Lead Tools Programmer - UnitedStates, Canada - Sony Playstation

Description

Why PlayStation?

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Join the award-winning team that createdGod of War

Santa Monica Studio is seeking an experienced Lead Tools Programmer for the development of a new unannounced title

You're into tools. You're into making everyone else's life better. You spend your time thinking about workflow improvements, slick user interfaces and optimizations that will decrease iteration times.

Responsibilities

• Build, refine, and support plugins and data pipeline to facilitate content iteration.
• Maintain open dialogues with customers, inviting feedback, looking for areas of improvement.
• Interface with stakeholders. Liaise between team members; drive collaborative projects.
• Identify problems; solve them: implement robust, high-quality solutions.
• Profile and optimize systems to remove bottlenecks and improve performance.
• Mentor and guide team members in areas of expertise; instill best practices.
• Partner with leads and directors to meet visual and technical standards.
• Help optimize by educating team members as well as driving profiling automation and workflows.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Graphic Art or a related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum five years of professional programming experience.
• Expertise in C/C++ and Python required.
• Solid understanding of 3D math.
• Professional experience demonstrating proficiency in algorithm design, understanding of complexity, and software architecture and design.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable and extensible code with attention to reusability.
• Enthusiasm and initiative.
• Excellent spoken and written communication.
• Good collaborator within a large, diverse team.

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At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role's base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.

Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

In addition, this role is eligible for SIE's top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$167,500 — $251,300 USD

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