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Principal Game Developer
Los Angeles, California, United States
$120k-$140k/yr HybridFull Time
Exploding Kittens
Exploding Kittens: Designs and publishes tabletop card games and puzzles.
10+ YOESenior game developer with 10+ years tabletop game design, leadership, and mentorship; experienced in playtesting and mass-market party games.
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Associate Game Developer
Carlsbad, California, United States
$32-$34/hr OnsiteFull Time
Upper Deck
Upper Deck: Manufactures trading cards and licensed sports collectibles.
5+ YOEBachelor’s in Game Development/Design or related field; 5+ years in TCG/CCG and tabletop gaming; strong Excel and communication skills; travel ability.
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft 365
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Senior Game Engineer, GenAI - Games
Los Angeles or Los Gatos
$280k-$400k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Netflix
NetflixNASDAQ: NFLX: Provider of global streaming entertainment and video content.
5+ YOE5+ years game development experience; expert C++ or C#; Python for tooling; proven experience applying LLMs or Diffusion models; systems thinking and experience integrating GenAI into real-time game systems.
LLMs, Diffusion models, C++, C#, Python, Unity, Unreal
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Senior Game Engineer, GenAI - Games
Los Angeles or Los Gatos
$280k-$400k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Netflix
NetflixNASDAQ: NFLX: Global video streaming and media production service.
5+ YOE5+ years game development; GenAI experience; Proficient in C++/C#, Unity or Unreal; Python; systems thinking; passion for innovation.
C++, C#, Unity, Unreal, Python
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Lead Engineer, Game Systems
Santa Monica, California, United States
$170k-$195k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Absurd Ventures
Absurd Ventures: Creating original storytelling universes across video games and multimedia
7+ YOE7+ years in game development; senior/lead systems engineering; C++ and engine proficiency; leadership experience; strong communication and problem-solving.
C++, Unreal Engine 4/5, Blueprint/Lua/Angelscript scripting, Networking, Tooling for gameplay systems
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GAME PROGRAMMER
North America or Los Angeles or San Diego or London or Paris
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Eighty30 Creative
Eighty30 Creative: Studio producing immersive content for animation, games, and film.
Experience in game programming with C++, C#, or similar; proficient in Unity or Unreal Engine; strong problem-solving, debugging, collaboration; passion for games.
C++, C#, Unity, Unreal Engine, Other game engines
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Software Engineer - Game Development
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$173k-$233k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Applied Intuition
Applied Intuition: Developing software and simulation infrastructure for autonomous vehicles.
3+ YOE3+ years developing/maintaining game engines (AAA experience preferred), expertise with Unreal Engine and Cesium, experience deploying/optimizing on-prem/cloud, game engine architecture, and content/workflow integration.
Unreal Engine, Cesium, Houdini, Maya, 3DS Max, Blender
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Game Designer, Amazon Game Studios
Culver City or Seattle
OnsiteFull Time
Amazon
AmazonNASDAQ: AMZN: Global online retail and cloud computing technology provider.
5+ years game design experience in the games industry; experience designing and shipping casual games; strong communication, analytical, and documentation skills; portfolio showing shipped titles; experience working with external developers and AI gameplay preferred.
Amazon GameNight, Luna
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Senior Game Designer
San Francisco, California, United States
RemoteFull Time
Proxima
Proxima: Independent game studio with a focus on agile, small-team development
5+ YOE5+ years game design, leadership in project, Unity experience, strong math, player psychology insight.
Unity
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Senior Unity Game Engineer (Remote)
United States or Canada or Issaquah or Seattle or Los Angeles or Austin or Edmonton
$62-$75/hr RemoteContract
Seismic Squirrel
Seismic Squirrel: Independent studio developing narrative-centric RPG video games.
8+ YOE8+ years Unity game engineering experience with shipped PC/console titles, strong C#/.NET skills, turn-based combat and AI experience, Windows/Linux server and DevOps familiarity (Unity Cloud Build, Bitbucket), mentoring/leadership, unit testing and UML, authorized to work in US or Canada and located UTC-4 to UTC-8.
Unity, C#, .NET, Unity Cloud Build, Bitbucket, Windows, Linux, UML, Articy, Arcweave, Pixel Crushers, Pixel Crushers' Dialogue System for Unity, Dark Tonic's Master Audio, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Visio, Adobe Photoshop, Blender, 3ds Max, Figma, XML, DOM, SAX, XSD, XPath, XSLT
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Game Designer, Technical
Santa Monica, California, United States
$57-$65/hr HybridContract
Naughty Dog
Naughty DogNYSE: SONY: Develops critically acclaimed narrative-driven video games.
2+ YOE2+ years in technical game design; strong programming ability; understanding of narrative principles; proficiency in 3D math; fluent in C++, C#, Lua; strong communication and teamwork.
C++, C#, Lua, Scripting
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Senior Software Engineer (ML/Game Development)
Redondo Beach, California, United States
$120k-$150k/yr HybridFull Time
GungHo Online Entertainment America
GungHo Online Entertainment AmericaTokyo Stock Exchange: 3765: Publishes and develops multiplatform online and mobile video games.
7+ YOEDesign, finetune, and ship ML/AI features for games; 7+ years experience in game development/ML systems; BS in CS or equivalent; strong C++/engine and low-latency inference experience; mentoring and cross-discipline communication.
C++, Unreal, LLM
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Game Designer III (Card Rules) - Riftbound
Los Angeles, California, United States
$150k-$210k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Riot Games
Riot Games: Developing and publishing competitive multiplayer video games.
4+ YOE4+ years experience as a game designer; experience designing rules for tabletop games; strong mechanics and content design.
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3D Game Artist - Platform Architecture
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Apple
AppleNASDAQ: AAPL: Designs and sells consumer electronics, software, and online services.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; 3D artist experience in games; look development; industry-standard 3D software; physically based materials.
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Game Designer, Casual F2P
Los Angeles, California, United States
$65k-$95k/yr OnsiteFull Time
TapBlaze
TapBlaze: Develops and publishes original mobile games for global players.
2+ YOE2+ years in casual F2P mobile game design; shipped casual mobile title; strong economy design; deep player empathy; documented design skills; bachelor’s in related field (master’s preferred).
Unity, Spreadsheets, Data analytics tools, Wireframing, GDDs
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Software Engineer - Game Engineer
Orlando or California or Massachusetts or New York or Colorado or Hawaii or Illinois or Maryland or Minnesota or New Jersey or Vermont or Washington or District of Columbia
$77k-$152k/yr HybridFull Time
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed MartinNYSE: LMT: Designs and manufactures global security and aerospace systems.
2+ YOEBachelor's in engineering/technical discipline, 2+ years professional experience, knowledge of modern C++, hands-on Unreal Engine, experience with development tools, ability to obtain Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship required.
C++, Unreal Engine (UE), Python, Prepar3D Fuse, Sequencer, Movie Render Queue, Control Rig, Blueprint, Derived Data Cache (DDC)
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3D Game Artist
Hong Kong or San Jose
HybridFull Time
Nex
Nex: Gaming system that turns body movement into interactive play.
3D modeling/rigging experience; Unity proficiency; optimize assets for performance; strong communication.
Unity, Shader Graph, 3D Modeling, Rigging, Particle Systems, In-Engine Implementation
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Senior Game Security Programmer
Montreal or Cary or North America or California or New York or Washington
OnsiteFull Time
Epic Games
Epic Games: Develops video games and licenses the Unreal game engine.
Expert C/C++ skills, deep Linux and Windows OS internals knowledge, experience debugging x86-64 binaries, reverse engineering, familiarity with multiplayer architectures and data analytics to detect and prevent cheating.
Unreal Engine 5, Epic Online Services, C, C++, Linux, Windows, x86-64
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Principal Software Engineer, Game Safety
San Mateo, California, United States
$295k-$345k/yr HybridFull Time
Roblox
RobloxNYSE: RBLX: Platform for creating and playing user-generated 3D digital experiences.
6+ YOE6+ years building high-scale backend systems, experience with machine learning a plus, strong cross-functional collaboration, and experience shipping end-to-end products.
Roblox Studio IDE
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Principal Backend Engineer (Live / Game)
San Francisco or New York City
HybridFull Time
Beast Industries
Beast Industries: Produces digital media and consumer goods for MrBeast brands.
15+ YOE15+ years building and operating consumer-scale, real-time backend systems; distributed-systems expertise, live-service architecture, AI-native tooling, strong technical leadership, and proficiency in Go/C++/Rust/Java.
Go, C++, Rust, Java
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