Who We Are

Founded in 2023, 2K Sports Lab is the newest stand alone studio at 2K looking to push game development boundaries to bring 2K's next groundbreaking sports franchise to life. We're building a world-class team at our new Vancouver, BC location where our goal is to deliver an exceptional experience through bold ideas, technical excellence, and creative collaboration. We're seeking passionate and driven professionals across all areas of game development to help shape this ambitious vision. If you’re interested in tackling unique challenges and think you have what it takes to level up our team, we encourage you to apply!

What We Need

We’re looking for a Lead Software Engineer to shape how our AAA sports title looks and feels on screen — from cameras and cinematics to crowds, commentary, and broadcast-quality presentation. You’ll lead a team of engineers while staying deeply hands-on, partnering with art, design, animation, and production to bring an authentic broadcast experience to life in Unreal Engine 5. We need someone who combines technical breadth with strong leadership and a passion for crafting polished player-facing experiences.

What You Will Do

• Lead a team of engineers building presentation systems in UE5
• Develop cameras, cinematics, replays, and broadcast-style presentation features
• Build crowd, commentary, and stadium atmosphere systems
• Drive technical direction for the presentation area alongside studio leadership
• Partner with art, design, animation, and production to deliver features
• Oversee integration between DCC tools and the game engine
• Mentor and develop engineers, including managing direct reports
• Conduct code reviews and uphold engineering quality across the team

Who We Think Will Be A Great Fit

• 8+ years of software engineering experience in game development and proven expertise in C++ and Python
• People management experience balancing hands-on work with leadership
• Deep familiarity with Unreal Engine 5 or similar game engines
• Broad experience across presentation systems like cameras, cinematics, or crowds
• Strong understanding of tech art, animation, and DCC pipelines
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across disciplines
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Bonus Points

• Experience developing broadcast-style presentation for sports games
• Familiarity with audio systems, commentary engines, or crowd simulation
• Track record of shipping AAA titles in a leadership role
• Passion for playing or watching sports

The pay range for this position in British Columbia at the start of employment is expected to be between $114,300 and $169,140 per Year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards and eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program. Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including: medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company's discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.

Please note that 2K Games and its studios never uses instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews, and when emailing, we only use 2K.com accounts.

Who We Are

Founded in 2023, 2K Sports Lab is the newest stand alone studio at 2K looking to push game development boundaries to bring 2K's next groundbreaking sports franchise to life. We're building a world-class team at our new Vancouver, BC location where our goal is to deliver an exceptional experience through bold ideas, technical excellence, and creative collaboration. We're seeking passionate and driven professionals across all areas of game development to help shape this ambitious vision. If you’re interested in tackling unique challenges and think you have what it takes to level up our team, we encourage you to apply!

What We Need

Our studio is looking for an experienced Gameplay Animator who has a high quality bar and a passion for replicating authentic sports behaviors. In this role, you will work closely with AI and Animation Engineers, Designers and Producers to implement authentic sports behaviors to build highly polished world – class gameplay for what will be the next massive sports franchise in our industry.

What You Will Do

• Collaborate as a professional in a multidisciplinary game development environment
• Participate in review/feedback process both in source animation and gameplay contexts.
• Edit, enhance and clean up motion Capture Data in accordance with Gameplay and engine and design requirements
• Collaborate with Design Leads to define the animation needs and create the design for animation based features
• Collaborate with Engineers and Designers to influence the technical implementation of features in order to build the strongest feature possible
• Collaborate with the Animation Director to understand, and deliver on, the quality bar for the animations that you create
• Collaborate with the Design Lead and Engineering team to implement your features in engine
• Champion animation quality and authenticity within your features, bringing the animation perspective to all decision making
• Occasionally contribute elements such prototype assets, sketches, layouts and other elements for game/cinematic previsualization
• Provide task estimations with regard to animation work.

Who We Think Will Be A Great Fit

• A university degree in visual arts with specialization in graphic design, commercial art, graphic communications or cartooning or completion of a college diploma program in graphic arts is required
• Experience or training in multimedia design at a post-secondary, college or technical institution may be required Please confirm if applicant has this experience
• Creative ability and artistic talent, as demonstrated by a portfolio of work, are required for graphic designers and illustrators
• A passion, and understanding of sports games
• Experience working with ‘second-to-second’ interactive animation features
• Player experience focused
• Open minded, proactive and collaborative
• Experience with Unreal Engine
• Passionate about playing and/or watching sports
• Passion for video games (not just ours!)
• Subject matter expert in human movement pertaining to professional sport

The pay range for this position in British Columbia at the start of employment is expected to be between CAD $60,700 and CAD $89,860 per Year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards and eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program. Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including: medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company's discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.

Please note that 2K Games and its studios never uses instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews, and when emailing, we only use 2K.com accounts.

2K Sports Lab

Who We Are

2K Games is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios responsible for developing 2K’s portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms, include Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber, 31st Union, and HB Studios. Our portfolio of titles is expanding due to our global strategic plan, building and acquiring exciting studios whose content continues to inspire all of us! 2K publishes titles in today’s most popular gaming genres, including sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment.

Located in Vancouver, BC, 2K Sports Lab is a small collective being formed within 2K Games that is driving the research and development of future sports interactive entertainment programs. Within this group, speculative work will be done on future sports games with an eye towards taking the magic of 2K’s publishing and development expertise and applying them to future opportunities.

Our team of engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data scientists, producers, thinkers and doers, are the professional publishing stewards of our growing library of critically-acclaimed franchises such as NBA 2K, 2K PGA, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, Lego Drive, BioShock, Borderlands, The Quarry, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization, Marvel’s Midnight Suns, WWE 2K, and XCOM.

At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work! We encourage ALL applicants to explore our global positions, even if they don’t meet every requirement for the role.  If you're interested in the job and think you have what it takes to work at 2K, we encourage you to apply!

What We Need

We are looking for a Software Engineer to contribute to the development of new animation features and gameplay mechanics at our new studio. In this role, you will be working closely with Animators, Design and Production to develop nuanced and sophisticated animation behaviors that authentically replicate sport. You will help build the foundation, then iterate and innovate upon it and polish world class gameplay for what will be the next massive sports franchise in our industry.

What You’ll Do

●      Collaborate closely with gameplay engineers/designers to identify and develop new gameplay features

●      Create and own animation-driven gameplay mechanics

●      Support requests and features for content creation tools, and animation review/analysis

●      Assist engineers in making the best use of existing and new animation features

●      Write and maintain robust and performant code

●      Optimize code and debug animation issues as they arise

What Will Make You A Great Fit

●      Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent work experience)

●      Excellent 3D math and linear algebra skills

●      Solid familiarity and experience with C++

●      Experience working with animation or gameplay features

●      Implementation experience in one or more of the following areas, inverse kinematics techniques, procedural animation techniques, keyframe animation and forward kinematics

●      Ability to explain technical topics to people of varying levels of expertise

●      An eye for detail in creating dynamic, authentic, and responsive character animation

●      Love for video games (not just ours!)

Beneficial Qualifications

●      Experience developing and shipping AAA games on Unreal Engine 4 and 5

●      Familiarity with Python and/or C#

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.

Please note that 2K Games and its studios never uses instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews and when emailing, only use 2K.com accounts.

The pay range for this position in British Columbia at the start of employment is expected to be between $71,400 and $105,660 per Year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for employees in regular roles may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, provided that temporary or intern roles will not be eligible for many of these payments or benefits. Details of participation in compensation and benefit plans (if applicable) will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

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Who We Are

Founded in 2023, 2K Sports Lab is the newest stand alone studio at 2K looking to push game development boundaries to bring 2K's next groundbreaking sports franchise to life. We're building a world-class team at our new Vancouver, BC location where our goal is to deliver an exceptional experience through bold ideas, technical excellence, and creative collaboration. We're seeking passionate and driven professionals across all areas of game development to help shape this ambitious vision. If you’re interested in tackling unique challenges and think you have what it takes to level up our team, we encourage you to apply!

What We Need

Are you passionate about worldbuilding and environmental storytelling? We are looking for a Senior Environment Artist who excels at crafting immersive, atmospheric environments that balance storytelling, visual clarity, and technical efficiency.

What You’ll Do

• Develop high-quality 3D environments, including landscapes and architecture, while creating textures for hard-surface and organic assets.
  
  
• Use Unreal Engine 5 to craft immersive environments, leveraging its latest tools to push visual fidelity.
  
  
• Optimize assets for performance while maintaining artistic integrity.
  
  
• Work with technical artists to improve workflows and address technical challenges.
  
  
• Collaborate closely with art, design, and narrative teams to refine visual direction and ensure environments support gameplay and story.
  
  
• Provide mentorship and constructive feedback to junior artists, fostering a culture of growth and collaboration.

What Will Make You A Great Fit

• 5+ years of experience in video game development, including senior-level environment art work on at least two shipped AAA titles.
  
  
• Strong proficiency with Maya, Unreal Engine, Substance Painter/Designer, ZBrush, Photoshop, and PBR workflows.
  
  
• Solid understanding of real-time rendering, optimization techniques, architecture fundamentals, proportions and spatial composition.
  
  
• Self-motivated and adaptable, able to take feedback, solve problems independently, and communicate progress, schedules, and needs clearly to leadership and production.
  
  
• Strong collaborator with excellent communication skills, comfortable working with concept artists and cross-disciplinary teams.
  
  

The pay range for this position in British Columbia at the start of employment is expected to be between CAD $75,700 and CAD $112,060 per Year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards and eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program. Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including: medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company’s discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided  suitable accommodations to enjoy equal employment opportunities, including the ability to participate in the job application or interview process,. Please contact us if you need an accommodation as part of your application process or otherwise have questions about the Company’s accommodation policy and review process.

Please be aware that 2K does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others.  2K also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel.  Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scam or phishing attack, and you should not engage.  2K’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a 2k.com email domain).

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Who We Are

Founded in 2023, 2K Sports Lab is the newest stand alone studio at 2K looking to push game development boundaries to bring 2K's next groundbreaking sports franchise to life. We're building a world-class team at our new Vancouver, BC location where our goal is to deliver an exceptional experience through bold ideas, technical excellence, and creative collaboration. We're seeking passionate and driven professionals across all areas of game development to help shape this ambitious vision. If you’re interested in tackling unique challenges and think you have what it takes to level up our team, we encourage you to apply!

What We Need:

Our studio is looking for a Producer to partner with Sr. Producers on the team and who sets a high quality bar, values efficiency, productivity and the satisfaction that comes from helping a team do their best work. We’re seeking someone who is passionate about building games and has the ability to inspire teams to strive for excellence. The ideal candidate combines technical expertise with exceptional organizational and communication skills, ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with business goals.

What You Will Do:

Your core responsibilities will be to help to ensure timely and efficient delivery of a game area. You will:

• Partner with design and tech peers to ensure the impact and quality of established goals and deliverables for your group

• Make it your business to become well versed in the features being built for the game which will allow you to run your sub-team and appropriately prioritize the team’s work in partnership with designers.

• Project Manage your group

• Align with the Producer lead to iterate on and develop structure and workflows in Jira and other project management tools such as Flow

• Work with the team to help coordinate, focus, prioritize and track progress

• Ensure roadblocks for the team are removed

• Decompose long term efforts into incremental steps, planning and communicating road maps and risks to all stakeholders

• Drive effective process within your group

• Work with multi-disciplinary teams of designers, engineers and artists to establish, prioritize, plan and deliver on short term and long term goals for the project

• Drive alignment, resolve ambiguity, and clarify technical and design strategy to improve your impact

• Partner with a senior producer to build, enhance Jira workflow and tools, evaluate and add plugins that will help streamline either workflows or reports and dashboards

• Manage the structure and morale of your team in collaboration with your team leads

• Collaborate with stakeholders to achieve your team's objectives

• Work with dev team (internal) stakeholders and across partner teams (external) as needed to share vision, resolve dependencies, and ensure timely delivery of feature inputs and requirements

• You will play the game. Through understanding our game, you will be able to gauge the quality of completed deliverables against the intended quality targets 

Who Will Be A Great Fit:

• 3-4 years of game production experience

• Has completed at least 1 full game development cycle from pre-production to shipping

• Understands that great teams make great games – focuses on healthy team culture and understands how to strengthen team dynamics

• Organized, excellent communication skills, highly collaborative, open minded and has a tendency to be curious

• Outstanding interpersonal and leadership skills.

• Passion for games and cares deeply about product quality – is not purely focused on just task management

• Excellent problem solver with a high degree of common sense

• Experience setting clear goals, planning and delivering features with cross functional teams and multiple competing requirements

• Excellent project management capabilities, documentation, tracking and visibility

• Attention to detail and completeness, ability to see around corners, anticipate issues

• Strong understanding of technical concepts - has the skill to work with engineers and understand technical implications of their work - the “why” behind what they are doing, not just the “what”

• Project management training in Scrum or other agile framework

• Very strong experience with Jira and Flow / Shotgrid - not just using an established framework, but also able to build workflows, work with and learn new plug-ins and assist with tooling within those tools

• Experience in project management methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile

• Excellent at cultivating positive working relationships with internal partners and development teams.

• An engineering background would be an asset

• Love for sports is an asset

The pay range for this position in British Columbia at the start of employment is expected to be between $71,400 and $105,660 per Year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards and eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program. Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including: medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company’s discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided  suitable accommodations to enjoy equal employment opportunities, including the ability to participate in the job application or interview process,. Please contact us if you need an accommodation as part of your application process or otherwise have questions about the Company’s accommodation policy and review process.

Please be aware that 2K does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others.  2K also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel.  Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scam or phishing attack, and you should not engage.  2K’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a 2k.com email domain).

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#LI-Hybrid

Who We Are

Founded in 2023, 2K Sports Lab is the newest stand alone studio at 2K looking to push game development boundaries to bring 2K's next groundbreaking sports franchise to life. We're building a world-class team at our new Vancouver, BC location where our goal is to deliver an exceptional experience through bold ideas, technical excellence, and creative collaboration. We're seeking passionate and driven professionals across all areas of game development to help shape this ambitious vision. If you’re interested in tackling unique challenges and think you have what it takes to level up our team, we encourage you to apply!

What We Need

We're looking for a Senior Gameplay Software Engineer to own the character movement and player control systems at the heart of our next AAA multiplayer sports title. You'll bring deep Unreal Engine 5 expertise and a passion for responsive, authentic movement to a multi-disciplinary gameplay team alongside animators, designers, and gameplay SEs. This role demands hands-on mastery of networked gameplay mechanics in C++ and Blueprints, with a sharp eye for what makes movement feel great.

What You Will Do

●      Design and implement character control systems that feel responsive and authentic

●      Build networked gameplay mechanics with prediction, rollback, and server authority

●      Architect and extend character movement using CMC or Mover Plugin

●      Collaborate daily with animators, designers, and gameplay SEs

●      Prototype and iterate on gameplay from concept to polished state

●      Optimize character and control systems for modern consoles and PCs

●      Mentor gameplay engineers and share deep domain expertise

●      Conduct code reviews to uphold quality and consistency

What Will Make You A Great Fit

●      5+ years of software engineering experience in game development

●      Deep expertise in C++ and UE5 Blueprints

●      Hands-on experience with character movement systems like CMC or Mover

●      Experience with Unreal Engine replication system

●      Deep experience with optimization and writing deterministic code

●      Strong understanding of networked gameplay including prediction and server authority

●      An eye for authentic human movement and responsive game feel

●      Experience building gameplay mechanics for multiplayer titles on modern consoles

●      Excellent communication and collaboration skills across disciplines

●      Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Beneficial Qualifications

●      Familiarity with GAS, Enhanced Input, or other UE5 gameplay frameworks

●      Experience developing gameplay systems for AAA sports titles

●      Track record of shipping multiplayer games in a senior role

●      Passion for playing or watching sports

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided  suitable accommodations to enjoy equal employment opportunities, including the ability to participate in the job application or interview process. Please contact us if you need an accommodation as part of your application process or otherwise have questions about the Company’s accommodation policy and review process.

Please note that 2K Games and its studios never uses instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews and when emailing, only use 2K.com accounts.
The pay range for this position in British Columbia at the start of employment is expected to be between $96,400 and $142,660 per Year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for employees in regular roles may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, provided that temporary or intern roles will not be eligible for many of these payments or benefits. Details of participation in compensation and benefit plans (if applicable) will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

Who We Are

Founded in 2023, 2K Sports Lab is the newest stand alone studio at 2K looking to push game development boundaries to bring 2K's next groundbreaking sports franchise to life. We're building a world-class team at our new Vancouver, BC location where our goal is to deliver an exceptional experience through bold ideas, technical excellence, and creative collaboration. We're seeking passionate and driven professionals across all areas of game development to help shape this ambitious vision. If you’re interested in tackling unique challenges and think you have what it takes to level up our team, we encourage you to apply!

What We Need

Our studio is looking for a Senior Gameplay Designer who has a high quality bar, a passion for replicating authentic sports behaviors and experience in systems design.  

In this role, you will work with a production partner to creatively lead AI Engineers, Animation Engineers, and Animators to set the vision for and implement authentic sports behaviors to build highly polished world- class gameplay for what will be the next massive sports franchise in our industry!

The Gameplay Designer will work with the Gameplay Design Director to set a vision for a significant gameplay area and partner with production and tech peers to lead a team to deliver against that vision.

What You’ll Do

• Be the ‘Product Owner’ for your gameplay area

  • Acquire an intimate knowledge of our target player and our product goals

  • Acquire an intimate knowledge of the competitive landscape

  • Work with the ‘Gameplay Design Director’ to define the vision for your gameplay area

  • Partner with producer and tech peers to lead your team

  • Drive the generation and prioritization of your team’s backlog

  • Collaborate with the QA team to drive testing of the game experience and drive external testing as needed

  • Evaluate progress and game quality and partner with Production to formulate and revise plans to drive execution

• ‘Craft the Design’ of your gameplay area

  • Collaborate with your team to create designs that execute on the agreed upon feature visions

  • Live our creative process and create necessary documentation

  • Manage the timely generation of design documentation

• ‘Steer the Implementation’ of your gameplay vision

  • Collaborate with Engineers and Animators to steer the execution of your vision

  • Collaborate with your Project Management and Technical partners to lead your feature team (5-10 developers)

  • Champion the player experience, bringing the players perspective to all decision making

  • Be constantly analyzing the software, adding to, grooming and prioritizing the backlog

• Inspire and align your team on your vision for your gameplay area

  • Passionately and clearly present visions to the team

  • Share design material in asynchronous ways to aid visibility

  • Work closely with Engineers, Animators, and Artists to implement your vision

  • Help to create a positive, inclusive and collaborative environment for your team

• Be an ‘individual contributor’ when time allows

  • Understand the technical details of how the game works

  • Exemplify WGLL by being keen and able to be in engine in order to deliver the strongest possible experience

What Will Make You A Great Fit

• Passion for Sports and Sports Video Games

• Experience designing  high quality ‘second-to-second’ game experiences

• Experience with, and passion for, systemic game design

• Experience leading a feature team team (7+ developers)

• Experience working with Animation SEs and Animators and is familiar with animation technology (Blend techniques, Masking, Procedural Animation etc.).

• Appetite for taking on  ‘Product Owner’ responsibilities (backlog management and prioritization)

• Positive, ‘can do’, proactive and ‘hands-on’ demeanor 

Beneficial Qualifications

• Experience working on sports games

• Experience with animation based features

• Experience with AI based features

The pay range for this position in British Columbia, Canada at the start of employment is expected to be between $75,700 CAD and $135,500 CAD per Year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an 'at-will position' and the company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.

Please note that 2K Games and its studios never uses instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews, and when emailing we, only use 2K.com accounts. 

Who We Are

Founded in 2023, 2K Sports Lab is the newest stand alone studio at 2K looking to push game development boundaries to bring 2K's next groundbreaking sports franchise to life. We're building a world-class team at our new Vancouver, BC location where our goal is to deliver an exceptional experience through bold ideas, technical excellence, and creative collaboration. We're seeking passionate and driven professionals across all areas of game development to help shape this ambitious vision. If you’re interested in tackling unique challenges and think you have what it takes to level up our team, we encourage you to apply!

What We Need

Our studio is looking for an experienced Senior Game Designer who has a high quality bar and a passion for creating memorable and authentic sporting player journeys. The Senior Game Designer will produce feature designs for our hour-to-hour play and partner with other designers and disciplines to champion the production of said features. The Senior Game Designer will report to the Lead Designer.

What You’ll Do

• Be the ‘Product Owner’ for large features of the ‘hour-to-hour’ play
• Acquire an intimate knowledge of our target player, our product goals, and our competitive landscape to prototype, iterate, and prove the vision
• Lead the vision and craft the design of your game area while collaborating with Engineers, Animators, Artists, and Producers to steer the execution of your vision.
• Work with the ‘Design Director’ to to translate the vision into feature designs and collaborate with the QA team to drive testing of the game experience
• Evaluate progress and game quality and work with the design and production team on execution plans
• Champion the player experience, bringing the players perspective to all decision making
• Consistently analyze the software by adding to, grooming and prioritizing the backlog
• Mentor junior design team members and help grow the team

What Will Make You A Great Fit

• Experience as a Senior Systems Designer (5+ years) in the AAA gaming space
• Passion for Sports and Sports Video Games
• Experience in mentoring other designers
• Appetite for taking on ‘Game Area Owner’ responsibilities (front-to-back development partner)
• Passion for and knowledge of how to create ‘player driven/emergent narrative’ and systemic design

The pay range for this position in British Columbia at the start of employment is expected to be between CAD $75,700 and CAD $112,060 per year. However, actual pay offered is based on market location and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. If hired, the company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided  suitable accommodations to enjoy equal employment opportunities, including the ability to participate in the job application or interview process,. Please contact us if you need an accommodation as part of your application process or otherwise have questions about the Company’s accommodation policy and review process.

Please be aware that 2K does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others.  2K also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel.  Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scam or phishing attack, and you should not engage.  2K’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a 2k.com email domain).

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Who We Are

Founded in 2023, 2K Sports Lab is the newest stand alone studio at 2K looking to push game development boundaries to bring 2K's next groundbreaking sports franchise to life. We're building a world-class team at our new Vancouver, BC location where our goal is to deliver an exceptional experience through bold ideas, technical excellence, and creative collaboration. We're seeking passionate and driven professionals across all areas of game development to help shape this ambitious vision. If you’re interested in tackling unique challenges and think you have what it takes to level up our team, we encourage you to apply!

What We Need

We are seeking a highly qualified and creative Senior Gameplay Systems Engineer to architect and build our next-generation Cinematic and Narrative Tooling within the Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) framework. This pivotal role involves extending and customizing UE5's core systems to deliver emotionally resonant, high-quality, and deeply interactive story moments. The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of high-level engine features, possesses deep C++ experience, and has a passion for the art of digital storytelling.

What You’ll Do

• Own the Cinematic Pipeline: Develop, implement, and optimize authoring tools and runtime systems for our in-game cinematic sequences and scripted events, ensuring seamless transitions and high-performance playback.
• Sequencer Expertise: Extend and customize Unreal Engine's Sequencer tool to meet complex narrative and production needs.
• Advanced Camera Systems: Develop sophisticated, reusable, and customizable in-game Camera Systems for both gameplay and cinematic moments, including dynamic blending, procedural controls, and virtual cinematography tools.
• Facial Animation & Dialog Integration: Integrate and optimize Facial Animation Technology and Dialog Systems, ensuring narrative audio, lip-sync, and facial expressions are performant and highly synchronous with actor performance.
• Content Creator Empowerment: Work directly with the Animation, Narrative, and Level Design teams to improve their daily workflows, ensuring our tools are intuitive, stable, and highly productive.
• Performance and Stability: Profile and optimize cinematic and narrative code paths to maintain high frame rates and stability, especially under high-fidelity rendering conditions.

What Will Make You A Great Fit

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on game development or interactive media.
• Expert-level experience using modern C++ and writing clean, modular, and performance-critical engine code.
• Deep, demonstrable experience with the Unreal Engine 4/5 source code, specifically within the Sequencer and general cinematic systems.
• Experience working with Procedural Animation Rigs, Branching Dialogue Systems and Localization workflows.
• Strong collaborative skills, with experience bridging the gap between technical constraints and creative direction.

Beneficial Qualifications

• Experience with rigging pipelines, skeletal mesh systems, or procedural animation technologies.
• Experience with state machines or behavior trees used for scripted events and scene logic.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating shipped titles or interactive projects delivering high-fidelity cinematic presentations.

The pay range for this position in British Columbia at the start of employment is expected to be between CAD $105,660 and CAD $142,720 per year. However, actual pay offered is based on market location and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. If hired, the company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided  suitable accommodations to enjoy equal employment opportunities, including the ability to participate in the job application or interview process,. Please contact us if you need an accommodation as part of your application process or otherwise have questions about the Company’s accommodation policy and review process.

Please be aware that 2K does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others.  2K also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel.  Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scam or phishing attack, and you should not engage.  2K’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a 2k.com email domain).

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2K Sports Lab

Who We Are

Founded in 2023, 2K Sports Lab is the newest stand alone studio at 2K looking to push game development boundaries to bring 2K's next groundbreaking sports franchise to life. We're building a world-class team at our new Vancouver, BC location where our goal is to deliver an exceptional experience through bold ideas, technical excellence, and creative collaboration. We're seeking passionate and driven professionals across all areas of game development to help shape this ambitious vision. If you’re interested in tackling unique challenges and think you have what it takes to level up our team, we encourage you to apply!

What We Need

We’re looking for an Expert Gameplay AI Software Engineer to help build the intelligence behind our next AAA sports title. You’ll design and implement AI systems that drive team-based decision-making, play selection, positional awareness, and realistic athletic behavior in Unreal Engine 5. We need someone who combines deep algorithm expertise with a passion for team sports and a collaborative approach to working with designers, animators, and gameplay engineers.

What You Will Do

●      Architect and build AI systems for team-based sports gameplay in UE5

●      Design decision-making frameworks for play selection, formations, and tactics

●      Develop positional awareness and spatial reasoning for AI-controlled players

●      Optimize AI performance for multi-threaded, performance-critical environments

●      Partner with designers, animators, and gameplay engineers to deliver features

●      Mentor engineers and contribute to team-wide technical growth

●      Write clean, performant, and well-tested C++ code

●      Conduct code reviews to uphold quality and consistency

What Will Make You A Great Fit

●      8+ years of software engineering experience in game development

●      Expertise in C++ and Unreal Engine 5

●      Strong algorithm and data structure design skills

●      Experience with multi-threaded programming in performance-critical environments

●      Deep understanding of team-based sports and competitive game dynamics

●      Excellent communication and collaboration skills across disciplines

●      Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

●      Passion for playing or watching sports

Beneficial Qualifications

●      Track record of shipping AAA sports or simulation titles

●      Familiarity with modern console hardware and optimization techniques

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided  suitable accommodations to enjoy equal employment opportunities, including the ability to participate in the job application or interview process. Please contact us if you need an accommodation as part of your application process or otherwise have questions about the Company’s accommodation policy and review process.

The pay range for this position in British Columbia at the start of employment is expected to be between $114,300 and $169,140 per Year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for employees in regular roles may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, provided that temporary or intern roles will not be eligible for many of these payments or benefits. Details of participation in compensation and benefit plans (if applicable) will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

Please note that 2K Games and its studios never uses instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews and when emailing, only use 2K.com accounts.

2K Sports Lab

Who We Are

Founded in 2023, 2K Sports Lab is the newest stand alone studio at 2K looking to push game development boundaries to bring 2K's next groundbreaking sports franchise to life. We're building a world-class team at our new Vancouver, BC location where our goal is to deliver an exceptional experience through bold ideas, technical excellence, and creative collaboration. We're seeking passionate and driven professionals across all areas of game development to help shape this ambitious vision. If you’re interested in tackling unique challenges and think you have what it takes to level up our team, we encourage you to apply!

What We Need

We’re looking for a Senior Online Software Engineer to help build the multiplayer backbone of our next AAA sports title. You’ll work across Unreal Engine 5 and custom game servers, partnering with designers, artists, and producers to create seamless connected experiences. We value technical depth, a collaborative mindset, and adaptability as our team and technology evolve together.

What You Will Do

●      Build real-time multiplayer experiences across UE5 and custom game servers

●      Solve complex networking challenges like prediction, synchronization, and latency

●      Partner with design, art, and production to shape online features

●      Write clean, performant, and well-tested code

●      Mentor team members and contribute to engineering culture

●      Conduct code reviews to uphold quality and consistency

What Will Make You A Great Fit

●      5+ years of software engineering experience in game development

●      Proficiency in C++

●      Strong understanding of Unreal Engine networking

●      Professional experience developing features for large-scale, multiplayer games

●      Knowledge of distributed server architectures and managing player transitions across server instances

●      Familiarity with low-latency networking concepts such as Rollback, Lockstep, or Client-Side Prediction

●      Excellent communication and collaboration skills across disciplines

●      Adaptable and comfortable navigating a growing organization

●      Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Beneficial Qualifications

●      Hands-on experience with UE5 replication or custom netcode

●      Track record of shipping AAA multiplayer titles

●      Passion for playing or watching sports

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided  suitable accommodations to enjoy equal employment opportunities, including the ability to participate in the job application or interview process. Please contact us if you need an accommodation as part of your application process or otherwise have questions about the Company’s accommodation policy and review process.

Please note that 2K Games and its studios never uses instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews and when emailing, only use 2K.com accounts.
The pay range for this position in British Columbia at the start of employment is expected to be between $96,400 and $142,660 per Year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for employees in regular roles may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, provided that temporary or intern roles will not be eligible for many of these payments or benefits. Details of participation in compensation and benefit plans (if applicable) will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.