Job Description

Pariah Interactive is seeking a Game Developer!

💻 Proficient in C#, C++, and Javascript

🧩 Experience with Unreal and Unity is a bonus

🎮 You'd be making games / digital experiences / websites

🌎 Full-time w/benefits, preferably hybrid position based in NYC

The Position

We're looking for a Game Developer to join Pariah Interactive’s Eastern Standard Time team. This is a one-year, full-time employee position with benefits. You would be working with the core team in the United States, during mostly 9-5pm EST, 40 hours a week.

The position is preferably hybrid (both remote and in-office as needed) with you being based in NYC, but we are open to a completely remote situation as well.

You would be working on a number of projects, including our in-house video game, 1000 Deaths, as well as client projects that vary in scope and medium — these typically include immersive VR experiences, educational AR applications, websites, video games, and other creative digital projects.

You would:

• Work predominantly in C#, C++, and/or Javascript to make games, digital experiences, and/or websites.
• Plan game projects based off of specs, create prototypes, and write code.
• Help troubleshoot and debug applications, edit code based on feedback, and maintain code as needed.
• Coordinate with other team members (designers, artists, musicians, etc.) to develop projects.
• Meet with clients, external designers, exhibitors, or directors to plan and review projects.

The ideal candidate:

• Has experience with game engines, particularly Unity and Unreal.
• Writes clean, well-documented, and readable code that can be easily interpreted by other members of the team.
• Understands source control well.
• Is excited to meet challenges and willing to investing time into learning new things.
• Is willing to get their hands dirty in API documentations to solve problems.
• Is a team player, communicative, organized, and detail-oriented.

About Us

Pariah Interactive is a small independent games and XR development studio that creates surreal experiences about real life. We work with contemporary artists and organizations to transform often untold narratives, histories, and mythologies into digital immersive experiences for wider audiences. Our current in-house production is 1000 Deaths, a 3D adventure platformer about confronting interpersonal conflicts and the effects of media on the human psyche. We’ve showcased works at New Museum, Tribeca Film Festival, Game Devs of Color Expo, and MAGFest, among others.

Interested?

Main logistics:

• This is a full-time employee position — a 40 hour/week, around 9-5pm EST.
• You’ll receive a salary (commensurate with experience) and benefits.

To Apply

• Apply via this LinkedIn job post.