Web Tools Programmer

Naughty Dog; Santa Monica (CA); Hybrid; USD 141,000 - 176,700; Full time

Job summary

Naughty Dog, located in Santa Monica, is seeking an experienced developer for a hybrid/onsite position. You'll design and maintain full-stack web applications and customize Atlassian tools. The ideal candidate has over 3 years in the video game industry and strong skills in server-side and front-end development.

Your proficiency in managing Jira and collaborating across departments will be integral to improving workflows. Competitive salary ranges from $141,000 to $176,700 with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years working in the video game industry.
• Experience writing plugins and integrations for Jira and Confluence.
• Ability to iterate on front-end web tools leveraging modern frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain full-stack web applications.
• Extend and customize Atlassian applications to meet studio needs.
• Collaborate with multiple departments to translate workflows into solutions.

Skills

Front-end web tools (Vue, Tailwind)

Atlassian applications (Jira, Confluence)

Server-side development (JavaScript, Python, PHP)

Database management (MySQL, MongoDB, Redis)

Distributed systems knowledge

Cloud and on-prem infrastructure

Job description

This is a hybrid/ onsite position.

Overview

For nearly 40 years, Naughty Dog has been crafting best-selling, critically acclaimed games that constantly push the boundaries of narrative, gameplay, and technology. Naughty Dog recently released The Last of Us Part II Remastered as well as a current generation remake of The Last of Us Part I for the PS5. We’re also proud to say that The Last of Us Part I and Part II are now available for the first time on PC. Currently, we’re busy at the kennel working on Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, and we’d love to find talented individuals to join us.

Naughty Dog games have long been lauded for their evocative, character-driven stories and attention to detail. We are committed to innovation within our games and as such have curated some of the top creative and technically innovative minds in the industry. We welcome a diverse pool of candidates and believe that a broad range of cultural and life experiences contribute to the overall well‑being and success of the studio and the titles we craft together.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and maintain full ‑ stack web applications and integrations that enhance development workflows and connect with core studio tools and services
• Extend and customize Atlassian applications (Jira, Confluence) through plugins, REST APIs, and automation frameworks to meet studio ‑ specific needs
• Work across distributed systems, investigating issues, optimizing performance, and ensuring reliability of our internal tools ecosystem
• Design and maintain databases (relational, document, and cache stores) that support internal tools and analytics
• Collaborate with multiple departments to translate their workflows into maintainable, scalable, and systemic solutions
• Manage and prioritize multiple projects and their respective tasks independently while contributing to long‑term architectural planning
• Share knowledge with teammates in tool development, infrastructure best practices, and debugging complex integrations
• Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed or desired

What Skills you will use

• Minimum of 3 years working in the video game industry
• Managing Jira administration, workflows, permissions, and automation
• Experience writing plugins, extensions, and integrations for Atlassian products like Jira and Confluence
• Ability to prototype and quickly iterate on front‑end web tools leveraging modern web frameworks like Vue and Tailwind
• Advanced proficiency with server ‑ side development across various interpreted languages (JavaScript/Typescript, Python, or PHP) and practical knowledge of REST API design
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, including performance optimization, fault tolerance, and observability
• Experience administering, optimizing, and migrating databases (MySQL, MongoDB, Redis) and understanding when it makes sense to use one over another
• Familiarity managing and developing both cloud and on‑prem infrastructures leveraging containerization, infrastructure as code (Terraform/Ansible), and observability tools
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills necessary for working across our various departments and disciplines to improve their quality of life

Bonus Skills

• Previous experience as a JIRA administrator
• Experience reading and writing applications written in compiled languages such as C++

Salary and Benefits

$141,000 — $176,700 USD

EEO Statement

We welcome a diverse pool of candidates and believe that a broad range of cultural and life experiences contribute to the overall well‑being and success of the studio and the titles we craft together.