Certain Affinity

Senior Technical Sound Designer

Canada full-time Senior CAD100,000 - CAD120,000
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Senior Technical Sound Designer
Would you like to work on some of the greatest franchises in gaming history? What about working on our new original IP? Certain Affinity is a game developer in Texas, based out of Austin, and we have a growing presence in Toronto, Canada. Our culture reflects the values and the vibrant nature of the cities we call home. This includes ​a commitment to evolution, diversity, excellence, and work-life balance. We are also excited to be the latest recipient of theCanadian Studio of the Year award. We're best known for co-developing numerous AAA FPS games, though now we are creating compelling new games of our own. We're always on the lookout for amazing talent to join our team.
As a Senior Technical Sound Designer at Certain Affinity, you will work with sound designers, engineers and various other disciplines to design, implement, maintain and support audio systems for our games. You will be the bridge between our team's creative ambitions and technical execution.
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 our 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/technical sound designer role

Power user of your chosen DAW and sound design tools

Experience developing on AAA consoles

Can demonstrate previous work in a high quality portfolio

A 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

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Certain Affinity is authorized to do business in many, but not all, of the states in the US and the Canadian provinces. If you are not located in or able to work from a state where Certain Affinity is registered, you may not be eligible for employment as a fully remote employee. Please speak with your recruiter to learn more about where we are registered.
Salary: $100K-$120K CAD

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I am interested in the Senior Technical Sound Designer role because I can bring practical experience in Python, Remote Collaboration and Senior, learn the team quickly, and contribute to the outcomes Certain Affinity needs from this hire.

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