Senior Software Engineer, Gameplay - Hearthstone (Temporary)
Blizzard Entertainment
- Irvine, CA
- $101,000-186,754 per year
- Temporary
- Full-time
- Work closely with designers, artists, and other engineers to prototype and build gameplay systems for new cards and their associated mechanics, utilizing C# and C++ within the Unity environment.
- Manage the intricacies of maintaining and expanding a mature codebase, implementing optimizations, debugging live issues, and consistently delivering new content to players on a regular schedule.
- 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.
- Substantial expertise in the field of professional game development.
- Strong established skills with C++ or C# languages.
- Deep experience debugging complex logic.
- High comfort level extending and improving an established code base.
- Dedication to improving all facets of the game and unlocking potential within the team.
- Able to communicate & collaborate effectively with artists, designers, and other engineers.
- Avid Hearthstone player.
- Experience with implementing game logic in a large-scale client/server environment.
- Previous professional experience shipping game titles or other software.
- Database development experience.
- Experience with the Unity platform.
- Experience supporting a live service.
- Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related degree.
- Familiarity with the Warcraft universe.
- 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.