Lead UI Engineer for StarCraft — Hybrid Irvine

BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT, INC; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Benefits package

Job summary

Blizzard Entertainment is seeking a Lead UI Engineer for the StarCraft project in Irvine, CA, guiding the technical direction of the game's user interfaces. You will lead a team of UI engineers, shaping scalable UI frameworks, tooling, and workflows while collaborating across design, art, and production disciplines.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in game UI, strong leadership, and a passion for building polished player experiences across PC and console platforms.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience developing UI in games or interactive apps.
• Experience leading engineers or feature teams across full development lifecycle.
• Experience shipping at least one commercially released title.
• Ability to collaborate with designers, artists, engineers, and production.
• Strong ownership and accountability and commitment to excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical vision for UI systems across the game experience.
• Architect and maintain scalable UI frameworks and workflows.
• Collaborate with designers, artists, engineers, and production to deliver engaging UI.
• Mentor and guide UI engineers, set priorities and ensure execution.
• Establish coding standards, best practices, and quality expectations.
• Identify risks, plan milestones, and align UI goals with game development.
• Optimize UI performance, memory usage, and platform compatibility.
• Improve UI pipelines and tooling for efficient iteration.
• Review designs and technical proposals balancing creativity and tech needs.
• Foster a collaborative environment for learning and growth.

Skills

C++

UI systems

Unreal Engine

UI tooling

Performance optimization

Memory management

Platform integration

Leadership

Accessibility

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

UI editor tooling

Content pipelines

Job description

Blizzard Entertainment is seeking a Lead UI Engineer for the StarCraft project in Irvine, CA, guiding the technical direction of the game's user interfaces. You will lead a team of UI engineers, shaping scalable UI frameworks, tooling, and workflows while collaborating across design, art, and production disciplines.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in game UI, strong leadership, and a passion for building polished player experiences across PC and console platforms.