Senior Tools Engineer

Lightspeed LA (Tencent) is seeking for a talented and enthusiastic senior engineer to join our new studio in sunny Irvine, California. The ideal candidate will have a strong passion for games and enabling content creators to deliver the most polished experience for our players. Join our team of industry veterans and help us build a team and culture of respect that pushes boundaries while having lots of fun.


Responsibilities:

• Help maintain a culture of fast iteration and practical problem solving
• Work with IT teams to ensure a quality setup for all developers and pipelines
• Evolve iteratively existing systems into state of the art solutions
• Work closely with teammates to design and build performant, reliable and fast iteration tools using proven practices

Requirements:

• Passion for games and the tech that makes them come to life
• Expert with C++, C# and Python
• Experience building parallel or distributed algorithms
• Experience developing GUI applications for content creators
• Advanced knowledge of game content delivery pipelines and tools
• Good 3D math skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical artists, design and other engineers
• High comfort level extending and improving an established code base
• Value lean, simple, efficient, well-tested code

Preferred:

• Shipped a game on PC and Consoles
• Experience with DCC tools like Maya, Houdini, Blender, etc.
• Familiarity with AAA asset and code pipelines
• Familiarity with console build and deploy pipelines
• Experience with Incredibuild
• Experience with source control systems such as Perforce

How to apply:
We would love to see your amazing CV! Please email Natalie Pong at nataliepong@tencent.com. In consideration of your health and safety, all interviews will be virtual and we will be working remotely for the time being. Learn more about life at Tencent here!