80 Level Job Digest: Hot Roles for Engineers & Developers
Check out this week’s 80 Level Job Digest for top openings at Epic Games, Bethesda Game Studios, Obsidian, Santa Monica Studio, and The Pokémon Company.
Senior UI Engineer, Fortnite at Epic Games
The Fortnite Player Journey team is looking for a Senior UI Engineer passionate about games and well-versed in C++, creating and maintaining systems for a live-service product, integrating with backend services, and driving UI with reusable data paradigms.
What we're looking for:
- Exceptional C++ programming skills
- Experience developing features for games across multiple platforms
- Interest in social, frontend, and gameplay-adjacent areas of game development
- Interest in player safety and user-generated content curation
- Passion for games and great user experiences
- Keen analytical mind and mature problem-solving skills
- Unreal Engine development experience preferred
Multiplayer Gameplay Programmer at Bethesda Game Studios
Come join Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning development team behind Starfield, The Elder Scrolls, and Fallout. Bethesda Game Studios strives to offer its employees a well-balanced home and work life by providing competitive salaries, a generous benefits program, and offices located in some of North America’s best cities.
What Makes You S.P.E.C.I.A.L.:
- You have 3+ years of experience as a Gameplay Programmer
- You are proficient with C++ and object-oriented programming
- You have demonstrable experience with networking game features and awareness of the
complexities of networked gameplay (replication of state, behaviors, client/server breakdown of features and game systems) - You have development experience on current-gen game consoles
- You have the ability to contribute innovative and original ideas towards all aspects of game production and development
- You possess strong communication and organizational skills
- You work well under pressure and can handle multiple tasks
- You have a passion for making GREAT games
- You have experience playing Bethesda Game Studios games
Staff/Senior – Graphics Engineer at Obsidian Entertainment
Obsidian is looking for experienced programmers to work with our team of artists and designers to deliver the artistic vision of our next world-class RPG using the Unreal Engine.
Requirements:
- An avid gamer with a passion for making games and game technology
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or Engineering
- 5+ years of industry experience developing for PC and consoles
- Proficiency in C/C++
- Experience with DirectX, HLSL, and GPU programming
- Interest in the latest rendering technologies, techniques, hardware, and API’s
- Experience with multi-threaded programming
- Skilled at performance analysis, optimization, and debugging
- Strong math skills
- Unreal Engine experience
Sr DevOps Engineer at Santa Monica Studio
You’re talented, really talented, and motivated, with tons of initiative. You get things done – and we leave you alone to do them. Sound interesting? Give us a shout!
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of professional experience
- Very strong Linux System Administration skills
- Familiar with Windows system administration
- Experience with AWS as well as on-premises deployments
- Proficient in a majority of the following: Docker, Git, Perforce, Jira, REST API’s, Python, C++, Qt, PowerShell, Puppet, automated testing structures and processes, build and/or content cooking pipelines
- Enthusiasm and initiative
- Personable: gets along well with everyone; has an “I can help” attitude
- Excellent spoken and written communication
- Commitment to code quality, documentation, and sound testing procedures
Gameplay Engineer at The Pokémon Company
The Pokémon Company International manages the Pokémon property outside of Asia and is responsible for brand management, licensing and marketing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the animated TV series, home entertainment, and the official Pokémon website. Pokémon was launched in Japan in 1996 and today is one of the most popular children’s entertainment properties in the world.
What you’ll bring:
- 5+ years of game development experience.
- Proficiency with Unity.
- Proficient knowledge and understanding of Unity UI and front-end systems
- Exceptional work ethic and passion for growth.
- Ability to analyze complex problems and present multiple solutions.
- Ability to context switch and adapt with relative ease.
- Effective communication skills, especially within teams and with technical information.
- Ability to accurately identify and navigate risks through the product planning process.
- Experience working with Perforce/version control, preferred.
- Experience developing gameplay features for a live service product
- BSCS, BSEE, or equivalent years of work experience.
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