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Engine and Tools Programmer - BioWare (Contract)
4 years ago
At BioWare, our mission is to create worlds of adventure, conflict, and companionship that inspire you to become the hero of your story. Our teams drive innovation using cutting-edge tech and tools such as the Frostbite engine and collaborate with thousands of world-class developers across EA’s network of studios. We are passionate about games and their potential as a creative medium to reach and inspire people through emotion, artistry, and engaging storytelling. If you share this passion, this is an amazing opportunity to help shape the next generation of gaming.
What the Engine and Tools Programmer will do at BioWare:
You will work with our art, design, and programming teams to develop the tools & technology necessary to deliver our games with high-fidelity experiences.
Who You Are:
You are highly collaborative with several years of experience developing systems for AAA console and PC video games. You love solving complex problems with creative and innovative solutions. You are passionate about empowering content creators with great tools. You want to help us build the best games in the industry.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and enhance our game engine, pipelines and tools on multiple hardware platforms.
- Collaborate with designers and artists on solutions that allow them to deliver high-fidelity game worlds and amazing experiences.
- Work embedded in the game team for close feedback and iteration with users of tools and systems that you work on.
- Mentor other developers during project development .
Requirements:
- Experience developing, debugging and optimizing systems for AAA PC and console games as well as the tools and pipelines that support them.
- Experience developing systems where concurrency, memory, and performance is important.
- 3+ years of professional C++ experience and a solid understanding of software design principles.
What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!
The opportunity to work and learn from a world-class games studio making world-class games. We are a culture that thrives off creativity and individuality. At EA, we live the “work hard/play hard” credo every day.
More about our location: http://careers.ea.com/our-locations/edmonton
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