Web Tools Programmer
Santa Monica, CA - USA
Job Summary
This is a hybrid/onsiteposition.
Fornearly 40years Naughty Dog has been crafting best-selling critically acclaimed games that constantly push the boundaries of narrative gameplay and technology. Naughty Dog recently released The Last of Us Part II Remastered as well as a current generation remake of The Last of Us Part I for the proud to say that The Last of Us Part I and Part II are now available for the first time on PC. Currentlywerebusy at the kennel working on Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet andwedlove to find talented individuals to join us.
Naughty Dog games have long been lauded for their evocative character-driven stories and attention to detail. We are committed to innovation within our games and as such have curated some of the top creative and technically innovative minds in the industry. We welcome a diverse pool of candidates and believe that a broad range of cultural and life experiences contribute to the overall well-being and success of the studio and the titles we craft together.
At Naughty Dog the growing web tools infrastructure hasgreatly enhanceddevelopers workflows over the years and is only accelerating. We seegreat potentialin this expansion for services like asset management our build pipeline andlarge-scalegame data. As a Web Tools Programmer you will have total project ownership including the development and deployment of the entire technology stack. From integrating with our games runtime codebase architecting a backend infrastructure and developing functional user interfaces our game development team will rely on you to innovate and improve ourenginestoolset.
Whatyouwilldo:
- Design develop andmaintainfullstackweb applications and integrations that enhance development workflows and connect with core studio tools and services
- Extend and customize Atlassian applications (Jira Confluence) through plugins REST APIs and automation frameworks to meetstudiospecificneeds
- Work across distributed systems investigating issuesoptimizingperformance and ensuring reliability of our internal tools ecosystem
- Design andmaintaindatabases (relational document and cache stores) that support internal tools and analytics
- Collaborate with multiple departments to translate their workflows into maintainable scalable and systemic solutions
- Manage and prioritize multiple projects and their respective tasks independently while contributing tolong-termarchitectural planning
- Share knowledge with teammates in tool development infrastructure best practices and debugging complex integrations
- Additionalresponsibilities may be assigned as needed or desired
What Skills you will use:
- Minimum of 3 years working in thevideo game industry
- Managing Jira administration workflows permissions and automation
- Experience writing plugins extensions and integrations for Atlassian products like Jira and Confluence
- Ability to prototype and quickly iterate on front-end web toolsleveragingmodern web frameworks like Vue and Tailwind
- Advancedproficiencywithserversidedevelopment across various interpreted languages (JavaScript/Typescript Python or PHP) and practical knowledge of REST API design
- Solid understanding of distributed systems including performance optimization fault tolerance and observability
- Experience administeringoptimizing and migrating databases (MySQL MongoDB Redis) and understanding when it makes sense to use one over another
- Familiarity managing and developing both cloud and on-prem infrastructuresleveragingcontainerization infrastructure as code (Terraform/Ansible) and observability tools
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills necessary for working across our various departments and disciplines to improve their quality of life
Bonus Skills:
- Previousexperience as a JIRA administrator
- Experience reading and writing applications written in compiled languages such as C
As part of the Naughty Dog application process candidates should expect to be given a technical interview.
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The estimated USA base pay range for this zone (Los Angeles area) is listed below. This role may be eligible for additional compensation packages that includes annual bonus and other incentive plans.
$141000 - $176700 USD
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About Company
Naughty Dog is the developer of some of the most critically acclaimed and top-selling video games on PlayStation platforms, having created the classic Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter series, as well as modern franchises Uncharted and The Last of Us. We have become recognized ...