Tools Programmer (Game Team)

As a tools programmer at Naughty Dog, you will experience:

Total project ownership: talk directly to the artists and designers and design, build, and deploy the software by yourself. Varied and challenging responsibilities. We have a small tools team, so you’ll interact with every game system and every department.

Responsibilities:

• Designing, developing and supporting tools in our production pipeline from source assets down to the runtime
• Work with our artists and designers to ensure tools are functioning properly
• Continuously improve the user experience and performance of our tools
• Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed

Requirements & Skills:

• Self-motivated individual with excellent problem solving skills
• Experience shipping a game
• Experience working in a team environment
• Good verbal and written skills
• Excellent 3D math skills (especially linear algebra and vector math)
• Ability to design, author, and maintain complex tools used in different parts of the production pipeline
• Experience with console or PC programming
• Experience in building parallel or distributed algorithms
• Experience in creating one or more of the following PC applications in C++/Qt or C#: level editor (actor placement, navigation meshes, particles, boundary regions, etc), art prototype catalogue/database, animation/cinematic editor, material/shader editor, plug-ins, build tools, data messaging tools, lighting tools
• B.S. in Computer Science and/or Mathematics or equivalent work experience

Bonus Skills: (Optional)

• Experience with databases design and query optimizations using MySQL, Redis, and NoSQL databases
• DevOps experience maintaining Linux machines running Ubuntu
• Knowledge of scripting languages (Python/MelScript/PHP)
• Experience using DCC applications (3DStudio/Maya/Photoshop/XSI)
• GUI art/design skills
• Experience in using one or more of the following technologies: Maya Plug-in API,  OpenGL, CG, DirectX, HLSL

As part of the Naughty Dog application process, candidates should expect to be given a technical interview.