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Second Dinner is an award-winning independent game studio located in sunny Orange County, CA (but most of our roles are open to remote!). We believe in moving fast and giving everyone a feeling of ownership. Check out our job openings.
P.S. Even if you feel like you don't meet all of the requirements for a specific role, we encourage you to apply anyways. We look forward to meeting awesome candidates like you.
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Come for the people, Stay for the employee benefits
Flexible Workspace
100% remote or flex work environment.
Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
No cost plan for you and we’ll cover a large portion of family premiums for many plans.
401(K)
Second Dinner will contribute to your retirement whether or not you do.
Holidays
One week of Summer Holiday shutdown, one week of Winter Holiday shutdown, plus eight additional company holidays.
WFH Bonus
$1,000 bonus to setup your home office.
Annual Company Events
Whole company comes together twice a year for week-long summer gathering and a holiday event.
Paid Time Off
Take the time you need with 3 weeks of vacation and 2 weeks of sick time.
Parental Leave
16 weeks of 100% paid parental leave with no waiting period.
Employee Assistance Program
For guidance and help when you need it.
Learning
Learning opportunities via virtual workshops.
Wellness Benefit
Access to 10 virtual sessions with a licensed therapist each year.
Welcome to second dinner’s "let's see if we might want to work together" page!
We think Second Dinner is awesome! It might be awesome for you too. But maybe not! Let's figure it out together.
- Now, here are some reasons Second Dinner might be a great place for you!
We have big dreams!
We're here to make the most fun games in the world. Not super fun games. Not SUPER DUPER fun games. We mean the MOST fun games. In fact, our first game MARVEL SNAP has earned multiple awards such as Best Mobile Game of the Year (Game Awards & DICE), Best Strategy Game (IGN), and the Apple Design Award for Innovation! We have experience scaling and publishing games world-wide to hundreds of millions of players.
- We want our games to go on and live for a LONG time. We're not here to make one-week wonders or to cash in on players and move on. Many of the games we’ve made have remained popular for years, if not decades. We'll keep our games fresh, and our players engaged for years IF NOT MILLENNIA.
We’re a startup. This means...
We're just getting started; we're still very early in our inevitably epic history. You'll be here early and will be a major impact on the project, the team, and the company.
- We're a relatively small team compared to the top gaming companies. We like it when everyone knows everyone. We think that makes for a highly effective and agile team. And, honestly, we think it’s a lot more fun this way.
- We can offer equity in the company and then work together to make the company (and your equity) a lot more valuable!
But we’re not like other indie startups!
We are funded. Pretty darn well funded. Our goal was to get enough so that we could staff up optimally and have the runway to ship our game when it’s ready, and not a moment before. And we got it. As you might imagine, this means a lot of great things!
- Unlike many startups, we can (and are!) paying team members competitive salaries with great benefits. You can come to Second Dinner with confidence that we'll be a stable workplace for years to come.
- While we always want to be efficient and responsible with our spending, we don’t need to be penny wise and pound foolish. We can do the right thing for the long term success of the company, the game, and our teammates.
- We won't need to stop and scramble for more money. We can skip all the stress, risk, and wasted time of having to do dog and pony shows for milestone payments or endless presentations for new investors.
- You know how building a compelling universe from scratch is hard? Like really really hard? Straight out of the gate, we get to play in the Marvel Universe. THE FRIGGIN' MARVEL UNIVERSE!!
We call the shots.
Often funding comes with a lot of strings attached or multitudes of people looking over your shoulder giving "feedback." Ours didn't.
- We have complete creative control. Over this project and any other project we decide to do.
- We have complete control over how we decide to grow, structure, and run our organization. Forever.
Working at Second Dinner feels GREAT!
We HIGHLY prioritize work/life balance. Energized and motivated team members are more important than having features a little bit earlier.
- Like to work fully remote? Great. Like to work in an office with others? Also great. Prefer a mix of both? We got you. We think choice and flexibility are awesome.
- We maintain a healthy and positive atmosphere. No jerks here.
- Did I mention we're going to make the best games in the world? That feels pretty great too.
- And, obviously, Second Dinner is Best Dinner!
That said, here are some reasons why Second Dinner might not be the right place for you...
It's a startup. Despite all our many hedges against risk, we're still a small company early in its lifetime. And that means there will be more risk and variance in some ways compared to a bigger, longer-established company.
- We're small, so you'll likely end up jumping on problems you've never faced before, and you'll need to be comfortable with – nay, exhilarated! – by that.
- Umm... there must be more, but that's all that comes to mind at the moment. It's pretty awesome here.
And here are some reasons why we might be interested in you...
You're awesome at what you do, but you're not a jerk about it.
- You're inspired by the dream of building the best games and best game company in the world.
- You're energized by the challenge of finding and tackling a frequently shifting and often ambiguous path forward.
- You care deeply about team dynamics and culture. We're still a new and growing organization, and everyone will be a part of making sure it's a healthy and vibrant place to work and play.
- You bring skills, experience, and points of view that we don't have enough of. A collective broadness in background helps us be well-rounded, versatile, and agile. Everybody brings something special to the table.
- You're down with our particular brand of earthy yet erudite humor.