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Blackbird Interactive

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201 - 500 employees

🎮 Gaming

👥 B2C

Gaming • B2C

Blackbird Interactive (BBI) is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent studio based in Vancouver, known for developing video games such as Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, and the upcoming Homeworld 3, Minecraft Legends, and Crossfire: Legion. Founded in 2010 by Rob Cunningham, Yossarian King, and Aaron Kambeitz, BBI boasts an internal CG cinematics department led by the founder of Pixar Canada and has collaborated on various game-adjacent projects. BBI was recognized as one of the fastest growing Canadian companies by revenue in 2020 and 2021 by The Globe and Mail and Deloitte.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with design, art, engineering, and production to implement gameplay features, technical systems, and content across multiple platforms. • Act as a bridge between disciplines, solving technical challenges and supporting asset integration, debugging, optimization, and engine implementation. • Design and maintain tools, scripts, workflows, and pipelines that improve team productivity and content quality. • Identify usability, visual, and performance issues, developing solutions that balance player experience, technical constraints, and production needs. • Support artists and designers across a variety of content areas, including animation, materials, FX, UI, and gameplay systems. • Create clear documentation for tools, workflows, and technical processes while proactively identifying opportunities to improve production.

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of professional experience as a Technical Artist, Technical Designer, or similar role in game development. • Strong understanding of real-time game development pipelines, engine integration, and content workflows. • Experience developing production tools, workflows, or gameplay systems using scripting or programming languages such as Python, C#, or C++. • Familiarity with DCC tools such as Maya and asset management/version control workflows. • Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to work independently in a production environment.

🏖️ Benefits

• flexible work arrangements