The Moderator will have a key role in making discussions and exchanges more dynamic within the Social Medias and to skillfully manage feedback left by players. Under the Community Manager supervision he will:

Community Management:

• Provide excellent customer service via facebook (no phone calls)
• Ensure the integrity and unified presence of Ludia’s on all social media
• Communicate trends and ideas to the Community Manager
• Stimulate discussions while understanding the direction of the community
• Maintain a high level of satisfaction to a growing number of individuals

• Process all coin replacements (received by emails)
• Respond to all support requests from users
• Inform Community Manager of any escalated issues (legal threat
• Notify Community Manager, QA and Developers of any unusual spikes in complaints/issues, etc., harassment, etc.)

• Wall moderation (filter inappropriate content/spam)
• Read and reply to player wall comments
• Send private messages to all players who leave exceptional comments rewarding them with coins
• For each wall post: thank players, advise them, remind them to use FAQ and Help pages for users. Share, Like in all game-related posts

• Ensure the FAQ and Help pages are accurate and up-to-date with facebook changes
• Revise in-game texts
• Report new issues/problems to Community Manager /Live Team via Redmine
• Maintain weekly reports via Redmine

Qualifications:

• 3-5  years customer service experience
• Must have outstanding written and verbal communication skills in English and French
• Experience in the gaming industry
• Excellent knowledge of the Microsoft Suite
• Excellent knowledge of the internet and online services
• Exceptional time management skills and attention to detail
• Positive attitude and an ability to provide and receive constructive criticism
  
  

Herein, the terms used to designate individuals are taken in a generic sense, they have both value of feminine and male.

Responsibilities:

• Install and maintain servers (Linux, Windows) and network equipment (Dell, Cisco, HP)
  

• Employee support for resources provided by servers

• Participate in the purchasing decisions for computer equipment and software

• Ensure all company's systems and computers function at all time (may sometimes be required
  to work on-call)

• Multiple other related responsibilities

Qualifications:

• B.Sc. degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience
  

• Professional experience in a mixed computer park
  

• Expert knowledge of Linux and high-level knowledge in Windows
  

• Knowledge of Windows Domain policy management
  

• Knowledge of Apache, Asterik, SVN, Computer Security
  

• Knowledge of VMware, ESXi, Nagios
  

• Knowledge of Wireless and VPN technologies
  

• Bilingual (French and English)
  

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Excellent organizational, methodological and time management skills
  

• Proactive and self-thought abilities
  

• Available at all times (flexible schedule)

Desired Skills

• Knowledge of LDAP/SAMBA infrastructure
  

• Knowledge of MacOS environment
  

• Knowledge of servers hardware
  

• Professional experience in an environment related to video games development

• Basic programming knowledge is an asset
  

• Knowledge of script programming (Bash, Perl)

  
  

Responsibilities:

• Computer hardware installation, configuration and support (Dell, HP, Apple, etc...)

• Install and maintain network connected workstations (Windows, MacOSX).

• Software setup (Office, Visual Studio, 3DStudio Max, etc.)
  

• Desks, stations and other furniture installation (Ikea)
  

• Employee support (French and English)
  

• Inventory and logistic task

Qualifications:

• Proven experience in computer installation (good knowledge of computer hardware) including
  network setup
  
• Good knowledge of Microsoft products including Windows XP, Vista 7
  
• Good knowledge of Apple products (MacOSX leopard & lion, iOS)
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office and Visual Studio.
  
• Bilingual (French and English)
  
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organizational and methodological skills

Desired Skills

• Knowledge of Linux.
  

• Knowledge of image deployment (ghost / partimage / dd)
  

• Script programming (Bash / Perl / VBScript).
  

• Knowledge of Active directory, SVN, Asterisk an asset.
  

• Knowledge of AWS an asset.

• Knowledge of SFS2X an asset.
  

• Experience in an environment related to video games development an asset.

Qualifications

• Designing multi-server architectures for web applications
• Cloud Computing (particularly Amazon AWS)
• GNU/Linux administration(specifically Ubuntu and/or Debian)
• Web application servers experience, especially in load balancing
• Engineering of highly scalable complex systems and performance tweaking
• Experience inscripting in Python/Ruby
• Experience with mercurial or git
• Experience with advanced networking technologies
• A degree in computer science, engineering, math, or physics
• Passionate about and evangelize the world of FOSS

 Assets

• Active in technical user groups and have open source contributions
• Good communication and organizational skills
• Curious and autonomous.
• Experience in multiplayer game development, or at least play online games, especially on Facebook (don't worry, that's a good thing!)
• Experience in Scrum and Agile development models
• Bilingual EN/FR
  
  

Benefits

• Full insurance benefits: Medical, Dental & Vision
• High quality, up to date hardware
• A vibrant and fun working environment
• Competitive salary

• Creation and animation of game graphics and their special effects in 2D.
• Validation and follow-up of the artistic integration with the Programmers
• Graphic design and animation of the game user interface from the concept phase to the final realization
• Assisting with the scheduling on the project and completing tasks in accordance with schedule

• Degree in Fine Arts/Graphic Design or equivalent
• Good knowledge of After-Effect
• Good knowledge Photoshop CS
• Exceptional design skills
• Solid understanding of art production processes
• Willing to accept and provide direction and handle multiple tasks
• Committed, independent and responsible worker
• Strong time management skills and able to meet deadlines
• Exceptional communication skills and attention to detail
• Positive attitude and an ability to provide and receive constructive criticism
• Knowledge of 3DS Max would be an asset
  

• Full insurance benefits: Medical, Dental & Life Insurance
• High quality, up-to-date hardware
• A dynamic and fun work environment
• Competitive salary

We are looking for an experienced developer to join our Core Technology Team and help implementing and refining our current game engine. Our proprietary technology allows for rapid development and deployment of games on a wide variety of platforms (PC, Xbox 360, Wii, iOS, Android, etc…). Job will include a high dose of low-level platform development challenges, real-time 3D, networking… while integrating a skilled and fun environment.

Requirements:

• B.S. Degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering or equivalent experience
• Solid knowledge of the C/C++ language
• Experience in debugging and optimization
• Positive attitude, good interpersonal skills and strong desire to learn more on deep technical subjects

Assets:

• Previous or proven experience with games or game engine development
• Good linear algebra skills
• Experience with OpenGL/OpenGL ES and 3D concepts
• Knowledge of shaders, pipeline optimization, special effects
• Experience with iOS SDK or Android NDK

• Define and present the game development strategy to management

• Define the scope of the project and main deliverables

• Suggest a development plan
  

• Build the team structure and optimally organize the workloads
  

• Decide which compromises should be made between the time and quality
  

• Manage risks and approve the contingency plans
  

• Draw up and present the status of the project to management
  

• Ensure that you receive the level of quality that was expected

• Negotiate agreements with internal and external suppliers whenever necessary
  

• Degree in relevant area.
  

• Degree in management or administration (an asset).

• Advanced knowledge of the video game market and industry
  

• Bilingual (functional in French and English)
  

• Excellent leadership abilities

• Excellent communication skills
  

• Know how to delegate and bring awareness
  

• Able to keep up with changes
  

• Able to maintain efficiency under pressure
  

• Result-oriented

• Full insurance benefits: Medical, Dental & Vision
• High quality, up to date hardware
• A vibrant and fun working environment
• Competitive salary

We are looking for an experienced Server Programmer to help develop the network infrastructure for our connected games. Responsibilities include conception, planning and development of the server-side real-time modules and databases (which also includes managing integration with external systems, services providers and websites, like Facebook). This job also encompasses developing the network architecture and supervising server deployment. You will be working within the R&D team and as such, you will be required to help and assist game development teams with all issues pertaining to client network programming.

The company has developed a proprietary engine technology allows for rapid development and deployment our games on a variety of different platforms (PC, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Apple iPhone/iPad, etc.).

• Design, implement, debug, maintain and refine our real-time server-side code;

• B.S. degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering or equivalent experience;
• Professional experience in server side development, including: java, php, python and/or C++ programming, database design and implementation and server deployment
• Expert knowledge of Java, advanced knowledge of PHP;
• Expert knowledge of MySQL database (and generally LAMP development); iOS and smartFox Server knowledge a big plus; C++ and Objective-C knowledge a plus.
• Demonstrated knowledge of good software engineering practices;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• Positive attitude and an ability to provide and receive constructive criticism;
• An interest in advancing the state of the art in game technologies and development methodologies.

• Full insurance benefits: Medical, Dental & Life Insurance
• High quality, up-to-date hardware
• A dynamic and fun work environment
• Competitive salary

• Work within the Core Technology group to implement, debug and refine our current game engine for iPhone and iPad.

• Continuously improve the engine in terms of rendering, animation, audio, UI.

• Help game development with regard to anything iOS related.

• Actively participate in other strategic core technology developments.

• B.S. degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering or equivalent experience.

• Advanced knowledge of C++ and Objective-C.

• Advanced knowledge of iPhone development including UIKit, OpenGL and OpenAL.

• Proven experience with game engine development.

• Positive attitude and an ability to provide and receive constructive criticism.

• An interest in advancing the state of the art in game engine technologies and development methodologies.

Ludia Inc. creates and distributes cross-platform interactive entertainment with mass consumer appeal. Located in Montreal and founded by experienced industry players, Ludia's innovative and high-quality product portfolio consists of original and branded properties including The Amazing Race™, The Bachelor & The Bachelorette, Family Feud®, Hell's Kitchen™, Hollywood Squares™, Press Your Luck, The Price Is Right™, Where’s Waldo?® and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.

Ludia's Social Game division creates casual Facebook games based on popular television game shows. The already established title The Price Is Right has gained international recognition and in it's short lifespan has built a community of over 2 millions users.

Come be a part of the team and help Ludia change the landscape of social games, we are just getting started!

• Write maintainable code, working in a professional software engineering environment (with source control, dev/stage/prod release cycle, continuous deployment)

• Highly proficient with Object Oriented ActionScript 3.0.
• Understanding of MVC frameworks and related design patterns
• Confidence in working within a large and evolving codebase
• Experienced with the entire Flash product workflow from the Flash IDE through to server side development
• Confident working with SVN or similar version control system
• At least a basic understanding of HTTP communication protocol using XML/JSON to communicate with a Java/Python back end

• Knowledge of PureMVC / Parsley
• Good communication, organization and project management skills
• Curious and autonomous
• Bilingual EN/FR
• Experience working in a gaming environment
• Experience with Mac environment
• Experience in team leadership

Include full name and position being applied for in your submission. Only selected candidates will be contacted for an interview. If applicable, relocation will be the responsibility of the chosen candidates. Send your resume to jobs@socialludia.com

As a Lead Programmer, you will be in charge of a 3D game development team working with a state of the art multiplatform game engine.
Ludia offers a dynamic and flexible work environment, competitive salaries and an attractive social benefits program.

• Managing the programming team
• Technical design of the game
• Building the programming schedule and defining the development milestones

• B.Sc. degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering or equivalent experience
• Professional experience in game development
• Advanced knowledge of C++
• Proven leadership abilities; excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Wii, PS3 development experience
• Game industry experience; credited in a lead programming role in a released, multiplatform game
• Positive attitude and an interest in advancing the state of the art in game technologies and development methodologies

We are looking for Game Programmers to develop innovative and high quality titles for PC, Mac and consoles (Wii, DS, Xbox 360).

• Participation in program design and architecture
• Designing and coding game systems
• Assisting with the scheduling of programming activities on the project and completing programming tasks in accordance with schedule

• B.S. degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering or equivalent experience
• Professional software development experience
• Advanced knowledge of C++
• Demonstrated knowledge of good software engineering practices
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Positive attitude and an ability to provide and receive constructive criticism
• An interest in advancing the state of the art in game technologies and development methodologies

• Game industry experience
• Console development experience (Xbox/Xbox 360, GameCube/Wii, DS)
• Knowledge of Python
• Understanding of multi-platform development

Quality Assurance Testers are responsible to ensure testing suites are performed under the guidance of their Test and Project Leads. Any members of the team must be able to analyze and evaluate game mechanics, art direction and end-user experience with a single goal in mind; constructively and continuously submit feedback to the production teams to improve the game in any possible aspects.

• Making sure that our games meets very high quality standard on all supported platforms.
• Ability to complete tests pertaining to platform’s compliance and internal test case requirements.
• Testing cross-platform functionalities and features such as Facebook integration and user progression.
• Enforce testing processes and focus on game development details.
• Provide test results in detailed and well documented reports.
• Participate in the QA self-improvement by providing feedback to Leads and Managers

• Minimum 2 years of experience in Quality Assurance.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in iOS or Android certification.
• SCRUM (Agile) experience is a bonus.

• High school diploma or equivalent work experience.
• College or University diploma in Computer Science or related field preferred.

• Excellent writing skills in both English and French. Foreign languages knowledge a bonus.
• Willing to accept direction, work well under pressure, and handle multiple tasks.
• Committed independent and responsible worker.
• Positive attitude and an ability to provide and receive constructive criticism.
• Excellent problem solving, interpersonal communication and attention to detail skills are a must
• Working knowledge of: Windows & Mac Platforms, Microsoft Office Application, Apple iTunes & Google Chrome.