If you are a talented and experienced engineer with a history of proven excellence in general game engineering, Blizzard Entertainment wants you to join our StarCraft II development team. We expect you to have outstanding people skills, a collaborative “yes, and…” attitude, and a longstanding passion for games within many genres on multiple platforms.

This is a full-time position at our office in Irvine, California.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work closely with game designers, UI designers, programmers, and artists to ensure a great player experience.
• Act as a service-oriented ambassador of engineering to the rest of the team.

REQUIREMENTS

• A minimum of 1 year experience in game programming
• Fluent in C / C++
• Able to work in a collaborative environment with a team of highly skilled programmers
• Self-motivated and self-directing, knowledgeable about and willing to pitch in on many areas of development
• High comfort level working within, and analyzing and improving, an established code base
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Passion for video games

PLUSES

• Computer science or related degree
• Experience with code optimization
• Experience with multithreaded code
• Experience developing online games
• Understanding of user interface concepts like layout, text, widgets, and localization / internationalization issues
• Experience in the design and implementation of various game systems
• Familiar with Python or other scripting languages
• Familiar with StarCraft II and other Blizzard games
• A passion for playing strategy games

REQUIRED APPLICATION MATERIALS

• Resume
• Cover Letter which should include:
  • Why you are interested in working at Blizzard
  • What games you are currently playing