Senior Tools Programmer - Sanzaru

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Oculus Studios and Sanzaru Games has an immediate Tools Programmer position working to support artists create content on virtual reality games. Sanzaru prides itself on crafting interactive content that delivers high quality, immersive experiences that takes players to unimaginable worlds. We firmly believe to accomplish this requires equal amounts of design, art, and engineering. Everyone at Sanzaru is a contributor. This mentality allows us to create and develop outside the box, providing unique and rich content for players across the world. Sanzaru has shipped countless titles on almost every platform within almost every genre. And we are not slowing down anytime soon. Sanzaru continues to push the boundaries of interactive entertainment and technology on all fronts.Senior Tools Programmer - Sanzaru Responsibilities

Build Unreal Editor Tools designed to aid Artists in developing their content and enhancing their workflows.
Supporting Artists and Designers to rapidly prototype tools aiding in mesh creation and gameplay setup.
Supporting generalized art workflow tools in applications such as Houdini.
Aiding in triage of performance and visual issues to artist or rendering engineering teams.
Thinking creatively and critically to expand user experiences into new virtual reality medium.
Working closely with engineers and designers to contribute on game architecture and technical design.
Capacity to identify opportunities for workflow improvement and generate tools to accomplish them..

Minimum Qualifications

At least 6 years of game industry experience
Experienced developing tools for a shipped Console, PC or VR game
C++ Proficiency
Proven history profiling game performance on large scale projects.
Experience developing with Unreal Engine
Proven experience extending large project code basis to facilitate tools
Proven experience collaborating with large teams containing multiple art and design disciplines.
BS Computer Science or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

Experience shipping a VR title
Experience working with Houdini
Proven history developing impactful tools to improve artist workflow in Unreal
Proven history developing pipelines and workflows for breakables and destructibles.

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$177,000/year to $251,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

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About the job

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Jun 16, 2025

Posted on

Apr 17, 2025

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Salary: 177k-251k USD

Location requirements

United States

Hiring timezones

United States +/- 0 hours

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Tools Developer Developer

Skills

Unreal Engine C++Houdini Performance Profiling Tools Developer Virtual Reality Game Engine Architecture Technical Design Pipelines Destructibles Collaboration Prototyping WhatsApp

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