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Activision · 4 days ago

Principal Engineer - Infinity Ward

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$168K/yr - $310K/yr

15+ years exp

Activision's Infinity Ward, founded in 2002, is the original studio behind the acclaimed Call of Duty franchise. They are seeking a Principal Engineer to work closely with engineering teams to create and improve systems and features for game development, focusing on UI support.

GamingMedia and EntertainmentPC GamesPublishingVideo Games

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design, write, debug, and improve systems and tools that primarily support UI/UX development

Build roadmaps for improving the architecture and drive them to completion

Work in C/C++, Python, Lua and other languages

Work closely with your peers across the franchise

Collaborate with UI/UX Artists and Designers

Contribute to game architecture, technical designs, and postmortems

Perform data and code analysis to identify improvement opportunities

Provide mentorship to other engineers

Qualification

C/C++Game developmentPythonLuaAlgorithmsData structuresDebugging skillsOptimization skillsMentorshipCollaboration

Required

15+ years of development experience

Passion for delivering quality products

Proficiency in C/C++

Advanced knowledge of algorithms and data structures

Advanced optimization and debugging skills

Game development experience

Preferred

Proficiency with C#, Python, Lua

Experience with hosting scripting environments, specifically with regards to VM interop

Console development experience (Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo)

Experience working with large teams distributed across the globe

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

If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance

Company

Activision

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Activision develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment, and leisure products. It is a sub-organization of Activision Blizzard.

Founded in 1979

Santa Monica, California, USA

5001-10000 employees

https://www.activision.com/

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