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toil. The ideal candidate combines deep distributed systems expertise with strong platform-engineering instincts, values internal developer experience as a first-class concern, and has a track record of leading multi-qua…
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Game Developer jobs in Seattle, WA
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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$36–$99/hr
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Job Title: Senior MEAN Stack Developer / Lead Developer Work Location & Reporting Address: Bellevue, WA 98007 Rate: $42/hr w2 Client: Infosys (Visa Independent candidates) Position: 2 Contract duration 12 Target Start Da…
$100k - $150k
Senior .NET Solutions Developer - Remote Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States. This is a fan…
$190.8k - $262.8k
in the next few years. We're dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely…
ROLE :.Net Full Stack Developer Location : Seattle, WA FULLTIME Job Description Must Have Technical/Functional Skills Strong hands-on experience with .NET / .NET Core, Automation developer, C#, and RESTful API developmen…
$86.7k - $143.6k
At Wizards of the Coast, we connect people around the world through play and imagination. From our genre-defining games like Magic: The Gathering® and Dungeons & Dragons® to our growing multiverse, we continue to innovat…
$99k - $123k
sports partners globally by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect, and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, spo…
Hiring Alert | .NET Azure Fullstack Developer Location: Bellevue, WA (Remote) Employment Type: Full-Time Experience Required: 8 15 Years Visa Type: USC / GC Only Must-Have Skills: C# Development .NET Framework / .NET Cor…
Job Description Job Description We are looking for a qualified Senior Mobile Developer to join our Engineering team. You will be working with our engineers to develop and maintain high-quality mobile applications. If you…
As a Principal Game Designer, you will design, tweak, and optimize the player experience. Your analytical skills, player insight, and... ...with product managers, engineers, analysts, and other designers to develop syste…
$180k - $210k
Job Description Job Description Who we are: Each of us at Yoodli has faced our own communication challenges — overcoming a lisp, freezing during a job interview, feeling anxious about speaking up. That shared empathy sha…
$160k - $190k
Job Description Job Description Who we are Each of us at Yoodli has faced our own communication challenges — overcoming a lisp, freezing during a job interview, feeling anxious about speaking up. That shared empathy shap…
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What game developers earn in Seattle
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $36–$53 | $75k–$110k |
| Mid level | $53–$75 | $110k–$156k |
| Senior | $72–$99 | $150k–$206k |
Adjusted for the Seattle 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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