Bonfire is looking for an Internal Communications lead to build and execute a studio-wide communication strategy that keeps our teams aligned, inspired, and engaged. This person will develop effective and creative ways to share information and identify the best tools for communication.

You’ll determine how information flows across the studio, ensuring the right messages are reaching the right people at the right time. From guest speaker events and brown bag sessions to sharing important company updates, this role will keep the entire organization feeling connected and informed. As a member of the people team, you’ll also have the opportunity to come up with creative solutions to enhance our culture through various engagement initiatives.


<div><span style="font-size:11pt">Bonfire is looking for an Internal Communications lead to build and execute a studio-wide communication strategy that keeps our teams aligned, inspired, and engaged. This person will develop effective and creative ways to share information and identify the best tools for communication.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt">You’ll determine how information flows across the studio, ensuring the right messages are reaching the right people at the right time. From guest speaker events and brown bag sessions to sharing important company updates, this role will keep the entire organization feeling connected and informed. As a member of the people team, you’ll also have the opportunity to come up with creative solutions to enhance our culture through various engagement initiatives.</span></div>

<li>Build and own execution of the Internal Communication strategy that aligns with our culture and values</li><li>Partner with studio and development leaders to ensure critical updates and company-wide priorities are effectively and regularly communicated</li><li>Research and roll out communication platforms, and accompanying communication rituals, to streamline internal updates. Ensure our communication stack remains scalable and intuitive as we grow</li><li>Optimize the way we share information across teams—balancing transparency, accessibility, and engagement</li><li>Move beyond traditional Slack updates—bring studio updates to life with creative formats which might include the following: Guest speaker series with industry leaders, Knowledge sharing across teams, Interactive town halls with live Q&amp;A and behind-the-scenes insights and Creative video content for key messages and milestones </li><li>Keep the pulse on the organization, working closely with teams to identify the most important topics to communicate</li><li>Create repeatable, engaging ways to reinforce studio goals, team wins, and key initiatives</li><li>Establish a feedback loop so employees feel heard and involved in shaping studio communications</li>

<li>5+ years in internal communications, employee engagement or related fields (preferably in gaming)</li><li>Experience in gaming, preferred. Experience at an employee/culture-first company focused on building a well-informed and engaged workforce required. </li><li>A creative communicator who can make updates exciting, engaging, and easy to digest through their storytelling skills</li><li>Someone who can build the strategy but also execute—from writing a Slack post to running a full-scale internal campaign</li><li>A natural connector who enjoys partnering with different teams and leadership</li><li>Proven success building strong relationships that allow you to have significant impact</li><li>Someone who thinks outside the box to create fresh and interactive ways to share information</li>

Bonfire is seeking an HR Business Partner (HRBP) who’s ready to immerse themselves in the world of game development!

In this role, you’ll collaborate with visionary leaders, passionate managers, and talented creators to build impactful people programs that drive engagement, elevate performance, and fuel our studio’s growth.

You’ll take the lead on strategic initiatives, shaping leadership and development opportunities that empower our team to do their best work.

If you thrive in creative environments, love building people programs from the ground up, and are passionate about helping both leaders and employees grow, we’d love to hear from you!

We believe gathering meaningfully is an important part of our collaboration and creative process, which means this role will require in-office presence in our Irvine office 2-3 times per week (Wednesday/Thursday and any other days as needed). Don't worry, we've got you covered with in-office lunches, lots of snacks and your favorite beverages too!


<div><span style="font-size:11pt">Bonfire is seeking an HR Business Partner (HRBP) who’s ready to immerse themselves in the world of game development!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt">In this role, you’ll collaborate with visionary leaders, passionate managers, and talented creators to build impactful people programs that drive engagement, elevate performance, and fuel our studio’s growth.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt">You’ll take the lead on strategic initiatives, shaping leadership and development opportunities that empower our team to do their best work.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt">If you thrive in creative environments, love building people programs from the ground up, and are passionate about helping both leaders and employees grow, we’d love to hear from you!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt">We believe gathering meaningfully is an important part of our collaboration and creative process, which means this role will require in-office presence in our Irvine office 2-3 times per week (Wednesday/Thursday and any other days as needed). Don't worry, we've got you covered with in-office lunches, lots of snacks and your favorite beverages too!</span></div>

<li>Act as a trusted advisor to studio leads and campers providing guidance on navigating team dynamics, career growth, and performance management</li><li>Champion and amplify our company culture, ensuring all people initiatives are aligned with our culture, sensibilities and evolving team dynamics</li><li>Design and implement custom studio-wide learning and development programs for both managers and individual contributors</li><li>Work on key people initiatives, such as talent and performance management and employee engagement</li><li>Help scale HR processes and programs that create efficiency without bureaucracy, allowing the company to grow while staying agile</li><li>Identify trends and use data to make strategic recommendations that will enhance the employee experience.</li><li>Address employee concerns with a thoughtful, balanced approach, ensuring fair and consistent outcomes that support both individuals and the business</li>

<li>8+ years HR experience in companies that value both high performance and a team-first approach. </li><li>Prior gaming/entertainment experience is a must</li><li>Experience building and implementing leadership training, career development frameworks, or coaching programs</li><li>Strong ability to partner with leads and managers to support their teams</li><li>Ability to quickly build trust across all levels of an organization and serve as a strategic thought partner</li><li>Hands-on experience with performance management, employee relations, and organizational development</li><li>Comfort in fast-moving, high-growth environments, where adaptability and critical thinking are key</li><li>Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with an ability to motivate and educate employees</li>

<li>Is enthusiastic about creating and guiding programs that reflect the input and feedback received from team members. You don't like to just copy/paste from previous employers or what other companies do – you want to work on programs that are tailored for Bonfire</li><li>Is ok with scrapping their own work. We iterate to excellence so you have to be okay that sometimes your work product might not move forward (but you’ve learned something along that way that has informed that decision – that you’ll be part of making) </li><li>Hears the words self-directed and ambiguous and you’re excited to hear more </li><li>Is resilient. You're not hesitant to explore the unknown and find solutions</li><li>Really wants to deeply understand our teams, their challenges and passions and how you can best support them </li><li>Is passionate about the strategic side of HR. Our goal is to execute the admin / compliance side of HR flawlessly so we can focus on the work that matters most to supporting the team in thriving at Bonfire</li><li>Has a high excellence bar – for the quality of their work and talent assessment</li>

This role will be most fulfilling for someone who

Bonfire Studios is seeking a dedicated Senior Producer to contribute to our first title Arkheron, a multiplayer competitive game. In this collaborative role, you'll work across teams to support our Audio, Narrative, and Localization needs. You'll help define clear processes, align creative and technical goals, maintain schedules and priorities, and facilitate smooth collaboration so teams can deliver their best work.

Bonfire Studios is a close-knit studio built on fostering strong connections. Each developer's voice shapes the company, the game, and our daily tasks. As a Producer at Bonfire, you'll have unique opportunities for growth, help progress an exciting IP, and create an unforgettable experience for our players.


<div><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Bonfire Studios is seeking a dedicated Senior Producer to contribute to our first title Arkheron, a multiplayer competitive game. In this collaborative role, you'll work across teams to support our Audio, Narrative, and Localization needs. You'll help define clear processes, align creative and technical goals, maintain schedules and priorities, and facilitate smooth collaboration so teams can deliver their best work.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Bonfire Studios is a close-knit studio built on fostering strong connections. Each developer's voice shapes the company, the game, and our daily tasks. As a Producer at Bonfire, you'll have unique opportunities for growth, help progress an exciting IP, and create an unforgettable experience for our players.</span></div>

<li><b>Engage in Strategic Planning:</b> Keep sight of long-term goals while working with teams to break them into actionable objectives.</li><li><b>Facilitate Dependency Mapping:</b> Chart and share deliverables and dependencies within the roadmap to ensure successful releases, paying attention to downstream impacts.</li><li><b>Support Risk and Opportunity Planning:</b> Assist project leads and directors by sharing priorities and dependencies, contributing to scenario and risk mitigation planning, and engaging in creative problem-solving.</li><li><b>Ensure Predictable Visibility:</b> Provide consistent, accurate, and accessible communication on project and team status to leads, the production team, and the studio.</li><li><b>Foster Effective Cross-team Communication:</b> Cultivate productive communication flows with internal and external teams to continuously improve collaboration.</li><li><b>Collaborate on Resource Planning and Tracking:</b> Work with Leads to determine time and resources needed to complete projects and tasks, mapping these to releases, with: 1. clear identification of factors that add complexity and therefore time or additional resources, 2. prioritization aligned with larger Project goals, 3. understanding of team capacity and velocity for realistic projections of effort over time, and 4. time allocated for discovery and experimentation to prevent future issues.</li><li><b>Contribute to Scoping and Decision Making:</b> Partner with leads and directors to establish a shared understanding of project scope, ensuring priorities are clear and decisions are made and communicated in a timely manner.</li><li><b>Help Optimize Team Process, Structures, and Tools:</b> Collaborate with Leads to create, maintain, and improve structures, processes, practices, and tools that allow teams (internal and external) to produce high-quality work efficiently and on time.</li>

<li>Have experience working with external teams in a co-development environment, helping balance workloads, planning for future needs, and building resource plans.</li><li>Have been involved in planning and supporting Voice Over recording sessions.</li><li>Have a diverse range of production skills and methods, and know how to adapt your approach to different environments or teams.</li><li>Are passionate about production and helping us refine our processes for live service.</li><li>Are motivated, curious, and enjoy finding new ways to solve problems.</li><li>Enjoy collaborating and aligning multi-disciplinary teams in an iterative development environment.</li><li>Value building trust with colleagues.</li><li>Value working with a diverse team and welcome different perspectives.</li><li>Have a growth mindset and care about helping others develop.</li><li>Believe that great games are the product of great teams that prioritize their people.</li>

<li>Have strong values that include transparency, ownership, and trust. We are a people-first studio that also strives for a high bar of excellence in our creations.</li><li>Celebrate craft expertise because we are a small, tight-knit group of highly experienced game developers who are as passionate about our team as we are our game.</li><li>Offer opportunities to learn and contribute beyond your focused discipline in areas of interest or passion.</li><li>Practice candor and feedback, leveling ourselves and each other up in the process.</li><li>Play games and have fun together, kindling our own love for games and learning about each other.</li>

You’ll love working at Bonfire because we…

Senior Producer (Audio / Narrative / Localization)

Bonfire Studios is seeking an exceptional Senior/Principal Environment Artist to help craft the immersive world of Arkheron, our latest original IP. The ideal candidate is a highly skilled world builder with a proven track record of creating AAA-quality environment art assets, including architectural kits, materials, vistas, props, and set dressing.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a creative and collaborative artist who has a developer / product first mindset, and deep experience in concept and level design to make a significant impact on our gameplay experience.

Bonfire Studios is a highly collaborative, cross-disciplinary environment where every developer’s voice shapes the company, the game, and our day-to-day work. As an Environment Artist on a small, focused team, you will have the opportunity to help define our new IP and create amazing experiences for our players.


<div><span style="font-size:16px">Bonfire Studios is seeking an exceptional Senior/Principal Environment Artist to help craft the immersive world of Arkheron, our latest original IP. The ideal candidate is a highly skilled world builder with a proven track record of creating AAA-quality environment art assets, including architectural kits, materials, vistas, props, and set dressing.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:16px">This is a fantastic opportunity for a creative and collaborative artist who has a developer / product first mindset, and deep experience in concept and level design to make a significant impact on our gameplay experience.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:16px">Bonfire Studios is a highly collaborative, cross-disciplinary environment where every developer’s voice shapes the company, the game, and our day-to-day work. As an Environment Artist on a small, focused team, you will have the opportunity to help define our new IP and create amazing experiences for our players.</span></div>

<li>You will use your skills in modeling and sculpting, texturing, UV Layout, and material creation to develop high quality 3D environment assets that will help build out our worlds.</li><li>Our expectations are that you are capable of being self-sufficient and taking initiative when needed. While you’ll have the support of a highly collaborative team, we operate as a small, focused group where success often means pushing ideas forward independently and adapting to evolving needs. If you do your best work in large teams with highly specialized roles, this may not be the best fit.</li><li>You will be responsible for creating fully flushed out architectural kits from existing concept/block out to completion.</li><li>You will ensure that environment art assets are of the highest artistic quality and uphold the integrity of the game’s visual aesthetic and work in service of the game’s design.</li><li>You will collaborate within multi-disciplinary teams focused on world building and visual storytelling. You will have the opportunity to conduct research for reference materials and push the overall quality.</li><li>Your ideas and input are welcomed and valued; our team members inspire each other.</li><li>You will collaborate with other disciplines to make sure artwork delivers visual fidelity and gameplay needs.</li><li>You'll wear many hats, have ample opportunity to utilize your prior experience creating worlds, and also be supported in experimenting with new areas of interest to you.</li><li>Contribute beyond your core responsibilities, helping shape the game, studio culture, and creative process.</li>

<li>Believe, as we do, that great games are the product of great teams that put their people first.</li><li>Are self-driven and can operate effectively even if there is ambiguity—you can take an idea from a whiteboard sketch to a finished in-game asset without needing every detail spelled out.</li><li>Ideally have 5+ years of experience as a 3D Environment Artist, with at least one shipped AAA game.</li><li>You have an eye for architecture, material definition, color theory, 2D &amp; 3D design.</li><li>Have proficiency in Maya (or any 3D modeling package), Photoshop, ZBrush and Texture creation/Material editing (Substance Painter/Unreal/Unity).</li><li>Have familiarity with video game development including, but not limited to workflow, tools, lighting, high and low poly modeling, texture painting, PBR material setup, mapping techniques, UV layout, and engine parameters/optimizations.</li><li>Want to have a large impact while collaborating with other talented developers in a tight knit AAA studio, rolling up your sleeves and using your passions and interests to shape your role at the company.</li><li>Thrive on collaboration and communicate well with developers of all disciplines.</li><li>Are open, humble, eager, and excited about learning and contributing in multiple areas of the studio. Your curiosity propels you to jump in and dive deep on new problems.</li><li>Value building trust with the people you work with.</li><li>Value working with a diverse team and welcome different perspectives.</li><li>Have a growth mindset and also care about helping others develop.</li><li>Are as passionate about the creative process and developing games as we are!</li>

<li>Are proud of the game we’re building! We’re excited to playtest it daily as a team and can’t wait to share it with the world.</li><li>Are dedicated to excellence and love pushing the limits of what we can create together.</li><li>Care about building an environment for people to have meaningful impact and ownership of their work.</li><li>Prioritize building strong, authentic relationships and regularly bring people together through meaningful gatherings.</li><li>Offer opportunities to learn and contribute beyond your focused discipline in areas of interest or passion.</li>

Bonfire Studios is seeking an exceptional Lead Environment Artist to guide our team in crafting the immersive world of our Arkheron, our latest original IP. The ideal candidate is a proven leader with a deep passion for world-building, a strong artistic vision, and the ability to mentor and inspire a team of talented artists.

In this role, you will be responsible for setting the artistic and technical standards for environment art, driving creative solutions, and ensuring our world is visually stunning and cohesive. This is an opportunity to take ownership, lead by example, and help shape both the game and the team.

Bonfire Studios thrives on collaboration, trust, and shared ownership. As a Lead Environment Artist, you will play a critical role in building a culture of excellence, fostering team growth, and ensuring that our environmental storytelling enhances gameplay and player experience. 


<div><span style="font-size:16px">Bonfire Studios is seeking an exceptional Lead Environment Artist to guide our team in crafting the immersive world of our Arkheron, our latest original IP. The ideal candidate is a proven leader with a deep passion for world-building, a strong artistic vision, and the ability to mentor and inspire a team of talented artists.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:16px">In this role, you will be responsible for setting the artistic and technical standards for environment art, driving creative solutions, and ensuring our world is visually stunning and cohesive. This is an opportunity to take ownership, lead by example, and help shape both the game and the team.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:16px">Bonfire Studios thrives on collaboration, trust, and shared ownership. As a Lead Environment Artist, you will play a critical role in building a culture of excellence, fostering team growth, and ensuring that our environmental storytelling enhances gameplay and player experience. </span></div>

<li><b>Inspire and guide:</b> Lead and mentor a team of environment artists, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment by setting expectations and providing constructive feedback to help artists grow and succeed.</li><li><b>Shape the vision:</b> Drive the creative and technical vision for environment art, ensuring a consistent and high-quality aesthetic.</li><li><b>Craft immersive worlds:</b> Take high-level ideas and undefined concepts - even as rough as a whiteboard sketch - and develop them into fully realized game environments.</li><li><b>Ensure quality and efficiency:</b> Be accountable for the team’s output, delivering polished, immersive worlds that align with gameplay needs.</li><li><b>Collaborate across disciplines:</b> Work closely with design, engineering, and other teams to align art direction with gameplay, technical constraints, and performance goals. Ensure environment art assets meet artistic, technical, and optimization standards for a seamless player experience.</li><li><b>Balance leadership and hands-on creation: </b>You’ll lead a small, focused, highly collaborative team where you’ll push ideas forward independently, without much guidance, while adapting and iterating based on the needs of the game. You’ll set the standard for quality while guiding the team and contributing to asset creation.</li><li><b>Embrace innovation:</b> Research new tools, workflows, and techniques to push the quality bar.</li><li><b>Build the team:</b> Contribute to studio-wide hiring, onboarding, and team-building efforts to cultivate and grow our environment art discipline.</li><li><b>Foster accountability</b> and self-sufficiency within the team—while support is available, success in this role requires the ability to drive ideas forward and problem-solve proactively.</li>

<li><b>Are an experienced leader:</b> You have leadership experience in a AAA environment art role and thrive on mentoring and developing teams.</li><li><b>Thrive on ownership:</b> You have a strong sense of ownership and enjoy being accountable for a team’s success.</li><li><b>Are self-driven:</b> You thrive in ambiguity and can take a high-level vision and turn it into reality without needing every detail defined.</li><li><b>Have shipped a AAA title:</b> You have 7+ years of experience as an Environment Artist in game development, with at least one shipped AAA title in a leadership role.</li><li><b>Excel in small teams:</b> You produce your best work on small, collaborative teams. If you produce your best work on big teams with lots of specialized roles, this is not the right fit for you.</li><li><b>Have a strong artistic eye:</b> You possess a keen eye for architecture, material definition, lighting, color theory, and world-building.</li><li><b>Are technically proficient:</b> You are highly proficient in Maya (or other 3D modeling packages), ZBrush, Photoshop, and Substance Painter.</li><li><b>Understand game engines:</b> You have extensive experience working with game engines (Unreal, Unity) and understand PBR materials, UV layout, performance optimizations, and world-building workflows.</li><li><b>Value collaboration:</b> You can effectively communicate and collaborate across disciplines.</li><li><b>Are passionate about mentorship:</b> You are passionate about team development and fostering a positive, inclusive work environment.</li><li><b>Balance creativity and production:</b> You understand how to balance creative vision with production realities and are skilled at making strategic trade-offs.</li><li><b>Have a growth mindset:</b> You value both teaching and learning from others.</li>

<li><b>Are passionate about our game: </b>We're excited to playtest it daily as a team and can’t wait to share it with the world!</li><li><b>Strive for excellence: </b>We're dedicated to excellence and love pushing the limits of what we can create together.</li><li><b>Value ownership:</b> We care about building an environment where people have meaningful impact and ownership of their work.</li><li><b>Build authentic relationships: </b>We prioritize strong relationships and regularly bring people together.</li><li><b>Encourage growth: </b>We offer opportunities to learn and contribute beyond your focused discipline.</li>

Bonfire is looking for a Senior Animator to bring characters to life and create impactful gameplay experiences through exciting combat and expressive motion. Bonfire Studios is a highly collaborative, cross-disciplinary environment where every developer’s voice shapes the company, the game, and the tasks we work on each day. As a senior animator on a small, focused team, you will have the opportunity to help shape our new IP and create amazing experiences for our players.


<div><span style="font-size:16px">Bonfire is looking for a Senior Animator to bring characters to life and create impactful gameplay experiences through exciting combat and expressive motion. Bonfire Studios is a highly collaborative, cross-disciplinary environment where every developer’s voice shapes the company, the game, and the tasks we work on each day. As a senior animator on a small, focused team, you will have the opportunity to help shape our new IP and create amazing experiences for our players.</span></div>

<li>You’ll collaborate with a lean team of skilled and passionate game developers.</li><li>You will have the opportunity to participate in focused, cross disciplinary teams to jam on character development, creating combat that feels amazing, as well as other features and team goals.</li><li>You’ll have the opportunity to meld minds with engineers and tech artists to develop custom rigs, tools and animation technology to improve our workflows, streamline development and create high quality motion for the game.</li><li>You’ll collaborate closely with the animation team and other developers to align on animation look/feel, quality bar, process/efficiency, tech, etc.</li><li>You’ll join playtests, learning what is best for the game through experiencing the game as a player and adjusting your animations for the best gameplay experience.</li><li>You'll wear many hats, have ample opportunity to utilize your prior experience and also be supported in experimenting with new areas of interest to you.</li><li>Your ultimate impact on the studio will be unbounded; we lean on each other's passions and embrace one another's unique perspectives on game development to help us all grow as a team together. You will have many opportunities to contribute to areas of the game and the company outside your core focus.</li>

<li>Have proven experience creating high quality, in-game animations, ideally on multiple shipped titles. </li><li>Are excited by the competitive multiplayer combat space and understand the importance animation plays there.</li><li>Have a keen understanding of combat systems and exceptional skill in crafting satisfying, impactful assets to drive those systems.</li><li>Have experience developing animation systems in new engines.</li><li>Feel comfortable taking ownership of features and seeing them though to the end.</li><li>Are highly self motivated and good at understanding and focusing on the biggest needs for the game. </li><li>Are highly skilled at animation and are able to convey character through gameplay animations.</li><li>Push for animation fidelity, but are always ready to put gameplay quality first.</li><li>Believe, as we do, that great games are the product of great teams that put their people first.</li><li>Want to have a large impact while collaborating with other talented developers in a tight knit AAA studio, rolling up your sleeves and using your passions and interests to shape your role at the company</li><li>Thrive on collaboration and communicate well with developers of all disciplines.</li><li>Are open, humble, eager, and excited about learning and contributing in multiple areas of the studio. Your curiosity propels you to jump in and dive deep on new problems.</li><li>Value building trust with the people you work with.</li><li>Value working with a diverse team and welcome different perspectives.</li><li>Have a growth mindset and also care about helping others develop.</li><li>Are as passionate about the creative process and developing games as we are!</li>

Bonfire Studios is seeking a passionate and experienced Senior Technical Sound Designer to join our growing team. In this role, you will play a vital role in shaping our future by defining and streamlining audio workflows, creating custom tools, and collaborating closely with various disciplines to bring our games to life through sound. This position offers flexibility to tailor your contributions based on your expertise, allowing you to focus on both the audio experience and pipeline.


<div><span style="font-size:16px">Bonfire Studios is seeking a passionate and experienced Senior Technical Sound Designer to join our growing team. In this role, you will play a vital role in shaping our future by defining and streamlining audio workflows, creating custom tools, and collaborating closely with various disciplines to bring our games to life through sound. This position offers flexibility to tailor your contributions based on your expertise, allowing you to focus on both the audio experience and pipeline.</span></div>

<li>Develop and maintain tools and pipelines in Wwise and Unity to optimize audio workflows, asset creation, and help support the audio vision.</li><li>Proactively identify and implement solutions to empower sound designers through technology and process improvements.</li><li>Help manage Wwise project organization, dynamic mix systems, and optimizations.</li><li>Partner with other team members across the studio to help define and implement efficient interdisciplinary workflows.</li>

<li>You have 4+ years of experience as a technical sound designer in games (or equivalent role)</li><li>You have experience developing and evolving game audio pipelines and tools.</li><li>You demonstrate strong technical skills, including experience with scripting languages like Python.</li><li>You have deep knowledge of Wwise systems and integrations.</li><li>You thrive in a collaborative environment and enjoy working with diverse teams.</li><li>You hold a strong passion for games and the creative process.</li><li>You embrace a growth mindset and are eager to learn and contribute.</li><li>You have proven experience creating flexible audio workflows that can be iterated on in live service environments.</li>

Why you'll love working at Bonfire Studios:

Technical Sound Designer (Senior/Principal)

Are you naturally curious and a tinkerer at heart? Do you enjoy pushing the capabilities of technology? If those sound like you, keep reading - because Bonfire’s engineering team is growing!

Bonfire is looking for a Senior/Principal/Lead Systems Engineer to help build systems & tools specifically around optimizations & netcode to empower our team on our first game. Bonfire Studios is a highly collaborative, cross-disciplinary environment where every developer’s voice shapes the company, the game, and the tasks we work on each day. As an Engineer on our team, you will have the opportunity to shape the technology that powers our first title and create an amazing experience for our players.


<div><span style="font-size:16px">Are you naturally curious and a tinkerer at heart? Do you enjoy pushing the capabilities of technology? If those sound like you, keep reading - because Bonfire’s engineering team is growing!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:16px">Bonfire is looking for a Senior/Principal/Lead Systems Engineer to help build systems &amp; tools specifically around optimizations &amp; netcode to empower our team on our first game. Bonfire Studios is a highly collaborative, cross-disciplinary environment where every developer’s voice shapes the company, the game, and the tasks we work on each day. As an Engineer on our team, you will have the opportunity to shape the technology that powers our first title and create an amazing experience for our players.</span></div>

<li>Your main focus will be working on the engine and foundational systems that our game technology and tools are built in Unity using DOTS via C# and C/C++. The projects you work on will mostly be focused around making the foundational systems at the engine level underneath the game and tools function more efficiently and smoothly for the team and for players.</li><li>In a Lead/Principal role, you will have an opportunity to collaborate more closely with other leads (both internal and external to the studio) to advance the engine.</li><li>Projects may include things like optimizing the pipeline to allow a developer to iterate on a feature in milliseconds instead of seconds, building the foundation that other engineers use to create maintainable, easy-to-use, live-editable profiling systems, and optimizing runtime systems such as rendering, streaming, and netcode.</li><li>We love people who are passionate about multiple areas so you will probably also spend time in other areas; you might help with audio, gameplay systems, audio tools, UI systems, platforms.</li><li>Your ultimate impact on the studio will be unbounded; we lean on each other's passions and embrace one another's unique perspectives on game development to help us all grow as a team together. You will have many opportunities to contribute to areas of the game and the company outside your core focus.</li>

<li>Believe, as we do, that great games are the product of great teams that put their people first.</li><li>Have experience working on custom/heavily modified engines for AAA games across PC and modern consoles with multiple shipped titles.</li><li>Have been a part of building technologies that allow developers to efficiently deliver live service content to players.</li><li>Deeply understand multi-threaded architecture and asynchronous programming paradigms.</li><li>Find it fun to debug and discover root causes for hard to reproduce issues like memory corruption.</li><li>Have experience with ECS paradigms in game engines, and/or are excited about digging deeply into ECS paradigms in game engines.</li><li>Are open, humble, eager, and excited about learning and contributing in multiple areas of the studio. Your curiosity propels you to jump in and dive deep on new problems.</li><li>Enjoy working on projects that make the entire engineering team more efficient. You are able to put yourself in the shoes of a user and make beautiful, easy-to-use APIs.</li><li>Are comfortable writing a memory allocator on Monday, a tool that automates a laborious process on Tuesday, helping out the gameplay engineers with the new Quest system on Wednesday, tracking down a difficult bug in the A* algorithm on Thursday, and doing some low-level optimizations on Friday.</li><li>Want to have a large impact while collaborating with other talented developers in a tight knit AAA studio, rolling up your sleeves and using your passions and interests to shape your role at the company.</li><li>Enjoy jumping deep into an area that you aren't familiar with and figure it out. Value the skill of understanding unfamiliar code.</li><li>Value building trust with the people you work with. Collaborating is your preferred method of working with other engineers and developers.</li><li>Value working with a diverse team and welcome different perspectives.</li><li>Have a growth mindset and also care about helping others develop.</li><li>Are as passionate about the creative process and developing games as we are!</li>

You'll love working at Bonfire because we...

Fun and deeply rewarding gameplay first.

Creates imaginary worlds that captivate and inspire self-expression.

Online multiplayer that promotes camaraderie and cultivates welcoming, long lasting communities.

Becomes a meaningful part of a player’s life and personal stories.

What
we value in
*our* game

We playtest the game daily, using our passion as players to drive our continuous experiments and discoveries. Once we believe in an idea, we commit fully - no half measures.

We need to fall in love with our game and be thrilled to play it every day. If we don’t, it’s not good enough. Our players will only be as excited as we are.

To our players

We're committed to keeping a team size that ensures developers remain deeply connected to the player experience and to each other.

This fosters tight-knit collaboration across disciplines and empowers everyone to meaningfully influence the game's direction.

To our team

Our
Commitment

Ignite *your*
superpower

Who
we are

More *about*
Bonfire

We playtest the game daily, using our passion as players to drive our continuous experiments and discoveries.

What fuels
our passion

What
we value in
our game

Fun and deeply rewarding gameplay first.

Creates imaginary worlds that captivate and inspire self-expression.

Online multiplayer that promotes camaraderie and cultivates welcoming, long lasting communities.

Becomes a meaningful part of a player’s life and personal stories.

Our
Commitment

To our players

To our team

More about
Bonfire

Ignite your
superpower

Ignite your
superpower

Who
we are

Who
we are

What fuelsour passion

Whatwe value inour game

Fun and deeply rewarding gameplay first.

Creates imaginary worlds that captivate and inspire self-expression.

Online multiplayer that promotes camaraderie and cultivates welcoming, long lasting communities.

Becomes a meaningful part of a player’s life and personal stories.

OurCommitment

To our players

To our team

More aboutBonfire

Ignite yoursuperpower

Whowe are

What fuels
our passion

What
we value in
our game

Our
Commitment

More about
Bonfire

Ignite your
superpower

Who
we are