Nom du poste: Front-End Developer (Intermediate/Senior)
Status: Full-Time
Contact: jobs@affordancestudio.com
About Affordance
Affordance Studio specializes in the development of serious games and gamified experiences. Led by a team of design experts and veterans from the videogame industry, the studio uses game design techniques to teach, raise awareness and stimulate engagement from users. Affordance brings its services to a large number of clients, from small businesses to different levels of both provincial and federal governments, as well as some contracts in Europe and the US. No matter the request, Affordance always tackles it while following its raison d’etre: creating games that can change the world.
Based in Montreal’s Mile-End, the company, which was named Best place to work in Canada 2022 by Gamesindustry.biz, is part of the Indie Asylum, a creative, innovative, disruptive and caring entrepreneurial ecosystem that brings together several independent companies from the video game world.
Affordance Studio is looking for a Front-end developer! The front-end developer position has three main responsibilities for the Affordance Studio team: integrating visual mock-ups for games and websites; proposing and producing motion design; and designing mock-ups that are ergonomic and easy-to-use. They will have to communicate with team members and the creative director during the project conceptualization phase. The candidate will also communicate directly with the development team in order to effectively integrate assets and visuals in the production pipeline.
The front-end developer will work within a team of dynamic and committed professionals. They will actively participate in various discussions about visual style and help make artistic decisions for different projects.
Responsibilities
- Integrate visual mock-ups into CSS3 and HTML5
- Research and make interaction and animation design proposals
- Design ergonomic, accessible and responsive mock-ups
- Adapt mock-ups for different browsers
Prerequisites
- Relevant Bachelor’s or college degree;
- +5 years experience in a developer position;
- Mastery of HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript;
- Knowledge of Git;
- Working knowledge of integration pipelines;
- Loves teamwork;
- Motivation, curiosity and passion for technology;
- Fluency in French (written and spoken).
Assets
- Knowledge of VueJS and Python;
- Experience within an agency;
- The candidate must be based in Montreal and available to work full time in our studios in Montreal (Mile-End);
- The person does not need a permit to work in Canada.
Benefits
- A dynamic work environment with amazing professional opportunities for you to grow your career;
- Flexible working hours and a 4 days/a week schedule;
- Collective insurance and a telemedicine program;
- Collective retirement savings-plan;
- 4 weeks paid vacation, 2 weeks of your choice and 2 weeks when the studio is closed for the winter holidays;
- A living space where you can enjoy life (shared with other independent video game studios where we regularly organize fun activities related (or not) to videogames).
****To fulfill and exceed its business objectives, Affordance Studio relies on the best team, which means offering a diverse workplace to all employees where everyone sees their skills and differences respected and encouraged. To promote diversity is to treat employees fairly and equitably in order to create a work environment which represents the communities we’re working with. Diversity is encompassed in every aspect that can be used to distinguish between groups or people. It includes respect and appreciation of differences of, among other things, ethnicity, gender and gender expression, age, nationality, physical or mental conditions, sexual orientation, education and religion. Each one of us brings a different perspective to our work environment; diversity and inclusion represent strengths from which we benefit greatly when we respect and encourage our differences. ****
****Please note that Affordance is part of a collaborative hub of video game related companies : the Indie Asylum. By applying to this job offer, you agree to be part of a pool of candidates for the Indie Asylum, which includes the following companies :
Asylum Académie,
To this end, if your application is not selected for the current position, there’s a possibility that a representative of these companies contacts you if your profile proves to be interesting for one of their available positions.