Top Tech Jobs & Startup Jobs in Montreal

Lead UX strategy and design for player-facing platforms and internal tools (LiveOps, CMS, account systems). Design complex workflows and scalable interaction models, create wireframes and high-fidelity Figma prototypes, use research, usability testing and data to reduce friction, and collaborate with Product, Engineering, Data and LiveOps while contributing to design systems.

Create high-quality gameplay VFX that realize the art director's vision. Collaborate with design, art, and tech teams to implement and optimize effects across platforms, iterate rapidly, and ensure performance and visual fidelity for Blight: Survival.

Lead and organize the game systems team for Blight: Survival, building schedules and roadmaps, prioritizing and tracking tasks, conducting build reviews, coordinating with directors and other teams, improving processes with other producers, and managing people and their career development to deliver gameplay features to quality standards.

Manage planning and execution for an unannounced game project: identify dependencies and risks, track tasks in JIRA/Confluence, remove blockers, align priorities, lead and support contributors, and report progress and risks to stakeholders to ensure milestone delivery.

Lead the visual direction for a new IP: create an art bible, concept characters/vehicles/weapons, produce sketches and concept art, drive worldbuilding, and align art across stakeholders and the development pipeline.

Design, implement, optimize, and maintain console-specific systems for Xbox and PS5. Investigate platform bugs, improve multiplayer stability and memory usage, participate in performance capture/pipelines, automate build/testing/version delivery workflows, and promote Unreal Engine internal best practices.

Design, build, and maintain scalable AWS-based infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for a live online game. Deploy and manage containerized applications with Kubernetes, implement Infrastructure as Code, monitor system performance, collaborate with developers, participate in on-call rotation, and apply best practices for security, testing, and resource optimization.

Manage planning and execution for Dead by Daylight: track tasks in JIRA and Confluence, identify dependencies and risks, remove blockers, align priorities, lead individual contributors, and report progress and risks to stakeholders.

Lead full-cycle recruiting for senior and specialized studio roles (programming, art, design, production). Proactively source via Boolean, market mapping, and community channels; build pipelines, represent the studio at events, advise hiring leaders, support offer strategy, and run strategic talent acquisition projects.

Create realistic sci-fi characters for a AAA Unreal Engine 5 FPS: model and texture organic and hard-surface elements, produce rigging-friendly topology, groom hair in UE5, collaborate with animation and tech animation, work from concept to in-engine assets, shape pipelines/tools, and mentor junior artists.