Responsibilities
- Architect and evolve large-scale systems while defining and driving a technical vision and roadmap.
- Adapt system designs to changing requirements while maintaining scalability, performance, and stability.
- Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and set engineering standards.
- Design, build, and maintain tools, applications, libraries, and plugins for game content creation.
- Own tools through requirements, implementation, documentation, maintenance, and continuous improvement.
- Identify bottlenecks and develop technical solutions to improve workflows and productivity.
- Conduct code and technical reviews and evaluate new technologies for team use.
- Coordinate and estimate work to support planning, execution, and delivery.
- Contribute hands-on as an individual contributor while supporting project and studio goals.
Requirements
- History of developing pipelines from initial concept to shipping content.
- Ability to minimize redundancy through clean, API-first design principles.
- Strong communication skills.
- Ten to fifteen years of experience in game development or a related industry is preferred.
- Preferred experience with build systems and build pipelines.
- Strong understanding of WPF is preferred.
- Previous game development experience is preferred.
- Familiarity with the workflow needs of different departments is preferred.
Benefits
- The position is based in Austin, Texas.
- Retro Studios offers an inclusive environment focused on kindness, empathy, respect, and support for employees and communities.
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About Nintendo
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