Software Engineer (Game Development)

Location: Redmond, Washington, United States; hybrid schedule with 3 days per week in-office

Salary: USD $102,100–$202,200 per year across the U.S.; USD $133,800–$219,200 per year in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area

Company

hirify.global Studios creates Minecraft and develops technologies that enable immersive gameplay and creative experiences across multiple platforms.

What you will do

• Enhance Minecraft’s animation system and develop critical technologies for immersive gameplay.
• Design and implement gameplay and animation systems aligned with the overall product architecture.
• Evaluate requirements, design solutions, estimate development work, and integrate features across dozens of platforms.
• Write simple, extensible, maintainable, and high-quality code.
• Contribute to design discussions, implementation, and code reviews.
• Collaborate with development, design, product, and quality teams across disciplines.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field plus 2+ years of technical engineering experience, or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of professional C++ development experience, preferably in cross-platform environments.
• Experience with skeletal animation keyframe blending, animation trees, or inverse-kinematics solvers.
• Experience with production animation systems such as Unreal Engine, Unity, or Godot.
• Experience driving communication across organizations and disciplines.
• Ability to work from the Redmond, Washington office 3 days per week.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment involving engineering, design, product, and quality disciplines.
• Culture centered on respect, integrity, accountability, inclusion, innovation, and a growth mindset.
• Eligible roles may include benefits and additional compensation.
• Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled, with the role open for at least 5 days.