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Software Engineer, Features - Hearthstone

Pull up a chair and join us! Blizzard Entertainment is seeking a talented and enthusiastic software engineer to join the Hearthstone team to work on fun and exciting player-facing challenges. The ideal candidate will have a passion for end-to-end feature implementation, back-end scalability, and delivering quality content for continued player engagement. Blizzard offers a fun, creative, and technically challenging environment with excellent compensation and a full range of benefits.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with designers, artists, and other engineers to achieve the vision of the game and ensure a great player experience.
• Implement the logic (client and server-side) for various game features:
  • New Single-Player Experiences
  • New Game Modes
  • New Card Mechanics & AI
  • Collection Manager and Shop
• Implement the client-side UI & FX for various game features within the Unity framework.
• Enjoy a dynamic and collaborative environment: Be an Engineer, Designer, and Gamer.
• Support emergent issues in a live environment.
• Maintain familiarity with Hearthstone’s design.
• Champion Blizzard’s core values, especially “Gameplay First”.

Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in game development.
• Strongly established skills with both C++ and C# languages.
• Good instincts for game design from a player’s perspective.
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
• High comfort level extending and improving an established codebase.
• Self-motivated and willing to pitch in on many areas of game development.
• Able to communicate & collaborate effectively with artists, designers, and other engineers.
• Familiarity with Hearthstone, at least at a casual player level.

Pluses

• Avid Hearthstone player.
• Experience with implementing game logic in a largescale client/server environment.
• Previous experience shipping game titles or other software.
• Database development experience (MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL, etc.)
• Experience with the Unity platform.
• Linux development experience (server applications, gdb debugging, etc.)
• Experience supporting a live service.
• Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related degree.
• Familiarity with other Blizzard Entertainment products.