Tectonic Studio

The Studio: Paradox Tectonic is one of Paradox’s newest additions and officially opened its doors in early 2019. The studio is led by Rod Humble, former Executive Vice President at Electronic Arts and former CEO of Linden Lab, creators of Second Life. Our aim with Paradox Tectonic is to create open, fun, beautiful games which respect the players’ intelligence that enables their creativity, freedom, emotion, and sharing. Stay tuned for more information.

The Team: Working at Paradox Tectonic means becoming part of a small, diverse and nimble team. We believe that small team of highly experienced developers working in a flat organization can collaborate to build the best games. Each person has a huge impact on the design and feel of our games. While our headquarters is located in the Bay Area, we believe developers should work from wherever they work best and support remote employees when possible.

The Location: Paradox Tectonic Studio is located in the heart of downtown Berkeley near the UC Berkeley Campus. Restaurants, bars, shops, parking, BART as well as residential areas are all within walking distance. Our name “Tectonic” is a reference to the San Andreas Fault that runs along the California coast and the many small tremors that we feel each year. We hope to shake things up (in a good way).

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Amanda Heaton Studio COO Paradox Tectonic

Our Culture

In November 2016, we gathered the entire company for a four day conference in Malta. The focus of the conference was to discuss company direction, discuss our internal goals, and also put into words the company culture we are so keen to keep as we continue to grow. Together, we decided that the following cultural pillars are what makes up the foundation of Paradox:

- DEDICATED

- PASSIONATE

- GET SHIT DONE

- OPEN-MINDED

- NERDY

Working at Paradox

So what’s in it for you? We keep it simple and have divided this into four areas: work, social, development, and compensation. This is a brief summary of our perks and what it means to work at Paradox. If you want to know more - get in touch!

Work

Small teams and accessible managers means that your contributions are important to us

You are close to the final product, our community and our fans - we encourage you to interact with our community and players directly through social media, our forum, and via streams

Work/Life balance is important to us so our plans do not rely on crunch (this does not mean we never work overtime but overtime is relatively uncommon)
Social

Company-wide Social Hour every Friday with snacks & beverages

Yearly company parties

Ping-Pong table/Pool Table, Warhammer table, and lots and lots of board games

Spoiler-free break room environment for at least a week after major movie/show launch
Development

Leadership courses available for all employees

We continuously send employees to conferences and development opportunities such as GDC and GamesCom

Lunch n´ Learn sessions held by employees: topics range from everything between “Doing business in China” to “Surviving the zombie apocalypse”
Compensation

Competitive monthly salary and salary revision once per year

Participation in our company wide profit share program

5+1 weeks of paid vacation per year

For international hires, we will provide relocation assistance (Visa application, Initial Home Finding, Settling in Service, and your flight)