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Blizzard Entertainment · 2 hours ago

Senior Gameplay Tools Engineer | Unannounced Game | Irvine, CA

Irvine, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$101K/yr - $187K/yr

5+ years exp

Blizzard Entertainment is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences, known for iconic video game universes. As a Senior Gameplay Tools Engineer, you will enhance workflows and develop tools within Unreal Engine to support game development, collaborating with teams to define and execute a technical vision that meets project needs.

MMO GamesSoftwareVideo Games

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Improve the efficiency and capability of our designer and engineer workflows that directly relate to player-facing materials and systems

Empower designers, artists, and other engineers to deliver the vision of the game and ensure we delight and entertain our players

Collaborate with designers and engineers on gameplay teams to learn and understand their needs, and offer technical solutions

Optimize team productivity by supporting content-creation pipelines, tool development, and workflow improvements

Champion Blizzard’s core values

Qualification

C++Unreal EngineGameplay engineeringAAA game developmentReal-time 3D gamesPerformance optimizationProblem-solvingMentorship mindsetTeam collaborationCommunication skills

Required

5+ years of experience in gameplay engineering or a combination of applicable training and experience

Experience delivering AAA-quality features and experiences as part of a cross-functional team including designers, artists, animators, level designers, FX artists, etc

Experience developing new or modifying existing tools, workflows, and pipelines used for asset and world-content creation

Experience working on real-time 3D games and their supporting editor and tool infrastructure

Ability to understand and write production-grade C++ code

Capacity to make frequent, readable, and well-tested code commits

Ability to communicate and articulate vision, ideas, and learnings from others, and to give meaningful feedback

Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills

Experience analyzing game features and content for performance and optimizing a game to release quality

Experience working closely in multi-disciplinary teams with people of diverse mindsets

Mentorship mindset and excellent attitude in helping others level up their knowledge

Preferred

Experience in development using the Unreal engine (both C++ and Blueprint)

Experience creating custom tools and extending existing Unreal Editor UX to fit game production needs

Computer science, mathematics, physics, or related degree

Experience developing and shipping AAA game titles for PC, Xbox, and/or PlayStation

Experience with large codebase

Experience working on online multiplayer games

Familiarity with imGui or similar editor-interface SDKs

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

Blizzard Entertainment

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Blizzard Entertainment develops and publishes gaming software and computer games such as World of Warcraft, Hearthstone and StarCraft.

Founded in 1991

Irvine, California, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://blizzard.com

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