Senior Tools Engineer

Activision is a leading worldwide developer, publisher, and distributor of interactive entertainment and products, home to franchises such as Call of Duty®, Crash Bandicoot™, Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™, and Guitar Hero®. The role is within Elsewhere Entertainment, part of Activision, focused on creating innovative gaming experiences.

• Over 4 years of professional programming experience, ideally in game development or tooling.
• Solid knowledge of C++ and development best practices.
• Experience building tools for narrative-driven games, including dialogue editors, cinematic tools, and scripting systems.
• Strong understanding of branching story logic, dialogue trees, and cinematic pipelines in AAA productions.
• Practical experience with UI frameworks such as Qt, ImGui, or WPF.
• User-focused mindset and iterative approach to tool development, appreciating needs of narrative and cinematic teams.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills bridging engineering and creative disciplines.

Nice to have:

• Experience with cinematic or dialogue systems in games like The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Dragon Age, or Mass Effect.
• Familiarity with VO pipelines, localization workflows, and runtime scene playback.
• Knowledge of narrative scripting languages or node-based visual scripting systems.
• Experience with narrative design tools such as Articy:Draft, Twine, Ink, or proprietary equivalents.
• Understanding of Unreal Engine or other AAA game engines.

• Design, implement, and maintain tools supporting cinematic design, branching dialogue systems, and narrative logic workflows.
• Partner with narrative designers, writers, cinematic teams, and gameplay engineers to understand needs and deliver enhanced storytelling tools.
• Support development of a conversation editor and cinematic authoring environment integrated with gameplay and mission systems.
• Build intuitive, non-destructive, and visual editing tools for branching dialogue, VO management, localization support, scene playback, and sequencing.
• Identify and improve narrative workflows and pipelines for increased productivity and iteration speed.
• Maintain and evolve proprietary UI framework or integrate third-party solutions.
• Write clean, reliable, and maintainable code supporting live authoring and rapid iteration.

The position encourages applications from women and members of under-represented groups, highlighting Activision's commitment to diversity and inclusion.