Senior Tools Engineer

 WHO WE ARE:
Next Level Games is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nintendo Co., Ltd.

We’ve been passionate about video game development for 20 years now, shipping award-winning games for fans across the world and still going strong. Some of our titles include Super Mario Strikers, Mario Strikers Charged, Punch-Out!!, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, Metroid Prime Federation Force, Luigi’s Mansion 3 and most recently Mario Strikers™: Battle League.

At NLG, we believe that a project finds success when we collaborate. Therefore, we place careful consideration to build an environment where everyone feels welcome and has fun in the process of achieving our shared goals.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:
As an engineer on the Tools Team, you will support our suite of in-house game-content creation tools and the people that use them. You will use your passion, technical excellence, and customer focus to help build and improve these tools over time and enable us to continue making the kinds of games that delight our players.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

• Experience building tools with frameworks like WPF, WinForms
• Strong knowledge of languages like C#, C++, Python
• Curious, always learning
• Great problem-solving skills, build solutions iteratively
• Balance perfect vs getting it done
• Care for people and user experience
• Passion for winning in a team environment
• 5 years of work experience

WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING HERE:

• Competitive benefits and annual leave, including discretionary performance bonus program and health coverage
• Support for mental health, financial well-being, legal assistance and more through our Employee Assistance Program
• Access to our in-studio gym, and an extensive media library filled with games and books
• Join a committee – board games, sports, or something else – it’s all here!
• Discounted shopping for Nintendo products and merchandise at the online employee store
• A workplace that values inclusivity and encourages continuous growth  
• ​​​​​​​A chance to be part of Nintendo, creating award winning games that make an impact​​​​​​​

Please note this is currently a hybrid position, requiring at least three days per week at our Vancouver studio.

The hiring range for this position is $100,000 - $140,000 CAD annually and is subject to change. The final base salary compensation will be based on factors such as skills, education, and experience.

We wish to thank all applicants in advance; however, only those under consideration will be contacted.

We are currently only considering applicants who already have work eligibility are are residing in or willing to relocate to Metro Vancouver.