DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

• Develops, writes clear, maintainable and portable code, and debugs using the relevant programming languages.
• Reviews and optimizes other engineers’ code.
• Provides effective solutions by applying advanced programming skills and knowledge.
• Provides technical documentation and explanations intended for distribution to other parties.
• Allocates work to other team members and supervises their results.
• Mentors less experienced members of the team.
• Makes recommendations regarding system architectural design, data structures, and algorithm development.
• Manages team members’ performance by setting clear goals and expectations, tracking progress against the goals, ensuring feedback, and addressing performance problems and issues promptly.
• Applies professional expertise to review, analyze and test products under development as a contributing member of a production team to ensure delivery of Nintendo’s high standard of quality and timeliness.

• 7 or more years of software engineering experience in the relevant field.
• Strong all-around programming skills including ability to review and optimize other engineers’ code.
• Strong understanding of core technologies, toolsets, and common workflows for video game development.
• In-depth understanding of interactive entertainment methodologies and production pipelines.
• Advanced knowledge of the relevant programming languages (C/C++/C#).
• Strong preference of experience supervising a team; allocating work, supervising their results, providing clear expectations, and providing coaching and development – to ensure high-quality execution and successful outcomes.
• Proven experience leading and mentoring other gameplay engineers.
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or related field; or equivalent education and experience.