Senior Software Engineer Graphics - Unannounced Game Irvine CA or Albany NY

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At Blizzard we craft genredefining games and legendary worlds for all to share. Through unparalleled creativity and storytelling we create immersive universes and iconic characters that are beloved across platforms borders backgrounds and generations only made possible by building a work environment that nurtures the artistry of game development and unleashes the aspirations of our people.

As a Senior Graphics Engineer you will assist in ensuring the rasterization systems for the game run in a performant manner across multiple quality tiers and on multiple hardware platforms leveraging the Unreal Engine. You will collaborate with technical artists and engineers to deliver the artistic vision the artists have defined for the game and you will help define best practices and content workflows that facilitate efficient and performant content creation.

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:

Priorities can often change in a fastpaced environment like ours. Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Optimize Unreal Engine graphical performance and functionality across multiple quality tiers and multiple hardware platforms.

• Collaborate closely with project leadership engineers artists and technical artists to define and evangelize best practices content creation standards and workflows that realize the artistic vision of the game maximize rendering performance and minimize application and GPU memory consumption with the Unreal Engine.

• Build new tools and evolve preexisting tools to help identify content that doesnt meet agreedupon best practices and standards.

• Contribute to conversations relating to performance and memory budgets.

• Collaborate with Blizzard dev teams other Microsoft game studios development partners and with Epic to solve problems exchange ideas identify best practices that contribute to raising the rendering quality bar and push existing hardware to its limits.

• Stay up to date and be informed on the latest graphics techniques and technologies.

Requirements:

• Understanding of 3D mathematics rendering algorithms and shader development.

• Understanding of modern 3D graphics APIs such as DirectX and Vulkan

• Writing fluent C code with a sophisticated knowledge of both historical patterns and modern language features.

• Experience with multithreading CPU and GPU performance analysis and code/shader optimization.

• Experience developing and shipping games on multiple platforms.

• Previous experience as a graphics engineer working with Unreal 4 or 5 engines.

• Shipped at least one AAA game in a similar role.

Extra Points:

• Previous experience leading and mentoring a team of engineers.

• A degree in computer science or a related field.

• Strong documentation philosophies to capture and evangelize best practices.

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 innovate 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 $101000.00 $186754.00 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.