Jobs at Kabam

Build and maintain complex frontend systems, tools, screens, widgets, and UI elements for a mobile, console, or PC game. Architect solutions, ensure performance, scalability, and security, resolve critical issues, and improve workflows for artists, designers, and programmers. Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an agile environment, review designs, document code, and support game development from prototype through shipped titles.

Capture high-quality gameplay footage and screenshots across Kabam titles using Unity, organize raw assets for editors and designers, assist with short- and long-form video editing, and support motion graphics, audio editing, and occasional livestream operations. Monitor game updates and events to capture relevant content, while identifying bugs and visual inconsistencies in development builds. This is a full-time, on-site contract role in Vancouver.

Design, plan, execute, analyze, and iterate live features, offers, and events for free-to-play games. Create monetization systems, pricing strategies, and optimized promotions; collaborate across teams, write design documentation, assess impacts and mitigate live issues, and use data and market research to drive revenue.

Lead creative and gameplay vision for Marvel Contest of Champions, mentor and grow the Design discipline, set design standards, partner cross-functionally on roadmap and monetization, read live data to guide decisions, and represent the game to players and executives to sustain a long-running live-service title.

Conçoit, développe et maintient des systèmes backend et des infrastructures cloud évolutives pour des jeux mobiles multijoueurs. Le rôle couvre l’architecture logicielle, les API, les bases de données, l’Infrastructure as Code, les conteneurs, les pipelines CI/CD, la surveillance, l’optimisation des performances et la résolution de problèmes complexes. La personne collabore avec des équipes interfonctionnelles, documente les solutions, participe aux revues de code et applique les meilleures pratiques d’ingénierie.

Développer, tester, déboguer et maintenir du code de jeu propre, efficace et réutilisable avec Unity et C#. Créer et intégrer des outils pour les concepteurs et artistes, développer des interfaces utilisateur extensibles et contribuer aux systèmes et mécaniques de gameplay. Collaborer avec les équipes de production, design et art, participer aux revues de code, documenter les solutions, respecter les échéances et communiquer les progrès dans un environnement Agile.

Designs and maintains scalable backend gaming systems, APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and multiplayer services. Responsibilities include architecture, infrastructure as code, container orchestration, monitoring, performance optimization, testing, debugging, security, documentation, and code reviews. The role collaborates with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver large-scale game solutions and requires extensive software development experience, gaming expertise, and proficiency with modern backend and DevOps technologies.

Develop and maintain gameplay systems, tools, UI, and content-creation workflows for online mobile, PC, and console games. Responsibilities include writing and debugging C# code, collaborating with designers, artists, producers, and engineers, reviewing designs, supporting pipelines, documenting work, and meeting agile project milestones. The role emphasizes Unity development, gameplay systems, designer and artist tools, and extensible UI, with backend and graphics experience considered advantageous.

Lead ASO strategy and execution for live-service mobile games and new launches: roadmap and A/B tests, AI-driven metadata creation and localization, storefront asset management across iOS/Google Play/Epic/Steam, KPI reporting, competitor and keyword analysis, and cross-functional coordination with PMM, PRM, Creative, and Data Science to model growth and optimize post-launch retention.

Leads Kabam’s marketing Creative Services function, overseeing creative direction, team mentorship, project delivery, stakeholder alignment, external IP approvals, resourcing, budgets, and quality standards. The role also owns AI-enabled production strategy, governance, workflow automation, team upskilling, and integration of generative AI tools. The director remains hands-on, producing static, motion, video, and CG assets while establishing scalable creative systems and long-term organizational strategy.

Implement, animate, and optimize game UI systems in-engine. Translate UX and art layouts into performant, interactive interfaces using animation, scripting, VFX, and shaders. Collaborate with designers, artists, programmers, and producers to define requirements, maintain UI standards, improve pipelines, and ensure asset integration meets technical and optimization constraints.

Lead and oversee payroll operations for US and Canadian employees, ensure legislative compliance and year-end processes, manage payroll systems and integrations, supervise and mentor payroll staff, review and approve payroll reports and benefit contribution files, troubleshoot vendor/system issues, and lead payroll audits and ICFR controls.

Kabam's GameChanger Scholarship awards $5,000 CAD to a post-secondary Art or Design student in British Columbia or Quebec who demonstrates passion for the video game industry. Applicants must submit an application and essay, agree to terms, and may be asked for two references and verification of enrollment and residency. Ideal candidates have a cumulative GPA of ~3.0/4.0. Applications open Aug 17 to Sept 30; winner announced December 2026.

Maintain and coordinate daily office operations for Kabam's Vancouver headquarters, manage facilities and vendor relationships, run employee engagement programs and events, provide administrative support, track supplies and budgets, and support health, safety, and workspace planning initiatives.

Drive live-ops and monetization strategy for F2P mobile games: advocate for players, create events and offers, forecast content cadence, analyze data with A/B tests and ML, and coordinate cross-functional teams to optimize engagement and revenue.

Drive product roadmap and KPIs for free-to-play games. Define goals/OKRs, design and optimize in-app features and monetization, run A/B and multivariate experiments (with ML), analyze game economy using BI tools, and iterate on player engagement. Mentor team members and participate in recruitment.

The Live Operations Specialist supports live features, events, and promotions in gaming, analyzing player behavior and collaborating across departments to optimize monetization strategies.

Support planning, building, execution, and iteration of live events, offers, and promotions. Ensure localized, QA-reviewed content; collaborate with Marketing, Community, and Player Retention; document events in Wikis; actively play products to understand player experience and support coworkers.

Support product marketing for live games by executing campaigns, coordinating cross-functional teams and external partners, managing timelines and budgets, creating briefs and assets, tracking performance, and ensuring brand-aligned marketing across channels.

Manage project roadmap, release schedule, budget, and resources for game development. Identify and mitigate risks, set KPIs, run reviews, mentor junior producers, and ensure live-service phase success and team health.