Development Support Tools

Rockstar Games
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
8 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Junior

Job location

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Autodesk 3DS Max (3D Graphics Software)
JIRA
Bug Tracking Systems
Game Engine
Maya
Software Tools
Software Engineering
Data Processing

Job description

  • Work within the Tools team primarily supporting our animators and environment artists with assistance and problem solving.
  • Gain an understanding of artist and animator workflows and how the data they produce translates into the game engine.
  • Diagnose exporter, data processing, and automation problems.
  • Handle incoming support requests directed towards the Tools team.
  • Escalate issues to Tools Leads and Tools Programmers where appropriate.
  • Communicate frequently reported support issues with Tools Leads.

Requirements

  • 1+ year experience working in the games industry, software development or related field in a support role.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Experience with task and bug tracking software such as JIRA.
  • An eagerness to learn new workflows and software tools.
  • Excellent team working skills both in person and remotely.
  • Ability to work within a schedule and deliver effectively to deadlines., * Experience working within a large-scale AAA development team.
  • A university degree in Game Production, Design, Data Science, or a related field.
  • Familiarity with at least one digital content creation package.
  • Experience with 3dsmax MaxScript, Motionbuilder or Maya.

About the company

At Rockstar Games, we create world-class entertainment experiences. Become part of a team working on some of the most rewarding, large-scale creative projects to be found in any entertainment medium - all within an inclusive, highly-motivated environment where you can learn and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry. Rockstar is on the lookout for a talented Development Support team member who passionate about supporting our game development teams and driving our tools technology forward. This is a full-time, permanent and in-office position based in Rockstar's state-of-the-art game development studio in Edinburgh, Scotland. WHAT WE DO * The Rockstar Games Tools Team create and maintain software tools that are used by all game development disciplines to support the creation of all Rockstar Games projects. * These software tools range from digital content exporters, a data processing asset pipeline to game, CI/CD automation systems and UI editors.

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