Lead Audio Designer (AAA Game Audio)

Location: Montreal, Canada. External candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview at an hirify.global location before a hiring decision.

Company

hirify.global is a global media and entertainment company producing and distributing film, television, streaming, news, theme park, and interactive entertainment content.

What you will do

• Drive the creative and technical execution of audio for an ambitious AAA game project.
• Create and implement high-quality sound design while shaping the project’s sonic identity and immersive player experience.
• Define and evolve audio workflows, pipelines, implementation strategies, and scalable audio systems in the game engine.
• Guide dynamic audio features responding to gameplay, physics interactions, environments, player actions, and voice-over systems.
• Lead audio optimization, debugging, testing, mixing, and performance efforts, including memory management and streaming.
• Mentor audio designers, support hiring and onboarding, and collaborate with design, engineering, narrative, animation, QA, production, and external partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in audio, music, game development, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Extensive AAA game audio development experience, including experience in a senior-level role and on shipped titles.
• Strong expertise in real-time, procedural, and system-driven audio implementation.
• Deep understanding of mixing workflows, including ducking, sidechaining, and complex mix hierarchies.
• Strong knowledge of audio formats and their impact on performance, memory, and user experience.
• Excellent communication, organization, leadership, debugging, testing, and optimization skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with systemic or open-world gameplay environments.
• Experience building and scaling teams from early project phases.
• Experience collaborating with external partners or outsourcing pipelines.
• Strong creative sensibility and passion for interactive audio.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive culture focused on developing talented teams and creating content that reflects diverse communities.
• Opportunity to help establish the audio discipline and quality standards for a new AAA project.
• Work in a fast-paced, evolving production environment with cross-disciplinary collaboration.
• Equal employment opportunities and reasonable accommodation support are provided in accordance with applicable law.