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Software Engineering Co-Op

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Your Mission

Blizzard Entertainment is seeking a talented, motivated, and experienced engineer to join the Diablo IV Team. The roles primary objective is to build and maintain the pipelines that empower content creators to do what they do best – create great content and get it into the game. In addition to implementing and supporting tools, you will be expected to evaluate workflows and identify ways to improve them using your familiarity with 3D content creation pipelines. You will be the point of contact between multiple teams, and your communication skills will be used to train and educate those teams about our growing toolset and help guide discussions of future improvements.

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

• Collaborating closely with artists, designers, and other engineers as we iterate on art tools
• Producing mockups, participating in design discussions, and gathering feedback from artists to make sure they’re getting what they really need
• Exemplify and promote standards for code, design, and the entire software development process
• Establish mutual trust, respect among your teammates, and celebrate one another’s successes

Player Profile

Minimum Requirements:

• Enthusiasm for supporting and enabling others
• Experience creating GUI-driven software with an emphasis on usability (ex. MVVM)
• Experience with game content creation tools (ex. modeling, rigging, materials, anim, vfx, etc.)
• Strong verbal and written communications skills
• Motivated to learn new tools, techniques, and workflows
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or related) or equivalent tool development experience

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• Experience building UIs in WPF, or similar presentation frameworks is strongly desired, and experience in other windowing toolkits, (ex. WinForms)
• Detailed working knowledge of Maya and writing Maya Tools
• Relevant languages: Python, MEL, pyQt, pySide, C, C++, or C#
• Experience with Art Creation Software (ex: Houdini, Substance Designer/Painter)
• Experience working with game development teams
• Experience working within a large-scale software environment
• Experience working with source control systems (ex: Perforce, SVN, Git, etc.)
• Experience working with a variety of console platforms for development

Our World

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.

Vicarious Visions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, 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.