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Telltale is seeking highly motivated Senior Engineers to continue to develop the company's proprietary engine technology for PC, Mac, Wii, Xbox360 and PS3 with PSP and iPhone on the horizon. Telltale specializes in cinematic, story based games for on-line delivery. Our technology is focused on high quality rendering, character animation, character acting, character A.I. and accompanying production tools. The job requires engineers that understand the nuts and bolts of console development and optimization. We provide the mature framework, pipeline tools, dev kits and opportunity.

This position is full-time, on-site in the San Francisco Bay Area and includes a competitive salary and benefits.

• Responsibilities
• Developing and maintaining the core technology to be used in multi-platform, episodic games.
• Analyze code performance and optimize code appropriately for speed and memory usage.
• Design and implement new systems based on new research or techniques.
• Absorb documentation on new hardware & systems software in order to implement features on sometimes immature hardware.
• Contribute to the overall design of the technology plan of the company and the game titles.
• Research new techniques from graphics, animation and AI fields, and assess their suitability for adoption into the technology.
• Keep abreast of latest developments in hardware & software via developer support, conferences, publications, etc.
• Essential Skills and Experience
• Recent exposure to and comfort with current gen hardware (PC,Wii,Xbox360)
• Reliably finish tasks on time and to a high level of code quality.
• Be willing to work fast-paced open atmosphere.
• 3+ Years of professional C++ experience.
• 1+ Years of console development experience on a production team.
• Solid foundation in 3D math.
• Self-directing, independent and motivated.
• B.S. degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Have a passion for creating and playing video games, and an understanding for what makes a game fun & compelling.
• Preferred Skills and Experience
• Experience designing and implementing a complete game system such as animation, ui, resource management, etc.
• Experience in game AI or Natural Language Processing.
• Console development experience (Xbox and Wii preferred).
• C# and Lua experience.
• Maya experience (as a user and API).

If interested, please send your resume to jobs@telltalegames.com with the subject "Senior Software Engineers - Core Technology". Please be aware that you must be legally qualified to work in the United States to be considered for this position.

Telltale Games is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other classification protected by Federal, State or local law.