Careers
Join our talented team
Innovative. Collaborative. Competitive.
At Drifter we value you. As our team member your health, your happiness, and your well being are our priority. We recognize that in order to do your best, you need to feel your best and we do everything we can to make that happen. We constantly innovate to bring new programs, benefits, and improvements to our process. This means benefits like health insurance for you and your family with the premium fully covered by us, as well as dental, and vision insurance.
We also have unlimited PTO. We’re fully remote (with the option to work in our well-maintained office space), and offer roughly 22 days of mandatory fully paid holidays.
We have 3 months supplemental parental leave after your first year, additional benefits to upgrade your personal computer or work rig, health maintenance benefits, optional peace of mind insurance coverage, and of course a well-stocked fridge.
We want the best out of you and if you’re ready to be part of a dynamic team where you can own your contributions, you might just be ready to be a Drifter.
Our company culture and values
People
People are at the heart of Drifter, our employees, our fans, everything we do is for the people that drive us forward.
Respect
At Drifter we recognize that there are unique backgrounds, events, and insight that every individual can bring to the table. Everyone is deserving of respect and consideration.
Passion
We love games, we make games we want to play, and make games we would want to share with those around us. We are passionate about our people and our projects.
Quality
At Drifter we are quality driven, we approach every situation with the goal of making it as good as it can be.
Collaboration
We are a team, and we lean on each other and rely on one another in order to create the products our fans love. No Drifter is too big to assist any other member of the team.
Ownership
Own the opportunities in front of you. You have the freedom to develop the system or solution in service of a great game experience or our other core values.
Employee benefits
Health, dental, and vision.
Health premiums fully
covered by us!
Unlimited PTO
Plus ~22 days of fully paid
holidays every year!
Parental leave
3 months of parental leave
after your first year
Computer upgrades
Make annual upgrades to your own computer
sponsored by Drifter
TCOYS
Take Care of Yourself benefit! Up to $150 each month for keeping
your mind and body healthy. Yes, that includes video games.
Open positions
If you've been looking for the chance to work elbow to elbow with some of this industry’s fiercest contributors in a nimble, quality-driven environment, this is it! Please send your resume and any applicable work examples to jobs@drifter.games with the position in your subject line, and we'll reach out to you if it looks like you'll be a good fit. We look forward to hearing from you!
Lead Animator
Drifter Entertainment is a Seattle-based game studio helmed by some of gaming’s most experienced creators.
As Lead Animator at Drifter, you’ll be working with the art director and area leads to continue to bring life to Drifter’s new Roguelite co-op shooter, Superior, and unannounced future titles. If you've been looking for the chance to work elbow to elbow with some of this industry's fiercest contributors in a nimble, quality- driven environment, our door is open. Come on in.
Responsibilities:
- Creating and pushing the craft of real-time animation to the next level.
- Work with the Art Director and the immediate creative team to collaborate, pre-visualize, and execute on game animation.
- Build and manage a strong team of animators to tackle project needs.
- Work with the Technical Art Director, Animation engineers, character TD’s and Character Artists to push animation systems to the next level within the required technical constraints.
- Be point of contact and Mentor for all Animation needs across Drifter.
- Assist in staffing needs
- Mentor less senior animators
Requirements:
- Strong communication skills.
- 8+ Years of experience creating industry leading, key-frame animation in games.
- 5+ Years of experience in motion capture
- 5+ Years of building and managing animation teams in the triple A space.
- Strong proficiency in Maya
- UE4 experience
Range:
$150K-$170K annually
Quality Assurance Tester
Drifter Entertainment is a Seattle-based game studio helmed by some of the game industry’s most experienced creators. We’re looking for a QA tester to help us out with finishing out production for our current game and moving into future projects. The QA tester will work closely with the Senior QA to write bug reports and conduct test plans. This is a contract position with possibility of moving into full time employment after a probationary period.
The ideal candidate will have a year or more of game testing experience. They will have exceptionally good verbal and written communication skills. A passion for shooters is a plus. If you’ve been looking for the chance to work elbow to elbow with some of this industry’s fiercest contributors in a nimble, quality-driven environment, this is it.
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with the Senior QA and other testers to execute test plans
- Find and log issues in a bug database, and inform all appropriate parties depending on issue severity
- Regress and close bugs upon completion
- Work with other disciplines to achieve shared goals
Requirements:
- One year of game testing experience.
- Strong attention to detail, and creative problem solving.
- Demonstrated understanding of black box testing.
- Experience with bug tracking systems.
- Able to work independently as well as in a small team setting
- Able to adapt to new tasks as they occur.
Range:
$15-$18/hr