Blizzard Entertainment · 2 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer II
Irvine, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$122K/yr - $225K/yr
8+ years expBlizzard Entertainment is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join Game Development Engineering, a specialized team dedicated to unifying and optimizing the development ecosystem across their studios. In this role, you will shape the foundational infrastructure that powers their games, collaborating with engineers to identify bottlenecks and deliver complete solutions across the technology landscape.
MMO GamesSoftwareVideo Games
Responsibilities
Collaborate directly with game teams to understand their workflows, identify friction points, and deliver solutions that eliminate manual work
Develop high-quality, reusable libraries and tools that connect the Blizzard development environment
Traverse the entire stack—from configuring build agents and writing backend services to creating user-facing interfaces—to deliver complete, working software
Improve internally facing development critical systems to ensure they are fast and reliable
Influence engineering quality and best practices across teams
Flexibly tackle a wide array of technical challenges
Qualification
Required
8+ years of software engineering experience in the gaming or technology industry
The ability and willingness to work across any layer of the stack
A passion for support engineering and a service-oriented mindset
Strong proficiency in C#
Ability to work across multiple programming languages, such as C++, Go and Python
A strong understanding of software design principles and computer science fundamentals
Excellent ability to communicate with developers of all disciplines and technical skill levels
Preferred
Background in game build, release, or tools engineering
Understanding of build systems, CI/CD pipelines, and version control systems (Git, Perforce)
Proficiency with modern frontend frameworks (e.g. Angular, Vue, React)
Familiarity with cloud provisioning tools (e.g. Terraform)
Experience with containerization technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
Comfort working with and modernizing legacy codebases
Shipped game titles or major software products
Exposure to Unreal and/or Unity
Configuration management experience using tools like Puppet or Ansible
Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus)
Experience working with Databases (SQL, NoSQL)
Benefits
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
Company
Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment develops and publishes gaming software and computer games such as World of Warcraft, Hearthstone and StarCraft.
1001-5000 employees
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2020 (41)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Walter Kong
SVP, Head of Development, Live Games/Mobile
Jamie Ortiz
Associate Production Manager, Creative Development
Recent News
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