Jobs at Keywords Studios

Designs and implements levels for AAA console games, including documentation, blockouts, combat encounters, pacing, flow, readability, and prototyping in Unreal Engine 5 or equivalent engines. Collaborates with art, design, and other disciplines to integrate features and assets, conducts playtesting, diagnoses bugs, incorporates feedback, and communicates level concepts and improvements effectively.

Develop and enhance Salesforce applications using Apex, Lightning Web Components, Salesforce configurations, and API integrations. Maintain managed and unmanaged packages, troubleshoot issues, support deployments, and ensure code quality and compliance with Salesforce governor limits. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, assist with package installation and configuration, and deliver solutions independently on a three-month contract.

Manages game localization projects from planning through delivery, coordinating clients, vendors, translators, QA, production teams, schedules, resources, risks, budgets, invoicing, and project profitability. The role maintains client relationships, documents workflows, monitors quality and deadlines, addresses issues, supports process improvements, and contributes to team training in a global hybrid environment.

Support and maintain game art pipelines, troubleshoot technical issues, develop tools and shaders, profile performance, and optimize assets for memory and frame-rate requirements. The role collaborates closely with art and animation teams, documents workflows, mentors technical artists, and helps manage production risks. It requires strong Python, Maya or 3ds Max, real-time rendering, console hardware, and game development knowledge.

Participate in flexible, paid on-call game testing sessions using personal gaming hardware and internet. Test multiplayer servers and online features, evaluate gameplay and user experience, identify bugs and technical issues, and provide detailed feedback through surveys and written reports. Testers must be at least 18, reliable, discreet, able to sign an NDA, and available for invited sessions. Prior game testing or QA experience is preferred but not required.

Tests VR games and applications on-site, identifying, reproducing, documenting, and reporting bugs and gameplay issues. Performs regression testing and verifies fixes while following procedures, meeting deadlines, and collaborating with team leads and fellow testers to deliver high-quality immersive gaming experiences.

In-office VR game tester who plays and evaluates VR games, identifies/reproduces and documents bugs, verifies fixes and regression tests, follows test procedures, and collaborates with the QA team to ensure high-quality immersive experiences. Primarily afternoon/evening shifts in Montreal.

Supports localization quality management across projects and languages by creating quality plans, analyzing performance reports, validating evaluations, delivering training, and coordinating corrective actions. The role collaborates with project managers, linguists, and vendors to improve processes, resolve disputes, identify root causes, and enhance quality tools. It also uses Excel and generative AI tools such as Gemini for data analysis, reporting, workflow optimization, and productivity.

Supports Team Leads by creating and maintaining Google Sheets, reporting tools, workflows, and documentation. Resolves helpdesk tickets, develops spreadsheet formulas and scripts, builds reports in Google Data Studio or Power BI, tracks work in Jira using Agile Scrum, reproduces and reports bugs, audits tool usage, and supports Google Sites and content creators. Uses AppSheet, Forms, and other technologies to improve workflow efficiency.

Creates and oversees high-quality hard-surface game assets, including vehicles, weapons, machinery, props, and architecture. Establishes visual and technical quality standards, collaborates with art and development disciplines, mentors artists, improves modeling and texturing workflows, optimizes assets for real-time performance, and resolves production issues. Requires shipped AAA or high-quality game experience, a strong portfolio, expertise in high-poly and low-poly workflows, baking, texturing, PBR materials, game engines, and artistic leadership.

Maintain, build, scale, and secure production and development infrastructure. Provision infrastructure, manage databases, automate operations, ensure scalability, performance, and compliance, and support internal engineering teams.

Design and build scalable backend systems, data access layers, data workflows, and analytics-driven products. Develop data models and optimize queries, performance, caching, reliability, and security across large datasets. Use Snowflake and potentially GenAI/LLM technologies for intelligent data products. Contribute to real-time processing, system design, code reviews, documentation, and mentoring while collaborating with product, analytics, and business stakeholders.

Finance Manager responsible for financial integrity across the Americas, including statutory and management reporting, IFRS-to-Local GAAP conversion, balance sheet governance, cash forecasting, tax and audit coordination, and process improvement. The role leads a small controlling team, supports budgeting and forecasting, manages finance operations, and contributes to system implementation and legal entity rationalization initiatives.

Manage and grow enterprise game-industry accounts for Player Engagement services, including Trust & Safety, Monetization, and VIP Concierge. Build account plans, expand adoption, identify whitespace and new opportunities, manage customer health, and coordinate legal, billing, customer success, product, and production teams. Engage executive stakeholders, respond to RFIs/RFPs, report pipeline and revenue progress, and serve as a trusted advisor to clients.

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Tests Arabic localization in mobile games for linguistic accuracy, cultural appropriateness, consistency, and correct UI implementation. Identifies, documents, retests, and verifies localization, language, implementation, and interface bugs. Collaborates with Arabic translators, linguists, vendors, and LQA specialists; creates test cases, runs checklists, and supports translation tasks while meeting tight deadlines.

Develop and maintain art tools, scripts and pipelines; implement and optimize shaders, materials, procedural assets and VFX; collaborate with artists, designers and engineers to solve technical art challenges and ensure real-time performance and production-ready assets.

Lead the technical direction and delivery of production AI systems, including AI agents, LLM services, RAG pipelines, multimodal RAG, evaluation frameworks, and ML platforms. Manage and mentor backend, frontend, and full-stack engineers while overseeing architecture, development, testing, reliability, and scalability. Partner with product, ML, and data teams to deliver AI solutions and drive improvements in LLMOps, fine-tuning, vector search, and generative AI capabilities.

Owns end-to-end project management and production for digital media campaigns, including budgeting, scheduling, resourcing, client coordination, quality control, vendor management, and delivery. Partners with creative, design, motion, and production teams across social content, performance marketing, live-action, and longer-form projects. The role requires post-production knowledge, resource planning, problem-solving, strong communication, and the ability to manage multiple fast-paced projects within budget and deadlines.