About the role
Certain Affinity is a game developer based in Austin, Texas, with a growing presence in Toronto, Canada. The company culture reflects the values of its home cities, prioritizing a commitment to evolution, diversity, excellence, and work-life balance. The team is known for co-developing AAA FPS games and is currently creating original IP.
Role Overview
As a Senior Technical Sound Designer, you will act as the bridge between the team's creative ambitions and technical execution. You will work with sound designers, engineers, and other disciplines to design, implement, maintain, and support audio systems for games.
Responsibilities
- Design, script, and support complex audio systems across various engines and audio toolsets.
- Collaborate with engineering as necessary to implement code-level audio solutions.
- Help define, apply, and document best practices for audio workflow and system design.
- Troubleshoot and debug audio systems and tools, and provide technical support for sound designers.
- Collaborate with other disciplines to ensure audio systems are well incorporated into all relevant aspects of the project's development.
- Design and implement high-quality sounds that fit the vision of the projects.
Requirements & Skills
- Experience with Audiokinetic Wwise and Unreal Engine.
- Experience with various Unreal pipelines: Blueprint, Niagara, animation, materials, etc.
- Experience debugging audio and gameplay systems.
- Experience with 3D audio technologies and workflows.
- Strong understanding of interactive audio system design, implementation, and mixing.
- Shipped titles in a sound designer or technical sound designer role.
- Power user of chosen DAW and sound design tools.
- Experience developing on AAA consoles.
- Ability to demonstrate previous work in a high-quality portfolio.
- Desire to work in a diverse and inclusive environment.
Extra Credit
- Scripting experience in Python, Lua, or similar.
- Experience with Reaper scripting and extensions.
- C++ programming experience.
Compensation & Employment Details
- Salary: $100K-$120K CAD
- Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
- Employment Type: Full Time
- Level: Mid Level
- Additional Policies:
- Certain Affinity or its partners run background checks on candidates or employees with written authorization.
- Background checks may be required for employment offers or to determine eligibility for specific projects.
- Eligibility for remote work is subject to whether Certain Affinity is authorized to do business in the candidate's specific location.