Who We Are
We consider ourselves data driven designers, technologists, and artists. Through collaboration, we pair the craft of design with feedback and data to deliver a pace and rhythm in each game session that immerses our audience and leaves them wanting more. We have a quirky, nerdy culture that fosters creativity, collaboration, quality ideas, and a data driven mindset. We believe in moving quickly and improving constantly and that mantra is reflected in the weekly updates we make to our games and internal technologies. We have an appetite for pushing technical boundaries but with a focus on practical use.
Giving Back to our Communities is important to us.
We love fundraising! We will gamify everything, even our charitable donations. Uken donates yearly to Campfire Circle, Student Nutrition Programs, and Extra Life Marathon. Most recently Uken has donated to the Red Cross Ukraine Emergency Appeal, and Anishnawbe Health Toronto.
Giving back to our communities is an important Uken value.
Campfire Circle
Each year we hold a raffle where team members volunteer their skills (baking, art commission, songwriting, pie in the face and more) to create prizes for our draw. All ticket sales go to Campfire Circle to give kids with cancer unforgettable summer camp experiences.
Extra Life
We also support Sick Kids Hospital every year by holding an Extra Life 24 hour gaming marathon. Fundraisers commit to playing for 24 hours and team members support by donating and participating in the fun (and pizza).
Our Co-Founders and the entire Uken organization have made the following commitments to Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging & Equity. These commitments hold us accountable and engaged in the act of allyship and commitment to anti-racism and anti-discrimination. Allyship is a daily practice so our commitments will grow and our actions will expand. We are at the beginning of our journey.
We commit to delivering anti-racism and anti-discrimination awareness for all team members on a continual basis. This includes workshops such as Building an Inclusive Workplace, Unconscious Bias, How to be an Ally in Action. Self-directed workshops and resources will continue to be available in our Learning Library which is updated regularly and peer reviewed. Updates to our Code of Conduct will be made consistently and in keeping with our commitment to a safe workplace.
We will conduct a yearly voluntary survey, and share team member demographic data through a report. Year over year this data will hold us accountable on our commitments to improving diversity. We will address our network gap through partnerships with talent networks and educational institutions that serve our most impeded communities. We will accelerate the equitable development of our team members through our career pathing program.
We will establish voluntary team member led resource groups who will provide input, and evaluate organizational progress in diversity, inclusion, belonging and equity and we will establish channels of feedback through quarterly surveys to collect data on our efforts, and areas for improvement.
We will continuously refresh our hiring process to further enforce inclusive practices and reduce bias. This will include but not limited to more inclusive interview panels, structured interview questions, objective evaluation criteria, decision making practices and analytics to measure the attraction of a wider talent group. And we will advocate for change within the game community and donate to organizations that focus on racial justice and equity.
Giving Back to our Communities is important to us.
We love fundraising! We will gamify everything, even our charitable donations. Uken donates yearly to Campfire Circle, Student Nutrition Programs, and Extra Life Marathon. Most recently Uken has donated to the Red Cross Ukraine Emergency Appeal, and Anishnawbe Health Toronto.
Giving back to our communities is an important Uken value.
Campfire Circle
Each year we hold a raffle where team members volunteer their skills (baking, art commission, songwriting, pie in the face and more) to create prizes for our draw. All ticket sales go to Campfire Circle to give kids with cancer unforgettable summer camp experiences.
Extra Life
We also support Sick Kids Hospital every year by holding an Extra Life 24 hour gaming marathon. Fundraisers commit to playing for 24 hours and team members support by donating and participating in the fun (and pizza).
Our Co-Founders and the entire Uken organization have made the following commitments to Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging & Equity. These commitments hold us accountable and engaged in the act of allyship and commitment to anti-racism and anti-discrimination. Allyship is a daily practice so our commitments will grow and our actions will expand. We are at the beginning of our journey.
We commit to delivering anti-racism and anti-discrimination awareness for all team members on a continual basis. This includes workshops such as Building an Inclusive Workplace, Unconscious Bias, How to be an Ally in Action. Self-directed workshops and resources will continue to be available in our Learning Library which is updated regularly and peer reviewed. Updates to our Code of Conduct will be made consistently and in keeping with our commitment to a safe workplace.
We will conduct a yearly voluntary survey, and share team member demographic data through a report. Year over year this data will hold us accountable on our commitments to improving diversity. We will address our network gap through partnerships with talent networks and educational institutions that serve our most impeded communities. We will accelerate the equitable development of our team members through our career pathing program.
We will establish voluntary team member led resource groups who will provide input, and evaluate organizational progress in diversity, inclusion, belonging and equity and we will establish channels of feedback through quarterly surveys to collect data on our efforts, and areas for improvement.
We will continuously refresh our hiring process to further enforce inclusive practices and reduce bias. This will include but not limited to more inclusive interview panels, structured interview questions, objective evaluation criteria, decision making practices and analytics to measure the attraction of a wider talent group. And we will advocate for change within the game community and donate to organizations that focus on racial justice and equity.
Join us!
At Uken, we’re making games that captivate and engage millions of players around the world. We’re constantly looking for creative people who are energized to work in small teams to build amazing products with us.
Technology
We’re always looking at ways of pushing technology to create the best experiences. We create our own tools and services to make the process of building games easier and faster. We even hold our own version of a hackathon - we call it hadoukathon!
Career
We’re growing fast and so will you! Team members participate in 1-1s, development check-ins, receive a professional development allowance and have many opportunities to pair with team-mates to learn something new.
Rewards
We offer competitive salaries, bonuses and option grants. We provide group RRSPs and TFSAs and match RRSP contributions. Flexible vacation, time off and remote work round out our commitment to a happy and productive workplace.
Workplace
Have the freedom to work from anywhere! Do your best work from your best place. Uken is a remote first workplace.
Focus
Our teams develop OKRs (Objectives & Key results) on a quarterly basis. We spend a lot of time reflecting on what we can do better! Daily stand-ups, town halls and weekly updates from our Founders and Game Leads keep everyone in the loop.
Wellness
We want our people healthy & happy so we offer a comprehensive benefit program, a flexible spend allowance, wellness workshops, and a discounted gym membership.
Notice
Uken will never ask for or solicit money from a job applicant for the promise of a job nor would we ask you to pay for a laptop or equipment. Uken will not ask for personal information such as banking info, addresses or SIN numbers in a job application. Uken will never send an employment offer to a candidate without completing a full recruiting process which includes interviews with the team. If you have any concerns or have received a suspicious message from someone who says they represent Uken, please verify the authenticity of the message. Some guidelines here:
Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre