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Lead Tools Engineer - Ridgeline Games

Lead Tools Engineer - Ridgeline Games

Ridgeline Games is focused on building rich narrative campaigns with memorable characters and powerful experiences all in the Battlefield universe. We are building a new studio in the Seattle area composed of leaders and talent with a vast array of AAA game dev experience. As we assemble our diverse team, all who have a voice in making great games together, we're looking for a healthy mixture of tempered veterans and young passionate individuals eager to make a difference.

Role Overview: You are a Lead Tools Engineer, reporting to the Studio Technical Director who will work side-by-side with video game content creators (designer, visual art, audio, video) to help identify needs, prioritize work and provide solutions to problems. You will spend time facilitating communication, measuring and optimizing performance, and designing and documenting processes for the project.

Responsibilities:

• You will develop tools/workflows for video game content creators.
• Analyze workflows and bottlenecks in the production process and identify opportunities for automation to improve efficiency.
• Configure and develop support tools used by the game development teams.
• You will assess and respond to game team support requests, providing assistance or redirection to the appropriate Battlefield support team.
• Diagnose and implement remediation for issues with centralized developer support services (Avalanche, Hailstorm, Shift).
• Diagnose build failures and determine appropriate owners, including follow-up and enforcement of Battlefield's KeepGreen policies.
• Recruit and retain world-class talent to the team and company.

Qualifications:

• Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent degree.
• 7+ years software development experience.
• 4+ years of technical leadership experience.
• Conflict management skills.
• Balanced technical, team, product, project and requirements for successful outcomes.
• Capability to make positive changes to teams, products and businesses.
• Knowledge of game application technology spanning client, server and infrastructure systems.

Benefits

We are proud of the great perks we offer like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, 401k with company match, and of course, free video games. And since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that values creativity and individuality.