Salary 115764 - 81641 CAD Company Prodigy Education Website www.prodigygame.com Headquarters CEO Revenue Type Sector Founded
Job Description Prodigy Education is a global leader in game-based learning and is one of the fastest-growing EdTech companies in North America. Our mission is to help every student in the world love learning, motivating millions worldwide via fun, secure and accessible curriculum-aligned gameplay experiences. Visit www.prodigygame.com to learn more.The Engineering team builds and operates a high performance, scalable, reliable, and secure technology platform that will allow us to transform education and deliver effective learning experiences to every student in the world. We do this by building for tomorrow, failing fast and early, and empowering each other to make things better. Interested in learning more about what we're working on? Visit the Prodigy Engineering blog at https://medium.com/prodigy-engineeringWe offer a hybrid work environment, providing employees the flexibility to choose whether they work in the office or from home on any given day. People leaders and team members are empowered to determine what works best based on business needs. We continue to encourage in-person collaboration to enhance the sense of community and connection.Your expertise and experience as a Game Developer III will enhance our team's workflow and create innovative features for our English Game, an immersive village-building simulation that facilitates grammar and core concept learning for children. You will identify technological advancements and provide guidance and support to fellow developers so that their skills can be elevated.Your ImpactOpportunity to take on the development of a particular component or area of the codebase, for your broader teamTake ownership of your team's work and find innovative solutions to complex problemsCreate solutions to complex problems, managing simplicity, completeness, performance, and risk toleranceCollaborate effectively with artists, designers, product managers, producers, QA, and other developers on your teamSeek and incorporate reviews; handle testing, instrumentation, deployment, and monitoringComfortable spiking or creating an MVP in order to ensure we learn quickly, and understand the appropriate tradeoffs to make to do soProvide thoughtful and constructive code reviewsAbout YouWith a genuine passion for games and over 3 years' experience in the game development space, you will bring valuable expertise in building captivating game featuresYour extensive background in game development will be instrumental in contributing to the overall success of our projects and building high-quality gamesYou’ll understand design patterns, algorithms, memory management, and performance optimizationYou’ll bring a strong foundation in both scripting and strongly-typed object-oriented languagesYou have a strong understanding of software engineering best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, build processes, and testingYou are excited by challenges and thrive in a fast pace environmentYou are not afraid to stretch yourself outside of your comfort zone to tackle new opportunities, and love continuous learningBonus PointsExperience working with LIVE GamesCore TechnologiesOur game is built using a bespoke HTML5 game engine and editor built on top of PixiJS and written in TypeScript.Our Game Editor is an Electron App written using React/Typescript.Working At ProdigyWhy Prodigy? Here at Prodigy, our employees are the foundation of our organization - an asset that transforms our mission into a reality! For this reason, we offer our employees a Total Rewards Program that is geared towards their financial, physical and mental well-being.BenefitsEmployees receive full health benefits from day one! Including separate allocation for mental health.Employee stock options and savings plan$500.00 to create your own work from home set-upWe pride ourselves on constant learning, which is why we offer our employees an annual learning fund of $1200.00Prodigy Savings Program (RRSP, TFSA)We value wellness, so in addition to wellness classes and benefits, we also offer an additional $720.00 fund to all employeesProdigy PerksFlexibility to choose whether you work from home or in-office, based on what works best on any given dayFlexible working hoursMonthly “no meeting day” TuesdaysExtended long weekends throughout the year!Want to work from anywhere in the world? We offer 4 weeks of "work from anywhere" per year!Please note: the privacy and security of our users are of the utmost importance to us, and all employees will be expected to act in accordance with Prodigy’s stringent security policies.Follow us on Instagram to learn more, or visit our website at www.prodigygame.com to view additional benefits and perks and our Culture Blog.Get a sense of our culture through one of our news article written by the Toronto star There’s more to corporate culture than mandatory fun!, following an interview with our Chief People officer on how we create an engaging, flexible and fulfilling work environment! https://www.thestar.com/business/mars/2023/04/10/theres-more-to-corporate-culture-than-mandatory-fun.html#LI-Remote, #LI-SM1Come as you are. We believe the power of our collective potential will transform education. We are building towards a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace to empower and create access and opportunity for all. We welcome applications from people from all underrepresented groups, including (but not limited to) people of any gender, age, or religion, members of the LGBTQIA2+ community, BIPOC and other underrepresented races and nationalities, people with disabilities, veterans, and anyone who may contribute to the further diversification of Prodigy Education. If you feel like you don’t have all the qualifications for this position and are willing to use your initiative to learn the rest, we’d still love for you to apply!We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA). Prodigy Education will provide accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodation, please notify us at jobs@prodigygame.com, and we will work with you to meet your needs. Apply Go Back