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Epic Games, headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, pioneered the Unreal Engine and built the global phenomenon Fortnite. The studio’s focus on cutting‑edge graphics, real‑time rendering, and cross‑platform gameplay has positioned it as a leader in game technology and cloud services.

Epic hires across the entire tech stack: Software Engineers, Gameplay Programmers, Graphics Artists, Audio Designers, QA Testers, Product Managers, and community‑facing roles like Marketing and Customer Support. Candidates can expect a collaborative environment with short development cycles, regular feedback loops, and the chance to work on high‑visibility projects that reach millions of players worldwide.

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Lead UI/UX Engineer

Company: Insomniac Games

Location: Remote

Posted Aug 17, 2023

Insomniac Games is expanding its UI/UX Department and seeking a Lead UI/UX Engineer. The role involves leading a team, establishing UI/UX vision and architecture, coding in C++ and JavaScript, mentoring team members, collaborating with other departments, and advocating for players and a positive work environment. Qualifications include 7-10 years of experience, proficiency in C++ and front-end development languages, experience shipping games, and strong game design sensibilities.

Biome Artist

Company: 1047 Games

Location: Remote

Posted Aug 15, 2023

1047 Games is a VC-backed company founded in 2017 by Ian Proulx and Nicholas Bagamian, known for creating the unique sci-fi first-person shooter Splitgate. They are currently working on a new shooter in the Splitgate universe. The company is looking for a passionate artist with 3+ years of experience in the gaming industry, strong portfolio, and experience with Unreal Engine and DCC packages.

Senior Software Engineer

Company: Regression Games

Location: USA

Posted Aug 13, 2023

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability, or any other unlawful factor. Regardless of how you identify, if you believe in our vision and are a good match, we encourage you to apply. You will work on challenging problems in SDK design, game engine integration, AI infrastructure and interfaces, and the product that encapsulates it all into a seamless platform. Responsibilities Developing game and AI software that integrates with engines such as Unity and Unreal Engine Designing, implementing, testing, and documenting systems that are both readable and scalable Work closely with the rest of the team to design and implement our backend, frontend, and infrastructure Inventing, extending, and maintaining development processes, tools, and workflows Creating a team culture that prides itself on excellence, innovation, trust, feedback, and respect Requirements A love for gaming, esports, and AI Experience with designing and creating systems that require high scalability Experience with and enjoys creating prototypes and experimenting quickly Self-driven and willing to define their own tasks, eager to contribute to many different areas of development Able to lead a small team of developers and software engineers Experience shipping software projects that touch many parts of the overall tech stack You thrive in a fast paced environment where learning new information often changes everything You are not afraid to fail Nice to haves Experience shipping a video game title as a backend developer, knowledgeable of the overall process for game development BS (or higher, e.g., MS, or PhD) in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent technical experience Experience with documenting and implementing SDKs for developers Knowledgeable on recent AI gaming advancements, specifically in LLMs and RL Knowledgeable with low code and no code systems Benefits Unlimited PTO (with a minimum required time of 15 days) Great medical, dental, vision, and life insurance Mental health resources and reimbursement Remote-first (will have optional office space as we grow) Recognition of work in-game $1000 game and professional development reimbursements 401k Research shows that in order to apply for a job, women feel they need to meet 100% of the criteria while men usually apply after meeting about 60%. You will work on the systems, game engines, and code that enables players and developers to write and execute agents within games. We are looking for someone who is scrappy, able to dive into problems outside their comfort zone, and are hungry to build something they are proud of. The Role We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who can lead and contribute to the development of our backend, frontend, and infrastructure that supports our gaming AI platform. Check out our blog, especially our recent Minecraft bot tournament and our seed round announcement. Regression Games is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in all forms. We are VC-funded by tier 1 investors (NEA, a16z), a remote-first startup one year into our journey, and have a bright team of software engineers.

Senior GL Accountant

Company: Riot Games

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Posted Aug 16, 2023

The text describes the role of a Senior GL Accountant at Riot, highlighting the importance of accurate financial reporting, team collaboration, and continuous learning. The role involves maintaining financial records, guiding junior accountants, and improving processes. The company values work-life balance, diversity, and inclusion.

Principal Business Strategist - Platforms & Technology

Company: Riot Games

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Posted Aug 16, 2023

The Strategic Advisory group at Riot Games helps empower decision-making with data-informed strategies. They focus on illuminating diverse gamer experiences to uphold Riot's player-focused mission. As a Principal Business Strategist, you'll join this interdisciplinary team to solve problems, conduct studies, and inform product development. The role requires 8 years of relevant experience, business strategy, analytics, research, finance, or industry experience in tech. Desired qualifications include corporate finance and business process familiarity. Riot Games offers work-life balance, medical insurance, parental leave, and a 401k with company match.

Senior Technical Program Manager - Riot Data Products, Data as a Service

Company: Riot Games

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Posted Aug 17, 2023

The text describes a Senior Technical Program Manager role at Riot Games, focusing on leading cross-functional teams, supporting Data as a Service and ReBus teams, and managing complex programs. The role requires experience with Agile methodologies, software development, and managing large-scale projects. The company values work-life balance, offers competitive benefits, and promotes diversity and inclusion.

Senior Software Engineer - League, Champions

Company: Riot Games

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Posted Aug 15, 2023

The text describes a role at Riot Games as a Senior Software Engineer on League of Legends' Gameplay Initiative. The role involves developing gameplay features in the League of Legends game engine using C++, collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams, and communicating technical tradeoffs to designers and artists. The required qualifications include 3+ years of professional experience using C++, a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or comparable field, and professional game development experience. The role emphasizes player empathy, collaboration, and a focus on work-life balance.

Lead Game Designer, Combat - Unpublished R&D Product

Company: Riot Games

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Posted Aug 14, 2023

The job posting is for a Lead Combat Designer role in R&D at Riot Games. The role involves managing a small team of combat designers, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, and innovating player-focused designs. The ideal candidate should have 7+ years of game design experience, 4+ years in combat mechanics, enemies, or combat feel, and people management experience. The role requires craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and a personal relationship with games. Riot Games offers a player-centric work environment with benefits like flexible work schedules, open paid time off, and comprehensive health insurance.

Automation Systems Engineer, PowerShell

Company: Rockstar Games

Location: Lincoln, NE

Posted Aug 14, 2023

We encourage applications from all suitable candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category. If we would like to move forward with your application, a Rockstar recruiter will reach out to you to explain next steps and guide you through the process.Rockstar is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to hiring, promoting, and compensating employees based on their qualifications and demonstrated ability to perform job responsibilities.If you’ve got the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you. RunDeck.Experience with deployment of infrastructure in the cloud.Windows server installation and administration (Active directory, Group Policy, DHCP, DNS, DFS/R, Office 365).Linux configuration and administration skills (RHEL/Ubuntu).VMware/Nutanix/Hypervisor, installation and administration via vCLI/API/Ansible.Excellent communication skills with the ability to work as part of a team or individually as required.Self-motivated & confident.Excellent documentation skills with high attention to detail.Experience with taking projects from planning through to completion.Ability to handle high pressure situations.Capacity to juggle a mixture of break-fix and project work, managing individual priorities and deadlines.Willingness to occasionally work flexible hours, or out of hours as required.PLUSESPlease note that these are desirable skills and are not required to apply for the position.Experienced in developing Full Stack ASP.NET MVC web applications.Proficient in JQuery / React / HTML5 / CSS / Razor.Knowledge of one of the following, C, Python or Ansible.Good understanding of design and architectural patterns.Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (Jenkins, TeamCity).Experience in Unit Testing (XUnit, NUnit) would be advantageous.Database configuration and administration (MySQL/Percona/NoSQL).Version control system exposure (Perforce/GIT/Subversion).Containerization administration and configuration (Docker/Kubernetes).HOW TO APPLYPlease apply with a CV and cover letter demonstrating how you meet the skills above. Working with our global studios, this is a full-time permanent position based out of Rockstar’s game development studio in Lincoln.WHAT WE DOWe deliver global IT systems infrastructure to Rockstar's development teams.We maintain our infrastructure to the highest standard, with an emphasis on preventative actions rather than reactive.We constantly review our processes with the aim of automating wherever possible.We are a team spread across 3 continents, that work closely together, to achieve our goals to a high standard, always.RESPONSIBILITIESAutomating deployment and maintenance of a wide range of infrastructure, comprising network, servers, storage, and compute (mostly on-premise).Managing and deploying Windows and Linux servers using DevOps methodology.Supporting day-to-day IT Operations to drive maximum system uptime.QUALIFICATIONS5+ years’ experience in the IT industry.Industry standard qualifications MCSE/VCP or industry equivalent are advantageous but not essential.SKILLSStrong programming skills in PowerShell.Experience automating IT processes, systems and deployments.Experience with configuration management systems such as Puppet or Ansible Tower.Passionate about DevOps methodology and “infrastructure as code”.Experience with Runbook automation tools, e.g. You would be welcomed to a dedicated and inclusive environment where you can learn, and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry.Rockstar Games is on the lookout for a passionate and talented IT Systems Engineer to focus on scripting and automation. At Rockstar Games, we create world-class entertainment experiences.A career at Rockstar Games is about being part of a team working on some of the most creatively rewarding and ambitious projects to be found in any entertainment medium.

Systems Engineer: Infrastructure

Company: Rockstar Games

Location: New York City, NY

Posted Aug 15, 2023

However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. We encourage applications from all suitable candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.The pay range for this position in New York City at the start of employment is expected to be between the range below* per year. If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department/team performance, and market factors. *NYC Pay Range$74,600—$104,400 USD SAN, NAS, S3 (Pure, Dell, Cloudian).Ruckus ICX/Cisco networking/Meraki/Brocade/ComsopeKnowledge of general networking layer 2/3.Palo Alto Firewalls and Panorama administration.WAN acceleration technology experience (Silverpeak/Riverbed/Citrix).VMware/Nutanix/OpenStack/Linux KVM Hypervisor, installation, and administration.Virtualized GPU and Machine Learning.Experience working within Agile/Scrum/Waterfall or Sprints project management methodologies.Industry standard qualifications MCSE/CCNA/VCP or industry equivalent are advantageous but not essential.SKILLSSelf-motivated & confident.Experience with taking projects from proof of concept to planning through to completion.Ability to handle high pressure situations.Excellent communication skills with the ability to work as part of a team or individually as required.Excellent documentation skills with high attention to detail.Capacity to juggle a mixture of break-fix and project work, managing individual priorities and deadlines.Willingness to occasionally work flexible hours, or out of hours as required.PLUSESPlease note that these are desirable skills and are not required to apply for the position.Industry standard qualifications MCSE/CCNA/VCP or industry equivalent are advantageous but not essential.Windows server installation and administration (Active directory, Group Policy, DHCP, DNS, DFS/R, Office 365).Infrastructure monitoring (Datadog/New Relic/CheckMK/Nagios).Linux configuration and administration skills (RHEL/Ubuntu).Administration experience with Atlassian stack (Confluence/Jira).Application and web service administration (IIS/Apache/Tomcat).Version control system exposure (Perforce/GIT/Subversion).Experience using/supporting enterprise monitoring tools (Elasticsearch/Splunk).Containerization administration and configuration (Docker/Kubernetes).Scripting skills (Powershell/Bash/Python/C).Experience with configuration management and Infrastructure as Code (Puppet/Chef/Ansible).Cloud technology experience with GCP, AWS or Azure.HOW TO APPLYPlease apply with a CV and cover letter demonstrating how you meet the skills above. If we would like to move forward with your application, a Rockstar recruiter will reach out to you to explain next steps and guide you through the process.Rockstar is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to hiring, promoting, and compensating employees based on their qualifications and demonstrated ability to perform job responsibilities.If you’ve got the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you. ).Knowledge of modern storage. Working with our global studios, this is a full-time permanent position based out of Rockstar’s unique game development studio in the heart of Manhattan, NY.WHAT WE DOThe Rockstar Games IT team delivers global systems infrastructure to the development teams.We maintain our infrastructure to the highest standard, with an emphasis on preventative actions rather than reactive.We constantly review our processes with the aim of automating wherever possible.We are a team spread across 3 continents, that work closely together, to achieve our goals to a high standard, always.RESPONSIBILITIESResponsible for all corporate Infrastructure, including but not limited to all Hardware, Network, Storage, Hypervisors, and other connected systems at both the studio and data center levels.QUALIFICATIONSA minimum of 5+ years’ experience in the IT industry.Data Center experience with a strong understanding of environmental (power and cooling) and physical construction/management (structured cabling, hardware lifecycle and organization).Physical Hardware Knowledge - (CPU, Disks, Networking tech, etc. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. You would be welcomed to a dedicated and inclusive environment where you can learn, and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry.Rockstar Games is on the lookout for a talented Infrastructure Systems Engineer who possess a passion for IT.

Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Unpublished MMO

Company: Riot Games

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Posted Aug 13, 2023

(Bellevue Only) Base salary range between $213,200 USD - $297,200 USD + incentive compensation + equity + 401K with company match + medical, dental, vision, and life insurance + short and long-term disability + open PTO. We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children, and a 401k with company match. (Redwood City Only) Base salary range between $233,500 USD - $325,500 USD + incentive compensation + equity + 401K with company match + medical, dental, vision, and life insurance + short and long-term disability + open PTO.It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant's criminal history (LAMC 189.00). (Los Angeles Only) Base salary range between $213,200 USD - $297,200 USD + incentive compensation + equity + 401K with company match + medical, dental, vision, and life insurance + short and long-term disability + open PTO. Our culture embraces differences as a strength, and our values are the guiding principles for how we approach work. We will look at your past studies and experience, but for this role, we also look for dedicated people with a personal relationship with games. In addition to leading the team, you will be hands-on in implementation. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this is the role for you!Our Perks:Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules. That will include offering creative solutions to organizational design, serving as a mentor for engineers across the team, overseeing performance management, creating growth opportunities, and ensuring accountability.Responsibilities:Manage a group of 3-7 software engineers, coaching them, and holding them accountable to best practices and their growth planGrow and evolve that team over time to handle new challenges and additional scopeChampion your sourcing and hiring processes to identify and hire world class engineersPartner with discipline and product leadership to develop strategies for improving team health and effectivenessBe accountable for the technical health of the product, and take an active part in its implementationGuide senior engineering contributors in shaping effective technical discussionMentor engineers in best practices for the current product phaseBuild healthy relationships with other engineering leaders and teams at Riot to foster cross-team collaborationHelp shape the game and project by giving critical input, as an engineer, as a game developer, and as a playerContribute your depth of experience as a game developer to evolve the way the team executes and deliversRequired Qualifications:8+ years professional experience as a software engineer on game teams4+ years experience managing game development teams in your area(s) of focusExperience managing engineers and actively participating in their growth and developmentExperience recruiting candidates and growing an engineering teamExperience participating in technical discussions such as technical design reviews and code reviewsEITHER Experience with Unreal Engine in AAA contextOR Experience developing MMO titlesOR Experience with game tools and pipelines developmentDesired Qualifications:Experience with other game enginesExperience with both earlier (incubation and prototype) and later (pre production, production, and post-production) phases of game developmentFor this role, you'll find success through craft expertise and a collaborative spirit that prioritizes the delight of players. Manager, Software Engineering, you will report to the team’s Tech Director and oversee a small team of engineers on an early stage product.

Lead Weapons Artist

Company: 1047 Games

Location: Remote

Posted Aug 15, 2023

1047 Games is a company that creates games, specifically a unique sci-fi first-person shooter called Splitgate. They are looking for a passionate art leader to join their team.

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