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Warsaw / Guildford / Gent / Barcelona / Dublin (On-site)

Tools Director

6 Months ago • 8 Years +

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Job Description

Lead Tools development for AAA games. 8+ years experience in game tools, strong technical background, excellent leadership skills.

Must have:

Game Tools
Leadership Role
Technical Skills
Game Development

Good to have:

Engine Development
Modding Tools
User Interface
Performance Optimization

Perks:

Award-Winning Studio
Game Development

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With multiple awards to our name, Larian Studios has proven that we’re dedicated to delivering high-quality role-playing games. As we move on to new projects, the studio that brought you Baldur’s Gate 3 & Divinity: Original Sin 2 is looking for Tools Director to join the team and help us in crafting the high caliber games our fans have come to expect.

Responsibilities

Direct and lead a global Tools development team.
Oversee the vision, design, development, and maintenance of internal tools to enhance productivity and workflow efficiency.
Enable team members to independently and rapidly add and iterate ideas and content for our games.
Collaborate closely with creative teams to understand their needs and incorporate feedback into tool development.
Collaborate with the Engine and Gameplay teams to create a unified proprietary engine and tool set.
Ensure tools are user-friendly, reliable, performant, and scalable.
Ensure a culture of unit testing, automation testing, and documentation is applied during development.
Ensure tools to meet quality and performance targets.
Ensure tools can be released to player-developers for game modding.
Hire, onboard, mentor and develop the Tools team.
Safeguard company assets, including source code, artwork, tools, and technical know-how.

Requirements

4+ years of experience in a directing or senior leadership role.
8+ years of experience in creating games tools or digital creative tools.
Strong mentoring and coaching abilities.
Strong technical background with proficiency in relevant programming languages and game development practices.
Upper-intermediate proficiency in English.
Passion for making and playing great games.
Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Strong communication and collaboration skills.

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About The Company

Larian Studios

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In 1996, in a small office in Ghent, Belgium, Larian Studios was born. Since then, our passion to create a world class video games has driven the Divinity series - six games that straddle multiple genres and defy expectations. Our first crowdfunded success, Divinity: Original Sin, won over 150 awards and nominations, and the recently-released sequel Divinity: Original Sin 2 launched with a 93 Metacritic rating, as well as over 160 awards (Including the Bafta for Best Multiplayer Game) and counting! Thanks to the success of these two games, our family has grown to over 400 people around the world, working in our Ghent, Quebec, Dublin, Kuala Lumpur, Guildford and Barcelona studios. Our latest title Baldur's Gate 3 released in 2023 to critical acclaim and is now listed among Metacritic's Must-Play games.