Team Name:

Job Title:

Senior Unity Core Developer

Requisition ID:

R025535

Job Description:

At Blizzard, we craft genre-defining 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.

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and collaboration-oriented Senior Unity Core Developer to join a new, unannounced game for Blizzard. If you are passionate about meaningfully contributing to crafting immersive, intuitive user experiences and delighting millions of players, then this is the ideal role for you. We can't wait to meet you!

Responsibilities

• Work closely not only with your team and other fields, but also with shared teams to deliver core technology and tools that enable our teams to produce the best games possible.
• Innovate on the tool pipelines.
• Act as a service-oriented ambassador of engineering to the rest of the team, while delivering high-quality and well-structured code.
• Build, maintain and improve our systems in existing and new tech stacks (such as Unity ECS/DOTS).
• Be a role model with confirmed coding skills, an innovative attitude, and the ability to encourage those around you.
• Be proactive and drive your own initiatives.
• Be part of the creative journey, actively contribute to the creative process, and then complete it.
• Own the code that you create.

Minimum Requirements

• Extensive software development experience.
• Experienced in Unity and C#, in particular at extending the Unity Editor.
• Experience crafting and supporting tools used in game development.
• Experience with mobile development and the accompanying standard methodologies.
• Ability to communicate efficiently with designers and client engineers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent teamwork skills, flexibility, and ability to balance multiple tasks.
• A mindset for growth and development.
• A passion for games.

Bonus Points

• Experience working with client / server game systems.
• Professional experience of runtime performance optimization, ideally on mobile titles.
• Experience building a live service, and maintaining a live multiplayer game.
• Experience with Unity DOTS/ECS or other ECS.

Your Platform

Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), 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 industry’s most critically acclaimed and genre-defining 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.net®, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc., is one of the world's 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 well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced 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 under-represented 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 accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com. 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.