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Game Developer jobs in Pittsburgh, PA
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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$28–$77/hr
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$103k
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overall design of cross-functional, multi-platform, and Web-based application systems; oversees all application system processes. Develops application architecture and blueprints aimed at reflecting enterprise business l…
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Job Title: Sr. Java Full Stack Developer Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Type: Contract To Hire Responsibilities: Design, develop, and maintain Java API services, including RESTful APIs and microservices, ensuring sca…
enterprise backend applications. REST API & Backend Architecture Advanced Hands-on experience designing and developing secure, high-performance backend services and distributed systems. Technical Leadership & Enterprise…
experience. ~ Strong expertise in: ~ Java (17 or higher) ~ Spring Boot ~ Microservices Architecture ~ REST APIs Experience developing cloud-native applications on Microsoft Azure . Hands-on experience with Azure Kubernet…
$70.8k - $156.7k
Senior Full Stack Java Developer with GraphQL Experience Position Description CGI is looking to hire a Full Stack Java Developer (Angular-focused development) specializing in building secure, scalable, and high-performan…
Job Description Job Description Full Stack Application Developer II Summary The Full Stack Application Developer II is a highly skilled computer programmer who is comfortable with both front and back-end programming. The…
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…
Mid Java API Developer Job Type: Permanent Full Time Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Description: Mid Java API Developer Position Description This role must be performed in Pittsburgh, PA -or- Dallas, T…
$140 per hour
Position Title: Senior Java Full Stack Developer Position Location - Pittsburgh, PA ; Duration – Direct Hire Employment Type – No C2C or third party vendors at this time Required qualifications to be successful in this r…
Application Developer Lead (AngularJS, Java, API, RESTful, HTML, CSS3, JavaScript) in Pittsburgh, PA Angular JS, API Development, CD, CI, CSS, HTML, Java, Jenkins, Restful services, SOA Location: Pennsylvania Job Functio…
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What game developers earn in Pittsburgh
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $28–$41 | $58k–$85k |
| Mid level | $41–$58 | $85k–$121k |
| Senior | $56–$77 | $116k–$160k |
Adjusted for the Pittsburgh 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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Where this role goes
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Game Developer
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Lead Programmer
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