Tools Developer (Apex Legends)

Respawn, a studio within Electronic Arts, is seeking a skilled Tools Developer to join their team in Vancouver, BC, or Montreal, QC. As a Tools Developer, you will have the opportunity to improve, optimize, support, and develop new features for content authoring tools used by the Apex Legends team.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain editors, compilers, previewers, debuggers, and other tools used by content teams.
• Collaborate with developers, technical artists, and content teams to define and streamline end-to-end asset creation workflows.
• Maintain and extend content compilation pipelines, including data validation, baking, and packaging for runtime use.
• Fix bugs and reduce technical debt across the content authoring tools suite.
• Diagnose and resolve issues reported by content creators and dev support teams.
• Translate feedback from content creators into high-quality tool improvements.
• Prioritize development work using telemetry and user feedback.
• Lead initiatives to improve the team's tools architecture and development practices.

Requirements:

• Excellent C++ and 3D math skills.
• 5+ years of experience building editors, systems, and engines for game development.
• Strong experience with level design, art, animation, and other content workflows in a game engine.
• Familiarity with commercial and proprietary game engines and their toolchains.
• Solid knowledge of software development principles, performance optimization techniques, and design patterns.
• Experience with UI frameworks and UX best practices.

Nice to Have:

• Experience working with graphics APIs.
• Experience building tools in C# and Python.
• Experience working with DCC tools.

Electronic Arts offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, mental health support, retirement savings, paid time off, and more.