Ex Populus is a thesis driven Web3 game production and publishing company.  Ex Populus believes that the best games are the result of the industry's most experienced and talented people leveraging their skill and best practices to create legendary entertainment.  Ex Populus employs and partners with some of the industry's most recognized talent.“Ex Populus” is latin and translates in English to “from people”. The name is intended to provide a juxtaposition and provocation to “Ex Machina” which translates in English to “from the machine”.

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Art Director

Lead artistic vision for high-end indie game development.

• Define and maintain the artistic style, visual quality, and consistency of game art.
• Masterfully balance visual aesthetics, player needs, and business objectives to deliver exceptional game worlds.
• Ensure high-quality production assets from concept to completion.
• Contribute to concept and production art with high quality illustration and graphic design.
• Maximize consistency and quality control over inhouse artists and over remote studios.
• Deliver and lead daily feedback in a remote setting with clear verbal and visual direction and paintovers.
• Create and organize visual guidelines and documentation to support team alignment.
• Collaborate with Game Director, UX Director, and 3D artists to create a unified and engaging player experience.
• Work closely with the producer, designers, and engineers to ensure the art supports and enhances gameplay experience.
• Manage direct reports, providing regular feedback, performance reviews, and career development support.

Art Director - Video Games

Full-stack Engineer

• Design and implement software solutions in a fullstack environment
• Develop engaging web applications using ReactJS and Node.js
• Integrate third-party tools, APIs, and SDKs into existing products
• Follow Test Driven Development practices
• Maintain high standards of engineering excellence

Full Stack Engineer

DevOps

• Work with engineers on the design, deployment, and continuous improvement of key infrastructure services (e.g., logging, monitoring, alerting)
• Build development environments and tools for internal use
• Assist developers in debugging local deployment and optimizing computing environments
• Scope work, manage tasks, and estimate project delivery
• Provide guidance on long-range platform requirements and operational guidelines, with a focus on automation and continuous improvement of service composability and availability
• Develop and own best practices/methodologies for provisioning, application scaling, configuration management, capacity planning, monitoring, etc. to improve organization-wide visibility into how distributed systems interact and perform in production
• Analyze and comprehend how customers are using the platform and help drive continuous improvement of the offering based on that
• Lead daily operational goals with the team
• Implement and maintain robust security measures to protect against threats such as DDoS attacks, DNS vulnerabilities, and other cyber threats
• Develop and enforce security best practices throughout the organization, enhancing system security and resilience against potential breaches

Ex Populus Jobs in New York City

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Art Director - Video Games

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Full Stack Engineer

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DevOps Engineer

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