Tools Engineer
North Carolina
Our client is looking for an individual to work on AAA games for the 360, PS3 and PC. Working closely with other Engineers and content creators, you will work with an established and high-selling franchise to create and maintain the pipeline and content creation tools critical to the success of our products. There are openings available for those experienced with tools development and for those just getting their start!
Key Responsibilities:
- Architect, implement and debug tools and utilities for next-generation consoles and PC
- Work closely with content creators to understand needs from the internal consumer
- Work with all departments to create prioritized features lists
- Document tools and utilities
- Create consistent and easy-to-use interfaces
- Maintain and refactor exiting tools and utilities
- Be a positive and untiring evangelist for tools and utilities
- Optimize and profile performance
- Work with middleware and SDKs
Job Qualifications:
- A BS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
- Strong C++ programming experience
- Self-motivated with a strong work ethic
- Able to work on a variety of tasks at once
- Refusal to allow things to slip through the cracks
- Experience with client-server architecture
- Knowledge and understanding of networking concepts and techniques
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
Preferred:
- Versatile in Visual C++ (and/or .NET)
- Knowledge in database, searching algorithms, and file I/O
- Console development experience
- An intense understanding that without tools and pipelines video games would not exist!
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