Responsibilities:

LightSpeed LA seeks a talented and enthusiastic Lead Tools Engineer to join our new studio in sunny Irvine California. The ideal candidate will have a strong passion for games and enable 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.

• 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.
• Help maintain a culture of fast iteration and practical problem solving.
• Manage a team of engineers and own quality of team deliverables.
• Act as Product Owner for shared service and tools vision and maintain product roadmap.
• Create, monitor, and control metrics impacting product and team quality.
• 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.
• 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.
• 5+ years of experience as a software developer with focus on tools and services
• Fluency in Python and/or C#
• Experience in team management
• 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

Location State(s)

California

The base pay range for this position in the state(s) above is $ to $ per year. Actual pay is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A sign on payment, relocation package, and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package, as well as other medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the specific position offered.