Senior Tools Engineer

Elsewhere Entertainment is developing a new IP and is part of Activision, a leading worldwide developer, publisher, and distributor of interactive entertainment and products, known for franchises such as Call of Duty®, Crash Bandicoot™, Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™, and Guitar Hero™.

• Demonstrated professional programming experience, ideally in game development, tools, or pipeline engineering.
• Strong C++ skills and a solid grasp of modern development best practices (architecture, debugging, profiling, testing).
• Hands-on experience building procedural content tools (e.g., city/level generation, terrain systems, foliage scattering, rule-based placement).
• Understanding of DCC pipelines used in game production and how tools integrate into them.
• Practical UI development experience with frameworks such as Qt, ImGui, WPF, or similar.
• A user-centered mindset, including consideration for level artists and designers, and an iterative approach to tool development based on feedback.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to connect engineering and creative disciplines.

Bonus points for:

• Experience with procedural content packages and workflows (e.g., Houdini, Blender).
• Familiarity with Unreal Engine and/or comparable game engines, including editor tooling and pipeline integration.

• Designing, implementing, and maintaining robust procedural tools that support efficient content creation and game development.
• Collaborating closely with artists, designers, and engineers to deliver intuitive tools that address real production needs.
• Identifying and driving pipeline improvements that increase quality, consistency, and team productivity.
• Developing and maintaining the proprietary UI framework.
• Writing clean, reliable, and maintainable code.

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