Blizzard is looking to hire a Lead Software Engineer, Features to help craft a new, unannounced game by guiding a growing features team responsible for building engaging and delightful player systems.
Requirements
- Deep, hands-on expertise with Unity, C, and .NET, architecting and delivering complex game features
- Experience building and shipping games across multiple platforms (PC, console, and mobile)
- Comfort working in a rapidly evolving, in-flight game codebase, with the judgment to balance quick prototyping against long-term scalability and maintainability
- Background in live operations, content pipelines, and iterative game feature updates
- Experience guiding a team through multiple stages of development (prototype, production, alpha/beta, launch, live service)
- Familiarity with data-informed development, A/B testing, or telemetry-driven insights for measuring player impact
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, technical excellence, and accountability while being a key code contributor
- Manage priorities, deadlines, and deliverables ensuring clear communication and alignment across disciplines
- Proactively surface technical and execution risks, drive open discussion, and ensure they are addressed in a timely manner
- Partner closely with design, UI/UX, art, and product teams to align feature development with creative vision and gameplay goals
- Deep, hands-on expertise with Unity, C, and .NET, architecting and delivering complex game features
- Experience building and shipping games across multiple platforms (PC, console, and mobile)
- Demonstrated ability to balance technical contribution (coding/architecture) with leadership responsibilities
Other
- Proven people management experience leading engineering teams in game development; dedication to building inclusive, high-performing teams
- Strong cross-functional communication skills, with experience bridging engineering, art, and design
- Contributions to an inclusive team culture, fostering psychological safety and collaboration across disciplines
- This role is a full-time, hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home.
- The home studio for this role is Irvine, CA.
