Senior Gameplay Engineer II - World of Warcraft
Senior Gameplay Engineer II - World of Warcraft
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Team Name:
World of WarcraftJob Title:
Senior Gameplay Engineer II World of WarcraftRequisition ID:
R025062Job Description:
We are looking for an engineer to join the World of Warcraft Gameplay team and help shape the future of Azeroth! If you have a passion for games and love collaborating on features that bring our players imaginations to life this role is for you.
Our team tackles some of the most challenging and rewarding technical problems in the industry. As a gameplay engineer you will have autonomy responsibility and tools to tackle these problems head on. We seek a creative engineer who can quickly adapt to new systems independently learn and solve complex problems in a large code base while collaborating with partners and integrating existing code for improvements for our players and development team.
You will be responsible for feature development for expansions and major patches examples include:
Riding dragons to explore a dynamic world
Character classes and combat to represent every play style
Social features that bring our global community together
Rewards systems that engage and motivate players
This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position with some work onsite and some workfromhome. The potential home studio for this role is Irvine CA.
Responsibilities
Work collaboratively with designers engineers and artists to architect medium to large features from concept to delivery to live support.
Work with feature production partners to schedule estimate and evaluate risks.
Improve workflows for development partners.
Maintain and enhance existing player experiences.
Mentor and guide engineers at all levels.
Participate in and contribute to a culture of inclusion and diversity.
Requirements
7 years of game programming experience and shipped multiple titles
Fluency in C or C#.
Experience with strong data structures logic distributed systems and algorithm skills.
Selfmotivation and willingness to participate in many areas of game development.
Excellent teamwork and communications skills.
Were also interested in hearing about
Your experience and interest playing or crafting video games.
Knowledge of World of Warcraft or other MMORPGs.
Experience with owning and driving the development of a technical feature from start to finish.
Familiarity with code and memory optimization in real time applications.
Understanding of client/server architecture.
Familiarity with character camera control or combat systems.
Knowledge of Lua or scripting.
Your Platform
Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft Overwatch Diablo and StarCraft Blizzard Entertainment Inc. () a division of Activision Blizzard which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industrys most critically acclaimed and genredefining games over the last 30 years with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle Xbox PlayStation Nintendo Switch iOS and Android.
Our World
Activision Blizzard Inc. is one of the worlds largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty World of Warcraft Overwatch Diablo Candy Crush and Bubble Witch. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries making us the largest gaming network on the planet!
Our ability to build immersive and innovative worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical emotional and financial wellbeing for Every World weve got our employees covered!
The videogame industry and therefore our business is fastpaced and will continue to evolve. As such the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.
We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other underrepresented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification when in fact they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position please email your request to General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity age marital status veteran status or disability status among other characteristics.
Rewards
We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical emotional and financial wellbeing for Every World weve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:
- 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.
Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary fulltime employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting the U.S. the standard base pay range for this role is $121500.00 $224880.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately your specific range and offer will be based on several factors including relevant experience performance and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this roles range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates new hire compensation is negotiable.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
