Lead Tools Programmer

Why PlayStation?

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.

PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.

The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation.

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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We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

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