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Activision · 2 months ago

Lead Software Engineer, Client Foundations

Irvine - Blizzard - Blizzard Way

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff

$122K/yr - $225K/yr

Blizzard Entertainment, a division of Activision, is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to guide their client foundations team in developing a new game. The role involves leading a team of engineers, managing project priorities, and collaborating with various disciplines to optimize player experiences.

GamingMedia and EntertainmentPC GamesPublishingVideo Games

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and grow our team of engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, technical excellence, and accountability while being a key code contributor

Manage priorities, deadlines, and deliverables, ensuring clear communication and alignment across peers and disciplines

Proactively surface technical and execution risks, drive open discussion, and ensure they are addressed in a timely manner

Partner closely with tech art, UI, and engineers across the larger team to optimize our game for player experiences with the game client

Qualification

UnityC#.NETGame developmentPeople managementCross-functional communicationLive operationsContent pipelinesIterative updatesInclusive culture

Required

Deep, hands-on expertise with Unity, C#, and .NET, architecting and delivering projects in service of the game client

Experience building and shipping game features for mobile, PC, and console games

Proven people management experience leading engineering teams in game development; dedication to building inclusive, high-performing teams

Demonstrated ability to balance technical contribution (coding/architecture) with leadership responsibilities

Comfort working in a rapidly evolving, in-flight game codebase, with the judgment to balance quick prototyping against long-term scalability and maintainability

Background in live operations, content pipelines, and iterative game client updates

Strong cross-functional communication skills, with experience bridging engineering, art, and design

Preferred

Experience guiding a team through multiple stages of development (prototype, production, alpha/beta, launch, live service)

Familiarity with data-informed development and/telemetry-driven insights for measuring player impact

Contributions to an inclusive team culture, fostering psychological safety and collaboration across disciplines

Experience building and shipping games across multiple platforms (PC, console, and mobile)

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/

H1B Sponsorship

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