Hybrid Associate Tech Director, World Systems

Blizzard Entertainment; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 159,000 - 293,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays and vacation

Job summary

Blizzard Entertainment in Irvine, CA, seeks an Associate Technical Director, World Systems, to build robust toolsets and flexible game systems for a large, content-rich world. You will help deliver engaging missions and challenges at scale, guiding cross-functional teams and shaping technical strategy.

The role is hybrid, combining on-site and remote work; requires 10+ years in game engineering with leadership and expert C++ skills to drive quality and performance across platforms.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of game engineering experience with leadership
• Strong C++ proficiency and real-time systems knowledge
• Proven ability to lead teams and manage multiple projects
• Experience shipping large AAA game systems and content workflows
• Excellent collaboration across disciplines and teams
• Focus on quality, performance, and maintainability
• Experience mentoring engineers and growing leaders
• Familiarity with Unreal Engine and multi‑platform releases

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with discipline directors to establish World Systems vision and roadmap
• Support cross-functional gameplay and content teams in realizing their vision
• Direct daily work of a cross-disciplinary World Systems team
• Drive architecture and content creation tools to improve productivity and quality
• Ensure alignment between engineering and content teams on technical approaches
• Hire and grow engineers and engineering leaders, fostering collaboration
• Own technical quality, stability, and performance of World Systems
• Partner with leads to improve team culture and provide direct support when needed

Skills

10+ years game engineering

Leadership experience

C++ proficiency

Gameplay architecture

Real-time systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Performance optimization

Mentoring engineers

Shipping large game systems

Proactive quality mindset

Tools

Unreal Engine

Profiling tools

Cross‑platform development

Job description

Blizzard Entertainment in Irvine, CA, seeks an Associate Technical Director, World Systems, to build robust toolsets and flexible game systems for a large, content-rich world. You will help deliver engaging missions and challenges at scale, guiding cross-functional teams and shaping technical strategy.

The role is hybrid, combining on-site and remote work; requires 10+ years in game engineering with leadership and expert C++ skills to drive quality and performance across platforms.