Software Engineer (Temp)
Description
SUMMARY OF POSITION:
As
a member of our studio's Game Engineering team you will work closely with
engineers, designers and artists to develop game-play for our next triple-A
title. This role has an initial focus on supporting connected services and
platform specific metadata, systems, and packages. Additionally, your domain
has the potential to span as much of the codebase as your skills and interests
dictate, as you design and implement extensions to existing systems and pivotal
new game systems to meet the needs of our talented in-house team of content
developers.
In
addition, as part of our studio's highly collaborative engineering group, you
will have ample opportunity to share your experience and expertise on the
development of both game specific and general engineering systems across the
entire codebase.
This
job will require collaboration with the rest of our engineering team on issues
of technical design. You will also work closely with other engineers and
content development experts on implementing and refining systems to meet our
designers' vision. The Gameplay Engineer will also work with
their team's production staff to help develop realistic schedules and identify
all dependencies.
Job Responsibilities:
- Design, author, maintain and refactor game systems that meet all design,
technical and schedule requirements
- Work closely with QA and your technical leadership to ensure the
stability and accuracy of game systems by identifying, communicating and
resolving defects
- Author, review and provide feedback on technical and end-user
documentation of game systems
- Collaborate with technical leadership and other engineers to help
establish overall technical design and architecture
- Collaborate with designers and content creators to brainstorm solutions
that satisfy design and content requirements
- Work closely with the production staff in building and maintaining
realistic schedules and identifying dependencies
- Coordinate with QA and leads to ensure successful roll out of new
features to the team and establish testing and maintenance of systems
Work Experience
Job Requirements:
- 3+
years professional C/C++ programming.
- 1+
years professional Javascript programming
- Experience
implementing systems in a client/server environment
- Familiarity
with RESTful web services
- Ability
to communicate and coordinate with multiple external partners to implement
features and diagnose problems
- Experience
developing complex game-play systems for a published game.
- Designed
and implemented major game systems for a published game (preferred)
- Experience
developing for Xbox One and/or PS4 (preferred)
- Worked
on multi-year, large-scale production game title (preferred)
- Experience
with the release process including working on systems related to
localization, certification and asset management. (preferred)
Education, Professional Training, Technical Training or
Certification
- B.S.
degree in Computer Science or equivalent
Knowledge/Skills
- Ability
to collaborate with engineers and content creators to develop robust and
fun game-play
- Ability
to easily communicate technical topics with both engineers and
non-technical people alike
- Ability
to openly discuss and review technical proposals, requirements, designs,
algorithms, source code, and reference documents with engineers, content
creators and managers
- Microsoft
Visual C++ development environment.
Other Requirements
- Creative,
focused, results-oriented, self-motivated, resourceful problem-solver with
excellent debugging skills
- Ability
to work well in a team development environment with strong communication
skills
- Strong
desire to build industry-leading game systems and ship the highest quality
games
The Warner Bros. Entertainment Group of Companies is an equal opportunity employer and considers all candidates for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital status, military or veteran's status (including protected veterans, as may be required by federal law), sexual orientation or any other category protected by law.
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