Tools Engineer - Systems; Retro Studios

Retro Studios, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nintendo Co., Ltd., is a leading game development studio. Our home base is Austin, Texas.

• Architect and evolve large-scale systems, defining and driving a clear technical vision and roadmap.
• Adapt system designs to changing requirements while maintaining scalability, performance, and stability.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring engineers and setting standards for engineering excellence.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements, communicate decisions, and deliver effective solutions.
• Design, build, and maintain tools, applications, libraries, and plugins for game content creation.
• Own the full lifecycle of tools: requirements, implementation, documentation, maintenance, and continuous improvement.
• Identify bottlenecks and drive technical solutions to improve workflows and productivity.
• Conduct code and technical reviews to ensure quality and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Perform technical reviews of current tools and evaluate new technologies for possible use by the team.
• Coordinate and estimate work to support planning, execution, and delivery of team commitments.
• Contribute hands‑on as an individual contributor while supporting overall project and studio goals.

• History developing pipelines from initial concept to shipping content.
• Demonstrated ability to minimize redundancy by leveraging clean, API‑first design principles.
• Strong communication skills.
• 10‑15 years of experience in game development or a related industry (preferred).

• Experience working with build systems.
• Strong understanding of WPF.
• Previous Game Development experience.
• Familiarity with build pipelines.
• Familiarity with workflow needs of different departments.

Retro Studios is an equal opportunity employer.