Programming Department
Lead Engineer, Core Technology Team
The core technology team are the "Marines" of development, performing the unglamorous technical heroics that keep pipelines humming, tools from crashing, load screens from appearing, threads from stalling, and games locked at 60Hz. Tech team members have both exceptional technical chops and the wisdom of experience to guide them in their support of our artists, designers, and gameplay programmers.
The BioShock team is looking for an exceptional individual to join us and direct this team through a combination of leadership, coding, and daily problem solving at the engine and pipeline level. This is a very challenging position and only senior candidates will be considered.
What you would be doing:
- Extending and enhancing the Unreal Engine 3, middleware, and proprietary tech to address performance, platform, production, tools, and gameplay requirements
- Integrating and testing new code drops from Epic and other middleware providers
- Leading a team of engineers in the design and implementation of tools, pipeline and workflow enhancements, platform-specific subsystems, and optimizations
- Working with the Technical Director and Lead Programmer to plan and execute major changes to core technology
- Responsible for overall performance and quality on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 platforms
Requirements:
- Excellent interpersonal skills, desire to mentor other engineers, and ability to adapt to rapidly-changing requirements
- Ability to focus upon and overcome complex technical challenges
- At least 3 years in Technical Director, Lead Programmer or Senior Engine Programmer capacity
- Shipped at least two commercial game titles, preferably from start to finish
- Substantial experience making engine-level changes targeting PS2, PS3, and/or Xbox 360
- Exceptional C++ proficiency and software engineering intuition
Things would that really make you stand out:
- Extensive understanding of Unreal Engine 2.5 or 3 at the lowest levels
- Low-level PS3 experience
- Previous lead-level experience in two or more low-level areas such as graphics, physics, networking, asset conditioning and pipeline, or platform-specific optimization
Location: Boston, MA
Due to current government employment-visa-sponsorship restrictions, we are unable to consider foreign candidates unless they have an advanced degree from a US accredited university / college or a current US work visa
Senior Physics Engineer
The BioShock team is looking for an experienced engineer to help us walk the intersection of Newton and Hollywood. To do the job it will require a rare mix of gaming passion, intuition about creative goals, dogged determination and -- when the going gets tough -- the skills to sit down and do the math.
If you have the skills AND experience to drive the development of all physics-related systems on our next project, we're looking forward to talking with you.
What you would be doing:
- Working with the Technical, Artistic, and Design team leads to find workable solutions to our creative goals
- Extending and enhancing the Unreal Engine 3 to address custom performance, production, tools, networking, and gameplay needs related to physics
- Advising and/or overseeing other engineers on tasks requiring physics interaction
- Working closely with our physics middleware vendor to identify and fix bugs and quality/performance issues
- Responsible for overall physics performance and quality on PC, PS3, and XBox 360 platforms
Requirements:
- Has shipped at least one commercial title with lead-level or significant physics-related responsibilities
- Strong mathematical and analytical background, especially Newtonian mechanics and discrete/continuous physical simulation technologies
- Good people skills and ability to adapt to rapidly-changing requirements
- Demonstrable skill in the C++ programming language and software architecture concepts
Things would that really make you stand out:
- Extensive engine-level Unreal Engine 3 experience
- Extensive experience with Ageia or Havok physics middleware
- Console programming experience, especially PS3
- Graduate degree in physics, mechanical engineering, or applied math
- Have written or contributed to a major commercial or open-source physics engine
Location: Boston, MA
Due to current government employment-visa-sponsorship restrictions, we are unable to consider foreign candidates unless they have an advanced degree from a US accredited university / college or a current US work visa.
Programmer
2K Boston, the team that made BioShock (and also SWAT 4, Freedom Force, and System Shock 2), is hiring Game Programmers at all levels of experience to work on their next AAA title. If you’re a skilled and experienced engineer and want to work with a world-class team to push the boundaries of gaming yet again, we want to hear from you!
Our General Game Programmers are the people who work above the engine level, using it to build systems that our artists and designers will work with to create the final gameplay experience. They need great communication skills, a passion for building games, and the ability to work in as many different technical areas (physics, audio, graphics, animation, AI, optimization, etc.) as it takes to "make things happen".
If you join our team, you will be responsible for:
- One or more major areas of the gameplay experience, or multiple game systems
- Working closely the design and art teams to figure out how to help them achieve their goals
- Working with the lead programmer to generate technical designs and schedules
- Writing, documenting and testing the code that you design
- Supervising junior or mid-level programmers if required
Preferred Experience and Skills:
- One or more shipped game titles
- Experience with recent game console technology (Xbox, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, GameCube, Wii)
- Experience with Unreal Engine technology
- Excellent understanding of C/C++
- Commitment to code quality, documentation and sound testing procedures
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Please note you must be authorized to work in the US to be considered for this position.
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