Wednesday, January 19, 2011

My Future

Artists

  • 3+ years industry experience
  • Working knowledge of Maya or XSI and Photoshop, Mudbox, Zbrush, Modo a plus
  • Ability to take a piece from concept to final product

Animators

  • 3+ years industry experience
  • Working knowledge of Maya or XSI
  • Ability to animate from concept to final product

Engineers

  • 3+ years industry experience
  • C++ expert
  • Other graphics, AI or database expertise preferred

Designers

  • 3 + years industry experience
  • Working knowledge of a professional level design tool
  • Programming, art or architecture experience a plus

Valve Anti Cheat Engineer

Do you have a strong desire to combat cheating in online games? If so, this could be the gig for you. As a VAC Engineer, you will use your ninja reverse engineering, debugging and assembly programming skills to bring down cheaters throughout the Steam community. You’ll use your familiarity with executable file formats, dynamic link libraries and process management to unravel webs of an online cheaters. As part of the Steam Team, you’ll help deliver all different kinds of digital content to millions of customers, while working to enhance community features and finding ways to drive revenue.

Requirements: 3+ years experience building commercial software in C++. Strong C++ and fundamental computer science skills. Network programming experience helpful. A bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Senior Technical Artist

Valve is looking for a Senior Technical Artist to help drive our technology forward for both current and upcoming projects. A technical artist's responsibilities at Valve include but are not limited to:
  • Define and maintain the content pipeline
  • Educate artists on proper content creation techniques
  • Work closely with both artists, and programmers solving problems and researching new techniques
  • Create tools to assist artist workflow
  • Combine technology and game play in new and innovative ways
Requirements:
  • 3+ years of experience in either the video game or film industry
  • Expert knowledge of scripting languages, Python and Mel preferred
  • Basic knowledge of C++
  • A strong understanding of next-generation content creation techniques
  • Strong technical knowledge of current 2d and 3d applications, including but not limited to Maya, Modo, and Photoshop

Bilingual Technical Support Representative / Localization Translator / Community Developer

Multiple positions: English / Danish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Japanese, Chinese, Czech, Polish

This is an exciting position for someone who wants to help create an international gaming community. Daily Duties and Deliverables:
  • Answer customer questions via e-mail and web.
  • Translate both technical and non-technical information for internal and external customers.
  • Research and report on gaming trends and community feedback in the countries you are supporting.
  • Develop relationships with gaming sites in countries you are supporting.

Steam Release Engineer

The Steam platform is one of the fastest growing multimedia digital distribution platforms in the industry today. The Steam Release Engineer is one step away from millions of customers, delivering top-tier entertainment on a daily basis. The successful candidate will have a thorough understanding of software product build/release concepts and practices, excellent technical knowledge and exceptional customer service skills.

Senior Programmer

Senior Programmer for game run-time and tool-time software. Researches, designs and develops specialized software systems and applications for advanced three-dimensional interactive graphic elements for use in cutting edge technological media formats including advanced video game consoles, PC, and on-line gaming. Utilizes in-depth knowledge of computer science, engineering, applied mathematics skills and business background to drive next generation features for software and 3-D graphics systems, known as 3-D engines, developed by Valve.

Senior Programmer: Web Applications

Work as part of Valve's development team, adding web applications and components to our best-of-breed computer games and pioneering e-commerce platform.
  • Regularly ship a variety of products from small internal tools to large-scale web applications used by millions of people per month.
  • Directly and meaningfully impact the experience of those players & customers.

Senior User Experience Designer

As a designer at Valve, you’ll be part of an extremely motivated, dedicated, and experienced group of people. You’ll be joining a team that is responsible for some of the most compelling computer entertainment experiences of the last decade. You will also contribute significantly to Steam, Valve’s pioneering gaming community and e-commerce platform.

Graphic Designer / Web Designer

As a designer at Valve, you’ll be part of an extremely motivated, dedicated, and experienced group of people. You will:
  • Work as part of Valve’s core applications and marketing teams, adding web sites and web components to our best-of-breed computer games and pioneering e-commerce platform.
  • Regularly ship a variety of web-based experiences, from internal communications to large-scale web sites used by millions of people per month.
  • Communicate through the web to Valve’s customers about the variety of offerings available to them in Valve’s online stores.
  • Work with existing product identities and brands to create compelling web-based marketing solutions.

Senior Software Engineer, Steam

Help build future versions of Steam, the digital entertainment platform that is changing the industry. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll be a key team member, help drive Steam architecture, and be a top coding contributor. You'll design and deliver new features to enable new game experiences, better deliver all kinds of digital content to millions of customers, enhance community features, and drive revenue. Must be experienced in all phases of a project lifecycle and have great customer focus. May mentor other developers.
Requirements: 5+ years experience building commercial software in C++. Strong C++ and fundamental computer science skills. Experience building high-scale, high-reliability network e-commerce products a plus. A bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Software Engineer, Steam

Help build future versions of Steam, the digital entertainment platform that is changing the industry. As a Software Engineer, you'll design and deliver new features to enable new game experiences, better deliver all kinds of digital content to millions of customers, enhance community features, and drive revenue.

Requirements: 3+ years experience building commercial software in C++. Strong C++ and fundamental computer science skills. Network programming experience helpful. A bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.