Producer – Gears Of War – The Coalition
By Microsoft At Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Milestone planning, execution, dependency management, and evaluation of priorities
Proactive risk management and mitigation
You are comfortable working in modern project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Kanban, etc)
Bachelor's Degree AND 2+ years experience in production roles in gaming or entertainment industry, or other multi-disciplinary leadership
Experience in development and shipping of at least one gaming product release.
Minimum of 2 years’ production experience on console products
Software Quality Engineer – Gears Of War – The Coalition
By The Coalition Studio At Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
OR equivalent experience or capabilities.
Promote the benefits of automated testing throughout our game development processes.
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years software industry experience
OR Master's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ years software industry experience
2+ years experience in game development using C++.
Knowledge of the Unreal Engine code base and tools.
Technical Narrative Designer – Gears Of War – The Coalition
By Microsoft At Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Have proficient experience with a major game engine and a firm knowledge of visual scripting. Unreal/Blueprint experience is a plus.
Provide feedback and guidance on how to best manage and integrate narrative content (speech, text) in the systems.
Have conscientious knowledge of industry trends in interactive storytelling, with a genuine interest in creatively advancing the medium.
Design, document, and implement interactive narrative systems to achieve the projects’ storytelling goals in Campaign and Multiplayer modes.
Collaborate with game designers, animators, and engineers to execute on narrative goals through gameplay systems and dialogue/cinematics tools.
Work closely with campaign, art, and level design teams to drive environmental storytelling and narrative goals throughout the game.
Lead Mission Designer – Gears Of War – The Coalition
By Microsoft At Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Ensure functional and visual consistency across all campaign experiences throughout the game.
5+ years of experience having shipped at least one Action-Shooter or Action-Adventure console titles.
3+ years of experience working on visual game editors, ideally Unreal Engine.
Extensive experience with the level design fundamentals, constraints, and narrative.
You have experience in leading development on a multi-person team.
Experience working collaboratively in a cross-discipline development environment.
Quality Engineer – Gears Of War – The Coalition
By Microsoft At Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Promote the benefits of automated testing throughout our game development processes.
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years software industry experience.
2+ years experience in C++ game development.
Knowledge of the Unreal Engine code base and tools.
Experience developing in C# and/or Python.
Excellent communication and problem solving skills to facilitate working closely with other engineers, tech artists, and game testers.