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Senior Engineering Manager - Sledgehammer Games Toronto

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Our engineering team in Toronto is growing! We're looking for an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to support our continued growth. If you've worked closely with low-level and hardware programming, we'd like to speak with you!

Your Mission

As a Lead Core Engineer you will be a part of a world class game development team on a AAA title. You will lead a team of engineers to improve and develop core engineering systems in the Call of Duty technology in order to deliver a best in class title. Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

• Architect, refactor and maintain game and low-level engine systems
• Design, write, debug and refine core systems, features, tools and infrastructure as needed
• Contribute extensively to the core engine
• Collaborate with other studios to further improve the Call of Duty technology
• Identify, diagnose and resolve runtime and author time issues
• Communicate features and collaborate with engineering and content teams
• Participate in the design, performance and code review process
• Providing input with other engineering leads to develop high level goals and direction
• Motivate and manage a small team of fellow core engineers
• Building and organizing team backlogs, sprints and roadmaps
• Mentor more junior engineers and be an efficiency multiplier for the team
• Report to the Engineering Director

Player Profile

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a Computer Science, Engineering, or Math-related field
• 8+ years programming experience in real-time systems
• Demonstrated proficiency in and knowledge of C/C++, data structures, performance, and multi-threaded programming techniques
• Experience with profiling and performance tuning of code
• Contributed extensively to the development of two or more shipped games, PC or console.
• Proficient with 3D math including linear algebra (vector math, matrices)
• Thorough 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
• A strong passion for video games of many kinds

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• Expert knowledge with computer game technologies including: AI programming, physics, 3D programming, animation, collision detection
• Demonstrated ability to write clean, readable, portable, reliable, and optimized code on modern game consoles
• Contributed extensively to the development of at least three shipped console games
• Experience managing engineers
• Closely collaborated with offsite engineers on a large project

Our World

We are situated in the San Francisco Bay Area; Melbourne, Australia; Toronto, Canada; and Guildford, UK. Across our four locations, we strive to be the most inclusive and encouraging game studio we can be.

We are very passionate about working together to make incredible AAA games for our players to enjoy and connect with. We’re the studio behind Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare, Call of Duty®: WWII, and Call of Duty®: Vanguard. With elite audio, design, engineering, and art teams, we’ve been able to achieve some of the highest-quality game execution of any studio in the industry.

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 dedicated employees to be the best they can be. Here at Sledgehammer Games, everyone is a game maker. We think it’s important to be constantly evolving, innovating, and taking risks – which are some of the most rewarding aspects of game development. We love what we do and work hard to make sure that each new game we make is even better than the last. Creativity is key, and we’re looking for passionate game developers for our exciting next project.

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 favorite 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

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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