Toolchain Engineer - Brilliant Opportunity

Job Reference: 13875
Short Skills:
Start Date/Length: Immediate/ Permanent
Salary: DOE
Location: Bristol
Country: UK
Description:

Toolchain Engineer

Our client provides software development tools designed for game development. These tools include a C++ toolchain suite and a range of debuggers, profilers and other tools. The development tools cover the entire game development lifecycle. They are actively looking for software engineers who have experience in Compiler, Linker or other toolchain component development.

Main responsibilities:

•C++ Compiler designed specifically for game development

•Program linker designed and optimized for game development.

•Utility programs to support game development such as assemblers.

The challenge in tools for game development is to handle very large complex programs which have difficult performance and runtime size constraints. They also have strong quality requirements and consider testing to be as important as code development. Part of the role is support of world leading games developers by helping analyze and resolve complex program behaviour. Candidates with strong problem solving skills as well as good communication skills are sought after for this aspect of the role.

Qualifications and experience:

•Computer science or related degree.

•At least two years industry experience

•Strong skills in C & C++ programming. The dominant language used in the games industry is C++, often at a very advanced level.

•Strong problem solving abilities.

•Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.

•Software development on a Microsoft platform, use of Visual Studio for development and debugging.

Desirable

•Knowledge of microprocessor architectures, concepts such as cache behaviour, register sets for example.

•Proven experience of developing compilers with a focus on optimization technology, or genuine interest in this area.

•Software toolchain development.

•Embedded program development.