Amaze Seeks DS Lead Programmer
Amaze Entertainment Austin seeks a lead programmer for a high profile Nintendo DS title. Amaze is located in the heart of downtown Austin, within walking distance of restaurants, theaters, hike and bike trails, and music clubs. Amaze is an active member of the Austin game community. With four teams focused on the Nintendo DS, our studio is collaborative, flexible, social and professional.
Responsibilities:
- Leading a programming team in designing, implementing and debugging code for a Nintendo DS game
- Working with the team's producer and other leads to prepare and manage project schedules
- Collaborating with other lead programmers to develop and share new technology
- Collaborating with other talented teammates to create great games
Requirements:
- Fluent in C/C++ programming with excellent debugging and optimization skills
- Implement AI, player controls or other interactions
- Schedule and scope programming task
- Oversee programming team to ensure coding standards and completion of tasks
- Works closely with the members of the team to ensure design and quality expectations are met
- Passionate about games and creative problem solving
- Document and scheduling requirements for project
- Provides assistance to less experienced programming team members and others on the production team. Delegate where appropriate
- Excellent communications skills
Preferences:
- Three-plus years professional games experience with multiple published titles
- Handheld console game development experience, such as Game Boy Advance or Nintendo DS
- Comfortable wearing multiple hats. Our programmers aren't pigeonholed in one role
For more information, contact Allison Etchemendy at:
aetchemendy -AT- f9e.com
Visit the Foundation 9 Entertainment website to send your resume: http://www.f9e.com/jobs
Also visit Amaze Entertainment at: www.amazeent.com
Posted by AlexMarquez on December 10, 2007 05:16 PM
