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Game Developer jobs in Nashville, TN
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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Senior .NET Developer Location: Brentwood, TN (Onsite) Position Type: 12-Month Contract Schedule: Full-Time, 40 Hours per Week (Monday-Friday) Pay Rate: Up to $58/hr About the Opportunity We are looking for a Senior .NET…
$80k - $110k
Microsoft .NET platform. We create modern, user-friendly interfaces using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and responsive design practices. We develop secure RESTful APIs and connect our applications with external systems. We desi…
Job Title Lead Salesforce Developer (Hybrid Onsite) Location Nashville, TN Duration 3 Months+ Pay Rate $90/hr on C2C / 1099 all inclusive (OR) $85/hr on W2 Interview Type Virtual / In-Person Note...
extremely reputable, stable Fortune 100 company - let's talk! Position Overview This role sits within a security team responsible for developing a portal that manages the lifecycle of network connections, with a primary…
$73.15k - $174k
teammates. This role is an experienced professional with a strong background in software development. Your role Java/Spring Boot Developer is responsible for building modern integration services, APIs, and event-driven s…
Job Summary We are seeking a Java Developer with 2–4 years of professional experience to design, develop, test, and maintain scalable enterprise applications. The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience wi…
$130k - $150k
Software Developer Nashville, TN | Hybrid (4 days onsite, 1 remote) Compensation: $130,000 - $150,000 depending on experience and skill alignment. This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must have unre…
Work with modern, cloud-native infrastructure and help strengthen our platform foundation as we grow. Contribute to improving developer tooling , deployment workflows, and system observability. Impact & Customer Mindset…
Job Details: Lead Application Developer Onsite A client of ours is seeking an experienced software professional to lead application development while helping establish best practices for the software development lifecycl…
Job Title: Software Developer (.NET / Web) Experience: 2–4 Years Visa: US Citizen Only Employment Type: W2 Onl y Job Description We are seeking a Software Developer with 2–4 years of experience to build, enhance, and sup…
Job Summary We are seeking an experienced Lead React Front-End Developer to drive the architecture, design, and implementation of modern, responsive web and mobile front-end applications. The ideal candidate will have ex…
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What game developers earn in Nashville
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $29–$42 | $60k–$88k |
| Mid level | $42–$60 | $88k–$125k |
| Senior | $58–$79 | $120k–$165k |
National ranges — pay in Nashville typically tracks these.
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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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Where this role goes
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