Tools Game Engineer

Requisition Number: 178085

Position Title: Software Engineer II

External Description:

Welcome to Maxis, home to tinkerers, craftspeople, & storytellers. Our drive is to inspire everyone to make a better world through creative play. As the developer of the Sims, we create games and experiences for millions of people around the world and are always looking for new ways to inspire our players. Maxis is a place where you can do what you love and help others grow while doing it; a place where your unique voice can be heard and seen. We put creativity and inclusivity at the core of our work and don’t settle for seeing the world only as it is, but strive to build a world as it could be. Read on to see how you can join our team and dream big.

Job Summary

Maxis is looking to source a talented engineer for an anticipated future opening in the organization that can help us bring the next wave of simulation features to life. This engineer will work with an experienced team that has collectively built almost all Maxis games in the past two decades. This engineer will work with multiple designers and engineers prototyping and shipping different features that expand the gameplay possibilities of Sims games. Most of the work will be done in C#, with the front-end being developed in WPF.

Reporting to a Development Director, as a Tools Engineer, you will:

• Build tools that help create and manipulate a very large number of game tuning and assets that assemble to create rich player facing features.
• Implement developer facing editors that provide high impact visualization to manipulate game tuning and assets e.g. state machine editor, behavior tree editor, expression editor in C# and WPF.
• Work with the other game engineers and designers to implement a data-driven simulation system to author player facing behaviors in Unreal and C++.
• Author technical design documents detailing software requirements.

Qualifications

Please note that you do not need to qualify for all requirements to be considered. We encourage you to apply if you can meet most of the requirements and are comfortable opening a dialog to be considered.

• Bachelor/Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field or equivalent work experience
• 3+ years experience in a hands-on development role.
• 1.5+ years experience building tools or applications in C# and WPF.
• Demonstrated technical abilities and experience developing systems in large code bases written in C# and C++.
• Experience with Windows platform and development tools.
• Experience building tools or applications that have a medium to large user base and that are used to manipulate complex or large amounts of data.
• Experience developing for large-scale live products. Products that are continuously updated to provide improved user experiences or expanded feature sets.
• Experience working in highly collaborative environments with diverse roles beyond engineering such as design, production, art and product management.
• Demonstrated user-first mentality and willingness to work through technical limitations to provide the best user experience possible.
• Strong communication skills.

Bonus

• Experience building and shipping AAA games in Unreal Engine.
• Experience building tools and plugins for Unreal or Unity Engines.
• Experience developing cross-platform games, tools, or applications e.g. for Mac, Console, Mobile.
• Experience working in large data-driven games or applications.
• Experience using static and performance analysis tools to profile and optimize the performance of C# desktop applications.
• Experience working with automated testing, unit testing, data and asset pipelines, and configuration management processes.
• Experience building features for games or applications that support a collaborative User Generated Content community.

US COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The base salary ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these states. If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the base salary range and benefits for your specific location.

EA has listed the base salary ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting. Salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs.

BASE SALARY RANGES

• California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. Sacramento):
• $114,200 - $166,200
• New York (depending on location e.g. Manhattan vs. Buffalo):
• $99,900 - $166,200
• Jersey City, NJ:
• $131,600 - $168,400
• Colorado (depending on location e.g. Denver vs. Colorado Springs):
• $99,900 - $141,800
• Washington (depending on location e.g. Seattle vs. Spokane):
• $99,900 - $168,400

Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. We also offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby (following 1 year of service), medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

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Community / Marketing Title: Tools Game Engineer

Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. ist ein weltweit führender Anbieter interaktiver Unterhaltungssoftware. EA bietet Spiele, Inhalte und Online-Dienste für internetfähige Spielkonsolen, Personalcomputer, Mobiltelefone und Tablets an.

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Days Open: 15

Can this position be remote?: 1

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA engagiert sich für Chancengleichheit und Gleichstellung. Alle Personalentscheidungen werden unabhängig von Ethnie, Hautfarbe, Herkunft, Abstammung, Geschlecht, Geschlechtsidentität oder ausgelebtem Geschlecht, sexueller Orientierung, Alter, genetischer Information, Religion, Behinderung, Krankheit, Schwangerschaft, Familienstand oder Veteranenstatus getroffen. EA sorgt außerdem für die durch geltendes Gesetz vorgeschriebenen Anpassungen am Arbeitsplatz für Individuen mit anerkannten Behinderungen.