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On Call Programmers often encounter challenges such as responding to urgent system issues during off-hours, quickly diagnosing unfamiliar problems, and balancing regular development work with unexpected incidents. Effective time management and clear communication with team members are essential to minimize burnout and ensure smooth handovers. Developing comprehensive documentation and leveraging monitoring tools can also help resolve issues more efficiently and reduce the frequency of emergencies.

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On Call Programmers are software developers who are available to address urgent technical issues or system outages outside of regular working hours. They are responsible for monitoring applications, troubleshooting problems, and deploying quick fixes when necessary to ensure system uptime and reliability. Their role often involves being part of an on-call rotation, responding to alerts, and collaborating with other teams to resolve incidents efficiently. This position requires strong problem-solving skills, the ability to work under pressure, and familiarity with the systems they support.
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Audio Engineer - (Part Time - On Call) - Los Angeles

Audio Engineer - (Part Time - On Call) - Los Angeles

Side

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Posted 25 days ago

Job description

Side (formerly PTW) is a global video game development and services provider, offering technical and creative solutions to many of the largest developers and studios around the world. Founded in 2009 and drawing on 30+ years' experience from our parent company in Japan, Side has since grown to become a global force with 20 studios in 14 countries across North America, Europe, South America, and Asia.

Our industry-leading services include game development, art production, audio production, quality assurance, localization, localization QA, player support, community management, and datasets.

Help us bring stories to the world! Join a global team of passionate gamers and contribute to delivering unforgettable game experiences.

Experience our side of life. For more information, visitwww.side.inc

About the Role:
Side is looking for a Part-Time on-call or Freelance Audio Engineer to join our amazing Audio Production team in Los Angeles. As an Audio Engineer, you will be responsible for the smooth running of games dialogue recording sessions for a multitude of games, from indie mobile to AAA console, helping to ensure the timely completion of agreed deliverables and milestones, to a very high standard. As an outsourcer it's this that brings clients back, and it's returning clients that keep the awards coming.

Duties and Key Responsibilities

    • Engineer studio sessions at our Los Angeles studios, from recording wild dialogue to full ADR recording.
    • To engineer, setup and run HMC (Head Mounted Camera) sessions, making sure video is captured according to brief.
    • Prepare studio sessions' assets such as audio and video reference files and dialogue scripts.
    • Maintain studios and studio equipment as is practicable.
    • Develop studio services, processes, and workflow as part of an international team.
    • Record location audio at sound stages or external.

Other

    • Adhere to company Security, Confidentiality and Health and Safety procedures and ensure the compliance of the team.
    • Adhere to the company IT and HR procedures and ensure the compliance of the team.
    • Understand ethical behaviour and business practices and ensure that own behaviour and the behaviour of others is consistent with these standards and aligns with the values of the organisation.

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