Full-Time

Programmer 3

Programming

Updated on 9/4/2026

Hardsuit Labs

Hardsuit Labs

51-200 employees

Co-development and porting services for games

Compensation Overview

CA$92.5k - CA$107.5k/yr

Remote in Canada

Remote

Must reside in Ontario, Quebec, or British Columbia and be legally authorized to work in Canada.

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Unreal Engine
Quality Assurance (QA)
C/C++
Unity

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Requirements
  • At least 5 years of professional software development experience.
  • At least 2 years of professional Unreal Engine experience.
  • At least 2 years of development experience in a team environment.
  • Strong knowledge of C++.
  • Extensive experience working in at least one large codebase.
  • Ability to discuss and review technical proposals, requirements, designs, algorithms, source code, and reference documents with programmers, content creators, and managers.
  • Ability to provide meaningful time estimates for medium-sized tasks.
  • Ability to break down a large body of work into actionable subtasks.
  • Proficiency in identifying areas that could be optimized.
  • Extensive experience using debugging tools to fix bugs in unfamiliar code.
  • Strict adherence to project coding standards.
  • Strong cross-discipline collaboration skills.
  • Willingness to receive and act upon feedback.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience or comfort with client-facing communication and the ability to represent the studio professionally when interacting with external partners.
  • Expert knowledge of 3D mathematics.
  • Applicants must be legally authorized to work in Canada and reside in Ontario, Quebec, or British Columbia.
Responsibilities
  • Develop and maintain features across subsystems including artificial intelligence, user interface, physics, character, graphics, engine, and tools.
  • Design, author, and maintain robust, highly optimized systems that meet design, technical, and schedule requirements.
  • Work closely with quality assurance and technical leadership to identify, communicate, and resolve defects and ensure system stability and accuracy.
  • Author, review, and provide feedback on technical and end-user system documentation.
  • Collaborate with technical leadership and other programmers to help establish technical design and architecture.
  • Work with minimal guidance on medium-impact tasks or independently on low-risk tasks.
  • Provide guidance and informal supervision to more junior staff.
  • Help team members set up tools and troubleshoot minor tool issues and workflow blockers.
Desired Qualifications
  • Interest or experience using artificial-intelligence-assisted software development workflows for code exploration, implementation, debugging, documentation, and code review.
  • AAA game development experience.
  • Experience with Unity or proprietary custom engines.
  • Experience developing on consoles.
  • At least one shipped title.

Hardsuit Labs is a Seattle-based game development studio that provides co-development, engineering, porting, and optimization services to other game makers. It works by offering partnership-based outsourcing, delivering technical resources during pre-launch windows, networking, and performance improvements to help partners ship games on time. Compared with competitors, it focuses on flexible collaboration and support across a range of development needs rather than building its own titles. Now part of Keywords Studios, its goal is to provide reliable hands-on development support to help clients deliver high-quality games.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington

Founded

2015

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Hardsuit is hiring technical artists and programmers in September 2026, showing active workloads.
  • Its 2026 careers page stresses long-term hiring, suggesting management expects continued project demand.
  • Keywords still markets Hardsuit for full development, co-development, and porting, broadening client access.

What critics are saying

  • Keywords cut 128 San Francisco jobs on 2026-06-22, signaling services demand volatility.
  • Hardsuit's client work depends on publisher contracts; losing one project can idle teams fast.
  • A Keywords downturn or studio consolidation could absorb Hardsuit entirely within 2027.

What makes Hardsuit Labs unique

  • Keywords Studios updated Hardsuit Labs page on 2026-02-25, highlighting Unreal Engine depth.
  • Seattle location and console-porting history differentiate Hardsuit among Keywords' Create studios.
  • Co-founders Andy Kipling and Russell Nelson still lead post-2023 acquisition, preserving continuity.

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Company News

DSOGaming
Sep 24th, 2024
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For those unaware, Hardsuit Labs was working on Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 from 2019 to 2021.

Proactive Investors
May 11th, 2023
Keywords Studios PLC acquires Call of Duty studio Hardsuit Labs Inc

Keywords Studios PLC (AIM:KWS, OTC:KYYWF) has acquired Hardsuit Labs Inc, a US-based game development studio based in Seattle, for up to a maximum of US$15mln.

NewsnReleases
May 11th, 2023
Keywords Studios acquire Hardsuit Labs, a US-based game development studio for $15mn

Keywords Studios, the international technical and creative services provider to the global video games and entertainment industries, has acquired Hardsuit Labs, a US-based game development studio based in Seattle.