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This internship is for Summer 2021.

Gameplay Programming Intern

Santa Monica Studio

Into coding? Into math? Love making games from the ground up? Know your way around C++ and whatever hardware you’re used to working on? Then we have an internship for you.

Talent, initiative, collaboration – bring them all. We are a large team that fundamentally works together across all disciplines. Sound interesting? Give us a shout!

Responsibilities

  • Rapidly prototype several gameplay mechanics and systems working closely with designers and animators
  • Focus on improvements to existing tools and workflows for iterating on gameplay
  • Collaborate with customers
  • Write clear, maintainable, portable, and highly functional code
  • Profile and optimize to remove bottlenecks
  • Test and document code produced

Requirements

  • At least two years toward a B.Sc. degree in computer science or related field
  • Expertise in C and C++
  • Proficient in linear algebra
  • Enthusiasm and initiative
  • Excellent spoken and written communication
  • Able and motivated to work with other team members
  • Commitment to code quality, documentation, and sound testing procedures

Desirable Experience

  • At least one complete self-driven, self-created game project (any size, any genre, any platform)

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