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Game Developer jobs in Cleveland, OH
Game developers build interactive experiences in engines like Unity and Unreal — writing gameplay systems, optimizing performance, and collaborating with artists and designers to ship playable worlds.
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Mobile Engineer – Multi-Site Facilities Location: East Cleveland, OH Skilled Trades Opportunity – Mobile Engineer Role We are seeking a hands-on, experienced Mobile Engineer to support multiple commercial facilities in t…
strategies to serve our clients across the globe. Great marketing, powered by great people. Our team of talented creators, developers, writers and artists come together to craft innovative solutions that resonate with yo…
strategies to serve our clients across the globe. Great marketing, powered by great people. Our team of talented creators, developers, writers and artists come together to craft innovative solutions that resonate with yo…
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from you. This is a highly visible position where you'll work closely with customers, sales, engineering, and manufacturing to develop solutions that improve product performance and reliability. As the company continues…
evaluations, qualification activities, and production readiness. Identify technical risks and collaborate with engineering teams to develop practical, cost-effective solutions. Cross-Functional Collaboration Partner with…
The Full Stack Application Developer will be responsible for supporting the broader process of developing and deploying enhancements and/or new applications used in local, networked, cloud-based or internet-related compu…
Role Overview The Java Full Stack Developer to join our technology team at a leading retail bank. This role involves designing, developing, and delivering enterprise-grade custom microservice applications using modern Ja…
Role Overview The Lead Java Full Stack Developer will join our technology team at a leading retail bank. This role involves designing, developing, and delivering enterprise-grade custom microservice applications using mo…
production environments. ~ Proficiency with Git workflows and agile development processes (SDLC). Preferred: Professional Cloud Developer certification or experience in client-facing consulting. What you'll be doing in t…
Job Description Job Description Senior Frontend Developer (AI Tech Enablement) Role Summary: We are seeking a visionary Senior UI Developer to join our Technology Enablement team. In this role, you will bridge the gap be…
utilize LLMs and AI agents to automate the discovery, parsing, and mapping of unstructured data. Build Self-Healing Infrastructure: Develop autonomous reliability layers that diagnose upstream failures, adapt to API sche…
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What game developers earn in Cleveland
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $26–$39 | $55k–$81k |
| Mid level | $39–$55 | $81k–$115k |
| Senior | $53–$73 | $110k–$152k |
Adjusted for the Cleveland market from national ranges.
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What employers ask for
The skills these listings keep naming
Unity (C#) or Unreal (C++)Gameplay programming3D math (vectors, matrices)Performance profilingPhysics and animation systemsMultiplayer networking (a plus)Shaders and graphics basicsCollaboration with art and designIterating from playtest feedback
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Interview questions worth rehearsing
With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for
Walk me through a gameplay system you built — movement, combat, inventory, anything.
Explain the architecture and how it survived design changes. Games iterate constantly, so flexible systems are the real skill being probed.
Your frame rate dropped below target. How do you find the cause?
Profile first — CPU versus GPU — then narrow to draw calls, scripts, physics, or garbage collection. Naming the actual profiler tools you use makes it credible.
Explain the difference between Update and FixedUpdate (or tick contexts in your engine).
Frame-dependent versus fixed-timestep logic, and why physics belongs in the fixed step. A quick example of a bug caused by mixing them up is a nice touch.
How do you handle a designer requesting a change that breaks your architecture?
Show that you serve the game: understand the intent, propose alternatives, and refactor when the design direction is real. Rigidity is a bigger flag than rework.
What would you consider when adding multiplayer to a single-player game?
Authority, state synchronization, latency compensation, and the honest answer that retrofitting networking is expensive. Scoping realism is the point.
Tell me about a game you shipped or finished — even a small one.
Finished matters more than ambitious. Talk about the last 20 percent: polish, bugs, cuts you made to actually release.
How do you use object pooling, and why?
Reusing objects to avoid allocation and garbage-collection spikes — bullets and effects are the classic case. Tie it to a frame-time problem you solved.
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Resume tips that move the needle
For game developers specifically — generic advice costs you here
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Link playable work — shipped titles, itch.io projects, or a portfolio reel; in games, the work is the resume.
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Specify your engine and language depth (Unity/C#, Unreal/C++) and your specialty: gameplay, graphics, tools, or networking.
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Name your specific contributions on team titles — 'built the save system and enemy AI' beats a credit line.
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Include game jams and finished small projects; they prove you can complete things, which studios weight heavily.
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Show performance work with numbers, such as frame-rate targets hit on specific hardware.
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