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Game Developer jobs in San Diego, CA
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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Build AI-enabled applications using LLMs, AI agents, RAG, enterprise search, intelligent assistants, and workflow automation. Develop reusable AI services, APIs, accelerators, and components for enterprise adoption. Inte…
$90k - $130k
Support SETR/ITRA activities by evaluating technical readiness, identifying risks, and advising Technical Warrant Holders. Develop technical briefs, decision-support materials, and review documentation. Participate in te…
$135k - $180k
digital transformation across the electronics development lifecycle. Key Responsibilities Partner with Sales team members to develop and execute technical strategies for strategic accounts and complex sales opportunities…
$60 - $90 per hour
experiences across web applications while helping establish front-end standards and best practices. Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain responsive, accessible, and performant web applications using Angular and…
$160k - $210k
applications, and join a fun and hard-working team on the cutting edge of ocean autonomy. About You: ~5+ years of experience developing SPAs/PWAs with modern frameworks (e.g. React, WebComponents, Vue) ~ Strong UI/UX des…
$130k - $180k
Collaborate with internal engineering teams to reproduce customer issues, identify root causes, and drive improvements and fixes Develop and maintain customer-facing Python utility applications and tools About You: You l…
$35.94 per hour
morale, productivity, and efficiency Other duties as assigned Supervisory Responsibilities Prepares reports, as requested, to develop a more informative data base for improved management decision making and critical eval…
$110k - $140k
in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field. ~3 or more years of experience developing, debugging, testing, or sustaining embedded software on Linux and/or RTOS-based s…
adaptive design. Determining the structure and design of web pages. Ensuring user experience determines design choices. Developing features to enhance the user experience. Striking a balance between functional and aesthe…
advanced knowledge of software engineering practices and techniques, technology trends, and working knowledge of domain expertise. - Develop detailed software architecture and design documents. -Ability to implement the…
$100k - $130k
The Marlin Alliance is seeking a skilled Power Platform Developer to provide client support to our Navy client. This is a fully remote position, but applicants must have the ability to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance. Inco…
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What game developers earn in San Diego
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $34–$50 | $71k–$104k |
| Mid level | $50–$71 | $104k–$148k |
| Senior | $68–$94 | $142k–$195k |
Adjusted for the San Diego 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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