About the position
We are looking for an engineer to join the World of Warcraft Engine team and help shape the future of Azeroth. As a key contributor, you will be working with a team focused on the vision of improving World of Warcraft's graphics and engine technology. Our team is highly collaborative, and you will work directly with artists, designers, and fellow software engineers as you help maintain key engine systems. Blizzard Entertainment is a global company committed to growing our employees along with the business. We offer competitive benefits and strive for a healthy work / life balance. We foster a deeply collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive employee culture, and training and opportunity for professional growth. This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with on-site and work-from-home. The home studio for this role is Boston, MA.
Responsibilities
- Design and implementation of new core engine functionality.
- Maintain the engine systems for performance, stability, and error-free operation.
- Work closely with the art department to help them achieve their artistic vision.
- Mentor and guide engineers at all levels.
- Participate in and contribute to a diverse and inclusive culture.
Requirements
- Experience writing/maintaining model animation systems.
- Strong mathematics skills, including proficiency with trigonometry and linear algebra.
- Fluency in C/C++, multithreading and memory systems.
- Understanding of scene management, low-level systems programming and a deep understanding of performance optimization.
- Experience shipping game titles with significant contributions to the engine.
- Strong interpersonal and communications skills.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with code and data optimization.
- Experience with multi-threaded programming.
- Experience debugging across a variety of hardware configurations.
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.
- Relocation assistance if required to move geographic locations for the job.
