Last updated: 2025-06-06

50 Game Development Engineering jobs in Los Angeles.

Hiring now: Srprincipallead Systems Engineer @ Bonfire St, Sr Unreal Engine Game Programmer @ Impact The, Sr Gameplay Engineer @ Sony Plays, Sr Software Engineer Computational Geome @ Spacex, Maya Pipeline Developer @ Eyeline St, Software Engineer Realtime Engine Techno @ Meta, Engine Programmer @ Playstatio, Software Engineer Embedded @ Snap, Software Engineer C @ Snap, Lead Engine Programmer Build Automation @ Insomniac . Explore more at at jobswithgpt.com

🔥 Skills

C++ (24) Unreal Engine (9) collaboration (8) Python (7) Augmented Reality (6) Unity (6) game development (5) performance optimization (5) Unreal (5) Game Development (3)

📍 Locations

Los Angeles (26) Santa Monica (11) Costa Mesa (2) Burbank (2) Irvine (2) Hawthorne (1) Long Beach (1)

Bonfire Studios

Bonfire Studios is a highly collaborative, cross-disciplinary environment where every developer’s voice shapes the company, the game, and the tasks we work on …

Senior/Principal/Lead Systems Engineer

Costa Mesa

  • Skills: Systems Engineer, Optimizations, Netcode, Collaborative, Cross-disciplinary, Technology, First Game, Developer, Empower, Experience

Impact Theory

Impact Theory is a mission-driven modern media company designed to create positive change in people’s lives through the creation of entertaining and empowering…

Senior Unreal Engine Game Programmer

Los Angeles

  • Skills: Unreal Engine, game development, multiplayer, AI bot systems, game mechanics, networked gameplay, character controls, C++, BluePrints, performance optimization
  • Experience: 4+ years in game development
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $120,000 to $210,000 per year

Sony PlayStation Studios

Sony PlayStation Studios is a newly established AAA studio based in Los Angeles, driven by a team of seasoned industry leaders and experienced game developers.…

Senior Gameplay Engineer

Los Angeles

  • Skills: Gameplay Engineering, Game Development, Unreal Engine (UE4/UE5), C++ Proficiency, Gameplay Feel, Debugging Skills, Collaborative Design, Gameplay Mechanics, Technical Documentation, Playtesting
  • Experience: Minimum 4+ years of demonstrable game development experience, with at least 2 years in gameplay related disciplines working alongside a team of designers and engineers.
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $157,000 — $235,400 USD

SpaceX

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today Spa…

SR. SOFTWARE ENGINEER (COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY)

Hawthorne

  • Skills: computational geometry, additive manufacturing, C++, software development, numerical analysis, 3D printing, machine learning, mesh generation, CAD integration, optimization techniques
  • Experience: 5+ years of software development experience OR 7+ years of professional experience building software; 5+ years experience with C++ software development; 2+ years computational geometry experience
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $160,000.00 - $220,000.00/per year

Eyeline Studios

At Eyeline, Scanline VFX's virtual production division, we want to provide you with a solid foundation where you can be a part of an innovative team of brillia…

Maya Pipeline Developer

Los Angeles

  • Skills: Maya pipeline, Modeling, Rigging, Animation, Tracking/Matchmove, OpenUSD, workflows, production experience, intuitive, self-documenting

Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Ap…

Software Engineer, Realtime Engine Technology - Reality Labs

Los Angeles

  • Skills: Realtime Engine Technology, 3D Software Engineering, systems programming languages, real-time applications, performance optimization, engine-level systems, virtual reality, mixed/augmented reality, SDKs, real-time engine components
  • Experience: 7+ years experience as an engineer developing features within 3D real-time interactive products
  • Type: Full Time
  • Salary: $85.10/hour to $251,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

PlayStation

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The Pla…

Engine Programmer

Los Angeles

  • Skills: programming, C#, C++, Python, software architecture, code maintainability, collaboration, problem solving, performance optimization, content creation workflows
  • Experience: 5+ years of professional programming experience
  • Type: Flexible
  • Salary: $66.01 - $99 USD per hour

Snap Inc

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to h…

Software Engineer, Embedded

Los Angeles

  • Skills: Software Engineer, Embedded, Augmented Reality, OpenXR, WebXR, C++, Linux, Performance, Debugging, Design Documentation
  • Experience: 3+ years of experience with embedded software development
  • Type: Full time
  • Salary: $157,000-$235,000 annually (Zone A), $149,000-$223,000 annually (Zone B), $133,000-$200,000 annually (Zone C)

Snap Inc.

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to h…

Software Engineer, C++

Los Angeles

  • Skills: C++, build systems, compilers, programming languages, performance optimization, cross-platform framework, debug tools, code reviews, software design patterns, mobile development
  • Experience: 6+ years of experience working in Software Development roles
  • Type: Full time
  • Salary: $178,000-$313,000

Snap Inc

Snap Inc is a technology company that believes the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. It is known for its…

Augmented Reality Engineer

Los Angeles

  • Skills: Augmented Reality, Lens Studio, JavaScript, TypeScript, 3D graphics, Unity, Unreal, developer experience, communication skills, programming
  • Experience: 3+ years of experience designing and developing real-time interactive experiences or similar experiences.
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $157,000-$235,000 annually

Snap Inc.

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to h…

Augmented Reality AR Engineer

Santa Monica

  • Skills: Augmented Reality, Software Engineering, Typescript, Javascript, C++, C#, Prototyping, 3D Engines, Real-time Development, Interactive Experiences
  • Experience: 3+ years of experience in software engineering
  • Type: Full time
  • Salary: $157,000-$235,000

Insomniac Games

Lead Engine Programmer – Build & Automation

Burbank

  • Skills: engine programming, automation, build engineering, team leadership, C++, build pipeline, automated testing, game development, infrastructure, continuous validation
  • Experience: ~8+ years engineering experience in game development
  • Salary: $163,900 — $245,900 USD

PlayStation

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The Pla…

Lead Engine Programmer – Build & Automation

Burbank

  • Skills: Lead, Engine, Programmer, Automation, Build, Engineering, C++, Continuous validation, Game development, Management
  • Experience: 8+ years engineering experience in game development, 5 years experience with large-scale game engine automation and build engineering, 5 years experience working in a large C++ codebase
  • Salary: $163,900 - $245,900 USD

Epic Games

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technol…

Senior Cinematic FX Artist

Los Angeles

  • Skills: Cinematic, FX, Unreal Engine, Niagara, Visual Effects, Collaboration, Proceduralism, Shader, Fluid Simulations, Scripting

Genies

Genies is an AI avatar and games technology company powering the next generation of digital experiences. Genies' technology stack is rooted in empowering user …

Senior Engineer, Core Systems (C++)

Los Angeles

  • Skills: C++, native applications, SDK, performance optimization, real-time rendering, 3D mesh processing, game engines, Unity, Unreal, AI
  • Experience: Deep native development experience, mobile (iOS and Android) and web (WebGL) expertise.
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $200K- $225K

Absurd Ventures

Principal Rendering Engineer

Santa Monica

  • Skills: rendering systems, GPU performance, C++, Unreal Engine, 3D math, graphics API, shader compilation, texture streaming, memory optimization, multi-threaded programming
  • Experience: In-depth real-time rendering experience in the games industry or related computer graphics fields, experience shipping AAA video games, strong proficiency in C++ and multi-threaded programming techniques.
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $170,000 to $230,000 per year

Blind Squirrel Entertainment Inc

Blind Squirrel Games (BSG) is a proud, independent studio that joins forces with developers and publishers seeking an innovative partner in creating quality ga…

Senior Generalist Engineer

Irvine

  • Skills: Unreal Engine, C++, AAA game development, cross-platform, software optimization, team collaboration, game engines, coding standards, mentorship, multi-threaded programming
  • Experience: 5+ years
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $105,000 - $117,900

Genies

Genies is an AI avatar and games technology company powering the next generation of digital experiences. Their technology stack empowers user generated content…

Senior 3D Software Engineer

Los Angeles

  • Skills: 3D graphics, C++, Python, Unity, Unreal, OpenGL, Vulkan, shader programming, data structures, algorithms
  • Experience: 4+ years of experience developing 3D software and/or real-time engines (Unity, Unreal)
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $190K - $250K

Sony Interactive Entertainment

PlayStation is recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4,…

Senior Game Designer - Combat

Santa Monica

  • Skills: combat design, enemy AI, gameplay mechanics, game engines, feedback, character action, shooter games, prototyping, mentoring, communication
  • Experience: 5+ years of industry experience in combat design and/or technical design for games.
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $145,100 - $181,400 USD

True Anomaly

True Anomaly builds innovative technology at the intersection of spacecraft, software, and AI to enhance the capabilities of the U.S., its allies, and commerci…

Software Engineer (C++)

Long Beach

  • Skills: C++, software development, spacecraft simulation, APIs, performance analysis, code reviews, math, robotics, linear algebra, Python
  • Experience: 5+ years of software development experience
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $140,000-$255,000

Epic Games

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technol…

Senior Tester - Unreal Engine’s Virtual Production QA

Los Angeles

  • Skills: quality assurance, testing, bug report, communication, risk management, software, defects, Jira, Unreal Engine, scripting
  • Experience: 18+ months of testing similar products
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $65,747 - $109,578 USD

That's No Moon Entertainment

That's No Moon is an independent studio of storytellers and game-makers who believe in the power of narrative-driven experiences. With a diverse team of talent…

Senior Animation Engineer

Los Angeles

  • Skills: animation, game design, C/C++, Unreal Engine, 3Cs, AAA Games, technical, collaboration, production quality, holistic solutions
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $160k-$195k

Eyeline Studios

At Eyeline, Scanline VFX's virtual production division, we want to provide you with a solid foundation where you can be a part of an innovative team of brillia…

Stage Technical Artist

Los Angeles

  • Skills: Unreal, Houdini, virtual production, content creation, optimization, real-time performance, lookdev, procedural content, on-set creative problem-solving, collaboration

Sony Interactive Entertainment

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The Pla…

Producer

Santa Monica

  • Skills: video game development, production, project management, creative teams, communication, scheduling, AAA projects, mentorship, efficiency, quality
  • Experience: 3+ years of proven experience in a production role where you've supported cross-functional teams in the creation and delivery of AAA projects
  • Salary: $122,800 - $153,500 USD

PlayStation

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The Pla…

Senior Technical Artist

Santa Monica

  • Skills: shader tech, HLSL, GLSL, Python, C++, lighting, post-processing, VFX, debugging, machine learning
  • Experience: 5+ years of experience shipping a major title in a relevant role.
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $138,200 — $172,700 USD

Naughty Dog

Crafting best-selling, critically acclaimed games that push the boundaries of narrative, gameplay, and technology.

Senior Gameplay Programmer

Santa Monica

  • Skills: Gameplay Programming, Animation systems, AI, Player movement, C++, Video games, 3D math, Game design, Console programming, Development collaboration
  • Experience: Minimum of 5 years working in the video game industry
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $160,300 — $200,400 USD

Epic Games

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technol…

Mobile Platform Engineer

Los Angeles

  • Skills: Android, NDK, C++, game development, rendering performance, API development, optimization, platform toolchains, mobile hardware, collaboration
  • Experience: 5+ years professional experience working in Android NDK/C++ developing games or similar products.
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $193,888 - $284,369 USD

Absurd Ventures

Principal Material Artist

Santa Monica

  • Skills: textures, materials, game, AAA, Surface development, Photogrammetry, PBR, Unreal Engine, Material pipeline, Art
  • Experience: 6+ years as a 3D Artist for games
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $140,000 to $170,000 per year

Scanline VFX

Scanline VFX is an award-winning leader in the visual effects industry with 8 studios worldwide, including London, Los Angeles, Montreal, Munich, Seoul, Mumbai…

Pipeline Developer (Nuke)

Los Angeles

  • Skills: Pipeline, Nuke, Python, VFX, Workflows, Troubleshoot, Tools, Color Science, PyQt, C++
  • Experience: 2+ years experience writing Nuke pipeline code using python
  • Salary: $100,000 - $170,000 a year

Sony Interactive Entertainment

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation fami…

Associate Technical Gameplay Animator

Santa Monica

  • Skills: animation, gameplay, maya, engine, motion capture, retarget, debug, collaboration, proprietary tools, AAA development
  • Experience: Entry-level or 0-1 years
  • Type: Temporary
  • Salary: $44.38–$55.48 USD per hour

That's No Moon Entertainment

That's No Moon is an independent studio of storytellers and game-makers who believe in the power of narrative-driven experiences.

Senior Level Designer (Project Hire)

Los Angeles

  • Skills: AAA title, Unreal Engine, 3D level geometry, ranged combat spaces, level event scripting, combat scripting, game design, Maya, Max, Adobe suite
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': 121000.0, 'max': 152000.0, 'period': 'annual', 'currency': 'USD'}

Freeform

Freeform is deploying software-defined, autonomous metal 3D printing factories around the world, bringing the scalability of software to physical production. O…

Senior Software Engineer (Computational Geometry)

Los Angeles

  • Skills: 3D printing, computational geometry, C++, object-oriented programming, machine learning, CAD, CAM, automation, geometry processing, physics-based modeling
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': 140000.0, 'max': 250000.0, 'period': 'annual', 'currency': 'USD'}

Sony Interactive Entertainment

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The Pla…

Senior Level Designer

Los Angeles

  • Skills: game design, level design, environment design, 3D modeling, scripting, puzzles, game development, collaboration, visual scripting, combat mechanics
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': 145100.0, 'max': 217700.0, 'period': 'annual', 'currency': 'USD'}

Skydance Interactive

At Skydance Interactive, we believe in pushing the boundaries of what is possible in interactive entertainment. Innovation in game design, technology and story…

Senior Technical Designer

Santa Monica

  • Skills: VR, technical design, gameplay features, scripting conventions, design problems, game vision, best practices, innovation, collaboration, mentorship
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': None, 'max': None, 'period': '', 'currency': ''}

Bonfire Studios

Bonfire Studios is a game development studio passionate about blending art and technology to create exceptional gaming experiences.

Senior Technical Artist

Costa Mesa

  • Skills: Technical Art, Game Development, Art Pipeline, Innovation, Collaboration, Designers, Engineers, Research Techniques, Art Development
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': None, 'max': None, 'period': '', 'currency': ''}

Magnopus, LLC

Senior Multiplayer Networking Engineer

Los Angeles

  • Skills: Multiplayer, Networking, Engineer, Los Angeles, Magnopus, Game Development, Real-time Communication, Network Architecture, Latency Optimization, Client-Server Systems
  • Salary: {'min': None, 'max': None, 'period': '', 'currency': ''}