Tools Programmer

The Position

Avalanche Studios Group and its creative division, Expansive Worlds, are looking for a skilled and highly motivated Tools Programmer for our successful title theHunter: Call of the Wild, based out of our studio in Malmö or Stockholm.

Initially released in 2017, Call of the Wild has been supported with many successful DLCs and content releases. Now, with being live on 5 platforms we continue to improve the quality and experience for our huge player base by adding new features (gameplay, visuals, stability, performance, UI/UX).

As a Tools Programmer within our team, your main responsibility will be to build, maintain and support user-friendly, yet advanced tools to be used by a range of disciplines in multiple titles in development. You will also work with our content pipeline to allow maximum efficiency for our content creators.

The ideal candidate has an interest in application development, usability and workflows, and has a strong drive to make the best possible tools. You will write tools for team members and support those people and tools through iteration and refinement. Above all, you have a keen awareness of the success criteria for your work-empowered, fulfilled and effective tools users.

Required Qualifications

• Excellent programming skills in C++
• Good knowledge of scripting language such as Python
• At least 3 years of professional tools development
• Ability to understand user needs and take them into account when programming
• Experience with UI/UX
• Strong communication & verbal skills in English

Beneficial Experience

• Experience with a commercial game engine such as Unreal/Unity
• Knowledge of UI frameworks such as Qt, WxWidgets
• At least one shipped AA/AAA title
• Experience with game design processes
• Strong math skills

To thrive in a programming position at Avalanche Studios, you need to be willing and have the ability to learn new tools and workflows. You have a positive attitude and contribute to a healthy team dynamic by seeing opportunities and highlighting limitations in a constructive way.

You can communicate to clearly establish common goals and align expectations. You are ambitious and are interested in pushing the boundaries of our user experience but can also skillfully balance this with the realities and constraints of the situation at hand.

Our Values

At Avalanche Studios, we believe in worlds without limits, and we are committed to developing a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. Being part of our world is not contingent on where you’re from, your gender, or sexual orientation. It’s all about your passion, courage and craftsmanship.

Avalanche Studios

Avalanche Studios is the original creator of the award-winning Just Cause franchise (published by Square Enix) and the developer of Mad Max (published by Warner Bros. Interactive) and Rage 2 (published by Bethesda Softworks). As a publisher, Avalanche Studios has released theHunter: Call of the Wild, Generation Zero, the Angler and the free-to-play service theHunter Classic. Avalanche Studios was founded in 2003 and is based in Stockholm, Malmö, New York City and Liverpool. The studio develops games using its proprietary Apex technology, enabling huge open worlds filled with emergent gameplay. Learn more at http://www.avalanchestudios.com.

How to Apply

To apply for this position please register below. Apply as soon as possible as we review applications on a rolling basis. All further information is provided under non-disclosure agreement only.