Vacancies of the week (January 29)

Wanted: special effects specialist at Banzai Games, system analyst at Playrix and team leader at Friday’s Games.

Based on the job search service and specialists TalentsInGames.com Marina Lopatina, product manager, has prepared a selection of the most interesting vacancies for the week.

Marina LopatinaArt vacancy of the week

Special Effects Specialist (VFX artist) at Banzai Games (Moscow, Russia)

The Moscow developer of the Shadow Fight series of mobile fighting games is looking for a special effects specialist to work on a new, not yet announced project. The novelty will be focused on PvP. The setting chosen for the game is cyberpunk.

Responsibilities:

• creating special effects for environment objects and characters based on the concepts of animators and artists;
• creating special effects for interface elements based on UI team concepts;
• creation of related VFX assets (textures, spritelists, 3D models);
• the solution of all issues related to this process.

Requirements:

• it is mandatory to have VFX in 3D in the portfolio;
• work experience in the gaming or film industry;
• ability to work with VFX in Unity;
• sense of composition, color, ability to work in a given style within various genres;
• the ability to create textures for effects;
• basic skills of modeling, mapping, setup, skinning and simple animation.

Shadow Fight 3Analytical vacancy of the week

System Analyst in Playrix (Remote work)

The author of the mobile blockbusters Gardenscapes and Homescapes is working on “new generation tools for automated game promotion“. The company is looking for a system analyst for this task.

Responsibilities:

• identification, collection and system analysis of requests for the development of internal services;
• development of scenarios of the system based on business processes;
• preparation of requirements in a form involving iterative development;
• presentation of the finished functionality to the customer, collecting feedback, testing on focus groups;
• interaction with customers and developers;
• development of necessary project documentation.

Requirements:

• experience in the field of system analysis from 2 years;
• understanding the role of an analyst in a team in an iterative development environment;
• understanding of key approaches to requirements development and management, understanding the limits of their applicability and the ability to choose the best approaches;
• ability to decompose functionality, define MVP and work with priorities;
• understanding the basics of client-server interaction, principles of web services;
• experience working with databases and writing SQL queries;
• experience in UX development and prototype preparation;
• technical english;
• welcome: the ability to work with large amounts of data; understanding of the work of cloud services; understanding the role of the Product Owner and relevant experience.

GardenscapesTechnical vacancy of the week

Team lead (game development) at Friday’s Games (Novosibirsk, Russia)

Novosibirsk Friday’s Games is currently busy creating a mobile farm. Including for its launch, she is looking for a team leader who will be responsible for the release and technical development of the project.

Responsibilities:

• development management:

— introduction of new and optimization of current service processes;
— participation in the launch of new games and technology development of already successful projects;
— implementation of short and medium-term technical projects;
— participation in the construction of the architecture of projects, the selection of optimal technological solutions;
— implementation and support of best practices, standards, tools and approaches;
— control of all technical stages and quality of development, taking into account possible risks;

• management of a technical team of 20 people, 11 of them programmers, distributed over two projects:

— elaboration of the team structure (recruitment planning, introduction of new positions/roles);
— development of the level of technical specialists;
— mentoring of the team in the choice of technologies, approaches to implementation or design, architectural solutions;
— participation in hiring, training, regular reviews of work and pay, employee motivation;
— assistance to project managers in assessing the competencies of technical specialists and the distribution of tasks;
— conducting regular code reviews.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience leading a technical team: hiring, adaptation, development (10+ people);
• 3+ years of experience in a similar position;
• experience in training employees of various levels;
• experience in building a technical team and internal processes;
• high general technical level;
• understanding the game development process;
• love of games;
• the ability to communicate your thoughts clearly and clearly;
• the desire to share knowledge and improve your team.

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