Senior Gameplay Engineer II - Unannounced Game
Blizzard Entertainment - Irvine, CA
posted 3 days ago
About the position
Blizzard is looking for a highly motivated and talented Senior Gameplay Engineer II to help craft a new, unannounced game. Our team values creativity, collaboration, and a dedication to quality, and we are searching for contributors aligned to our core Blizzard values to add to our team of dedicated game makers. As a Senior Gameplay Engineer II on an Unannounced Game, you will work with designers and other engineers to create a flexible platform for amazing content which we plan to deliver to millions of players on a regular basis. You will have a formative role in shaping the future of this game. You will also mentor earlier-career engineers in solving complex challenges and building strong habits for supporting a long-running game. This role is a hybrid work position, with some work required to be on-site and some work-from-home. The home studio is Irvine, CA.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with designers, artists, and other engineers to build server-authoritative gameplay systems utilizing C#, Unity, and .NET
- Manage the intricacies of building a codebase focused on continuously delivering gameplay as a large-scale live service with first-class support for mobile, PC, and consoles
- Review feature requests to assess their feasibility, comprehensiveness in design, and associated risks
- Bolster the success of fellow team members by offering technical guidance, engaging in code reviews, and providing mentorship to junior team members
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in gameplay engineering or a combination of applicable training and experience
- Experience with implementing turn-based or real-time multiplayer game logic as a full-stack engineer working on both client and server software
- Deep experience with code design patterns and debugging complex logic
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with competitive online or tabletop strategy games
- Experience with .NET
- Experience with mobile game development
- Experience supporting a large-scale live service
- Database development experience (e.g. Cassandra)
- Familiarity with mathematics involved in 3D gameplay
- Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related degree
- Familiarity with Blizzard's game universes
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance
- 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching
- Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave
- Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others
- Relocation assistance if required to move geographic locations for the job
