Jobs at Side

Develop and maintain production browser-based games using PixiJS. Implement gameplay, UI systems, animations, audio, and game mechanics while improving performance across desktop and mobile. Own technical architecture, code quality, testing, monitoring, technical debt reduction, and scalable development practices for existing commercial titles.

Coordinates multiple audio post-production projects from setup and scheduling through quality assurance, tracking, archiving, and final client delivery. Manages resources, workflows, deadlines, vendors, and stakeholder communication while identifying risks and escalating issues. Supports process improvement, technical QA, team development, and junior colleagues. The role requires post-production knowledge, strong organization, fluent Mandarin and English, and comfort working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Support an established Unreal Engine game through Nintendo Switch porting and live-game development. Responsibilities include adapting systems, resolving platform-specific bugs, profiling and optimizing CPU, GPU, memory, and loading performance, integrating Nintendo platform features, debugging gameplay and online systems, collaborating with QA, and supporting builds and release readiness.

Perform localization QA on games: review translated text and UI for grammar, cultural consistency, and context; log bugs and suggestions; ensure adherence to console guidelines and correct display of content and formatting.

The Graphic Designer will create visual assets across brand, marketing, presentations, digital, events, motion, and corporate communications. Responsibilities include developing presentation systems, digital and print designs, motion graphics, video, exhibition materials, data visualizations, and production-ready artwork. The role collaborates with marketing, sales, communications, developers, agencies, and global teams while managing multiple briefs and deadlines. It also involves applying brand guidelines and integrating generative AI into creative workflows.

Develop and maintain performant 2D browser games for desktop and mobile using TypeScript, JavaScript, PixiJS, SolidJS, and related web technologies. Responsibilities include rendering, animation, audio, responsive layouts, asset management, debugging, profiling, and performance optimization. Collaborate through Git workflows and troubleshoot issues across game, browser, and web technology systems during a three-month remote freelance engagement in Brazil.

Provides multilingual customer and technical support through email, chat, social media, and calls. Troubleshoots computers, mobile applications, and video game consoles; identifies recurring issues, performs independent testing, escalates urgent problems, and provides feedback. Translates between Japanese, English, and Chinese, prepares reports and meeting minutes, and may attend Japanese client meetings. This is a fixed-term, onsite, shift-based role requiring weekend and public holiday work.

Own full-cycle, high-volume recruitment across multiple business lines in the Braga studio. Responsibilities include sourcing and assessing candidates, managing pipelines and requisitions, partnering with hiring managers, coordinating interviews, maintaining ATS records, tracking recruiting metrics, improving hiring processes, and supporting employer branding and recruitment campaigns.

Leads audio post-production delivery across commercial and video game localization projects. Provides technical guidance on dialogue editing, audio QA, mastering, workflows, and client specifications; conducts quality reviews; mentors and supports team members; assists with onboarding and training; coordinates priorities, deadlines, documentation, archiving, and delivery risks; and contributes technical input to client and stakeholder discussions.

Lead Side’s global Post Production function during maternity cover, overseeing audio post-production delivery, people and manager development, capacity planning, quality standards, budgets, client relationships, and operational performance. Drive workflow transformation through automation and AI-assisted tools, establish KPIs, improve scalability and profitability, and maintain technical oversight across dialogue editing, QA, mastering, hardware, software, and multilingual projects.

Performs localization quality assurance testing for video games in Italian. Responsibilities include identifying language, cultural, translation, formatting, display, and content errors; checking compliance with console guidelines; logging bugs; writing reports; performing ad hoc translation; and collaborating with global project teams. No prior experience is required, but Italian fluency, conversational English, strong attention to detail, Excel literacy, research skills, and Schengen Area residence are required.

Design and implement bosses, enemies, attacks, and combat systems in Unreal Engine. Responsibilities include animation integration, hitbox timing, hit reactions, cancel windows, telegraphs, combat balancing, animation authoring, Blueprint implementation, Behavior Trees, Animation Blueprints, Niagara prototyping, and cross-functional troubleshooting. The role requires independent ownership of combat characters or systems and approximately 5+ years of relevant game development experience.

Own game spaces from blockout through final polish, combining gameplay layout, world building, lighting, composition, and performance optimization. Build environments in Unreal Engine using pre-generated assets, PCG, Houdini, and Blueprints. Implement level features and interactives, optimize streaming and memory performance, and collaborate with design, art, and engineering teams across the development pipeline.

Creates stylized fantasy concepts for characters, creatures, costumes, weapons, and gear. Produces turnarounds, callout sheets, and model packs for 3D production, while collaborating with 3D artists and art direction to ensure technical feasibility, visual clarity, and stylistic consistency. The role requires strong character design, anatomy, proportion, costume, color theory, and real-time 3D asset pipeline knowledge.

Manage full-set accounting for assigned entities, including transaction processing, reconciliations, month-end and year-end closing, intercompany accounting, and financial statements. Prepare management reports, sales channel reporting, and variance analysis while ensuring IFRS and statutory compliance. Support audits, tax matters, D365 reconciliation, process improvements, regional finance projects, and cross-border coordination across international teams.

Execute functional, regression, and exploratory testing for mobile games; create and maintain test cases; identify and track defects; validate gameplay, UI/UX, performance, and player experience; follow QA standards and Agile processes; and collaborate with developers and QA teams. The role operates primarily during night shifts and may require overtime on weekdays or weekends.

Develop and maintain scalable gameplay systems in Unreal Engine 4 using Blueprints and C++. Build UI debugging tools, implement gameplay mechanics and reward systems, resolve system and content issues, and collaborate with narrative, UI, engineering, and design teams. The role also involves leading and mentoring designers, prototyping player experiences, and improving FPS gameplay flow, combat, progression, and engagement.

Hands-on finance leadership role managing full-cycle accounting, month-end close, financial reporting, statutory compliance, audit coordination, cash flow forecasting, process improvements, and leading a finance team while partnering with business leaders and FP&A.

Tests localized video games in LATAM Spanish by proofreading text, identifying language and content errors, checking console compliance, reporting bugs, providing feedback, and performing occasional translations. The role is on-call, in-office in Montreal, and requires native-level LATAM Spanish, strong English, basic French, computer literacy, cultural knowledge, and excellent attention to detail.

Drive new client acquisition and existing account growth for a video game development services portfolio across North America. Responsibilities include prospecting, relationship management, cross-selling, consultative discovery, proposal and pricing development, pipeline forecasting, CRM maintenance, and closing complex deals. The role requires understanding game development workflows across codevelopment, art, audio, QA, localization, LQA, and player support, while collaborating with internal delivery and service-line teams.