive change
- Great team spirit, autonomy and execution
- A positive and humble attitude
- English and French preferred
We offer:
- Competitive salary, benefits and vacation
- Net revenue sharing
- A small team with tons of creative ownership over the games we make (original IP)
- Shorter production cycles: ship games faster, minimize production purgatory
- Great work-life balance, we limit crunch as much as possible
- An office in the vibrant Saint-Henri neighbourhood, surrounded by other great independent studios
Thunder Lotus is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Unusual backgrounds are welcome!
About Thunder Lotus
Thunder Lotus® is a maker of beautifully powerful video games. A passionate collective of AAA, indie, and mobile expats with over 130 years of combined industry experience and 80+ shipped titles, Thunder Lotus aspires to distill its visionary original IP’s into captivating interactive experiences that the team itself would love to play. Founded in 2014, Thunder Lotus recently entered its sixth year in the industry with significant momentum and ambition.
Founder Will Dubé and friends brought the hand-drawn action-exploration game Jotun to Kickstarter in July 2014. Jotun and the expanded Jotun: Valhalla Edition released to wide acclaim on all major systems from 2015 to 2018. Thunder Lotus’ sophomore creation, Sundered was initially released in 2017, and saw the release of the expanded Sundered: Eldritch Edition in 2018. Thunder Lotus’ third production, titled Spiritfarer, is scheduled for release with Xbox Game Pass for PC and Console, Xbox One, Windows PC, PlayStation®4, Nintendo Switch™, Mac and Linux in 2020.
