Activision Hiring for Senior Tools Engineer at Toronto, ON Full Time

Requisition ID:
R010176

Job Description:
Your Platform

Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, Melbourne, Australia, Guildford UK and now Toronto, Canada – we’re the videogame development team behind Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare and Call of Duty®: WWII. Since our founding in 2009, our greatest passion has been making AAA games. The strength of our team makes us not only excellent at what we do, but also how we do it. We truly believe in supporting our hard-working employees to be the best they can be. Here at Sledgehammer Games, everyone is a game maker.

Your Mission

As a Senior Tools Engineer you will partner with the content team in providing them with new and improved tools to improve iteration. Sledgehammer Games believes one of the biggest multipliers to a team’s efficiency is great tools.

Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

Designing and developing various asset creation and management tools ranging from exporters, to content creation tools, to asset management tools, to build tools, to frameworks

Maintaining and supporting existing and new and infrastructure as needed

Working with content creators, designers, and other engineers to collect requirements and ensure tool design specifications are met

Designing and developing of user-friendly interfaces for content creators

Player Profile

Minimum Requirements:
5+ years tools programming experience

Proficiency in and knowledge of C#/C/C++, data structures, performance, and multi-threaded programming techniques

Knowledge of common data structures and algorithmic solutions

Contributed extensively to the development of one or more shipped games, PC or console

Detailed knowledge of software design practices including modular architecture, event-driven architecture, and software design patterns

Ability to quickly understand and work with internal and externally developed code

University-level degree in Computer Science or related field

Extra Points:
Experience with developing composite applications using the Model View-View Model design pattern

Experience with various technologies and SDKs such as WPF, Prism, and Rad Controls

Experience with SQL Server

Experience with Maya plugin and script development

Experience with computer game technologies including: Camera systems, AI programming, physics, 3D programming, animation, collision detection

Demonstrated ability to write clean, readable, portable, reliable, and optimized tools code

Contributed to building tools for at least one shipped console game

Our World

Sledgehammer Games is wholly owned by Activision. To learn more about our studio, please visit us at www.sledgehammergames.com or search for Sledgehammer Games on your favourite social media platform. Want to hear what it’s like at the studio directly from current employees? Check out our #LifeatSHG developer profiles: https://youtu.be/12DUBszg-w4

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), is one of the world’s largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™ and Bubble Witch™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

Our ability to build immersive and innovate worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ – we’ve got our employees covered!

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

We an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability

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