Senior Technical Sound Designer

Certain Affinity · Canada · 100k – 120k · posted today ago

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About this role

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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