Why choose Digital Extremes?
Our quality games are only possible because of our eager and talented staff. We also offer excellent compensation and benefits packages as well as an amazing work environment. The successful applicant would have to relocate to our little piece of heaven, also known as, London, Ontario, Canada. For more information about London, Ontario, Canada visit our About section.
Note: We are interested in talking to people anywhere in the world but keep in mind, unless you have a degree from an accredited University and/or solid experience in your field of expertise it is extremely difficult to immigrate people.
Tools Programmer
- Department:
- Programming
- Type:
- Full Time
- Min Exp:
- 1 Year
- Salary:
- $60k-$85k
Main Responsibilities:
• To play a key role in designing and implementing a suite of development tools to support next-gen games.
• Create user-friendly applications in support of the development team.
• Aid in Developing and maintaining a cross-platform, next-generation game engine.
• Communicate with designers, artists and other engineers to ensure tools satisfy production needs.
• Deliver work on time and according to schedule
• Accept and provide direction with team members and participate and engage with the entire production team to stay current on the scope and understanding of the project.
• Possess exemplary oral and written communication skills and the ability to follow direction and to collaborate successfully with others.
• Identify and find solutions to pipeline issues.
• Contribute innovative and original ideas toward all aspects of the game’s production and development.
• Write robust, maintainable code.
• Maintain code performance through profiling and optimization.
Qualifications:
• Console experience; next-gen preferred.
• Experience with 2D and 3D art packages and APIs (XSI, Photoshop).
• Experience designing and implementing in-engine game editors.
• Knowledge of scripting languages (Perl, Python, etc…).
• Familiarity with large-scale C++ project development.
• Experience with concurrent programming.
• Experience with code optimization and profiling tools (i.e. VTune, PIX).
