Lead Software Engineer, Client Foundations

Activision Blizzard • Irvine, CA

41d • Hybrid

About The Position

Blizzard is looking for a talented and motivated Lead Client Engineer to guide our growing client foundations team as we craft a new, unannounced game. This team is critical in architecting and building systems that will help scale our game’s client to reach the largest player base with a client that is both performant and responsive. We are looking for a candidate with deep technical expertise with Unity, C#, and .NET. The ideal candidate will also have a proven record of leading engineers through work deep within the game client code, including optimizing for multiplatform development, working with technical artists to build systems that scale and provide delightful player experiences. We value diverse voices and varied backgrounds, and we're looking for individuals to help us build fun, compelling, and inclusive gameplay and experiences with us. This role is a full-time, hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The home studio for this role is Irvine, CA.

Requirements

• Deep, hands-on expertise with Unity, C#, and .NET, architecting and delivering projects in service of the game client.
• Experience building and shipping game features for mobile, PC, and console games.
• Proven people management experience leading engineering teams in game development; dedication to building inclusive, high-performing teams.
• Demonstrated ability to balance technical contribution (coding/architecture) with leadership responsibilities.
• Comfort working in a rapidly evolving, in-flight game codebase, with the judgment to balance quick prototyping against long-term scalability and maintainability.
• Background in live operations, content pipelines, and iterative game client updates.
• Strong cross-functional communication skills, with experience bridging engineering, art, and design.

Nice To Haves

• Experience guiding a team through multiple stages of development (prototype, production, alpha/beta, launch, live service).
• Familiarity with data-informed development and/telemetry-driven insights for measuring player impact.
• Contributions to an inclusive team culture, fostering psychological safety and collaboration across disciplines.
• Experience building and shipping games across multiple platforms (PC, console, and mobile).

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow our team of engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, technical excellence, and accountability while being a key code contributor.
• Manage priorities, deadlines, and deliverables, ensuring clear communication and alignment across peers and disciplines.
• Proactively surface technical and execution risks, drive open discussion, and ensure they are addressed in a timely manner.
• Partner closely with tech art, UI, and engineers across the larger team to optimize our game for player experiences with the game client.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees