Lead UI Engineer: StarCraft - Hybrid (Irvine)

Blizzard Entertainment; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 229,000; 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 invites a Lead UI Engineer to drive the technical direction and execution of the game's user interface. You will mentor a team, define architecture, and partner with designers, artists, and producers to deliver polished, scalable UI experiences across PC, Xbox, and PlayStation.

You will lead UI frameworks, optimize performance, and shape tooling and pipelines to enable fast iteration while balancing long-term technical health with production needs in a

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with significant UI for games or interactive apps.
• Experience leading engineers or feature teams through full development lifecycle.
• Experience shipping at least one commercially released title or large-scale interactive product.
• Ability to mentor engineers and drive technical direction.
• Strong collaboration across designers, artists, engineers, and production.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical vision and implementation strategy for UI systems across the game experience.
• Architect, develop, and maintain scalable, performant UI frameworks and workflows.
• Collaborate closely with designers, artists, engineers, and production partners to deliver intuitive experiences.
• Guide a team of UI engineers through mentorship and day-to-day execution.
• Establish engineering standards, best practices, and code quality expectations.
• Partner with leadership to identify risks and plan milestones to align with broader goals.
• Optimize UI performance, memory usage, and platform compatibility across PC, Xbox, and PlayStation.
• Drive improvements to UI pipelines and tooling for efficient iteration.
• Review designs and technical proposals, balancing creative goals with technical requirements.

Skills

C++

UI engineering

Unreal Engine

Team leadership

Performance optimization

Tools

UI tooling

Gameplay integration

Job description

Blizzard Entertainment in Irvine, CA invites a Lead UI Engineer to drive the technical direction and execution of the game's user interface. You will mentor a team, define architecture, and partner with designers, artists, and producers to deliver polished, scalable UI experiences across PC, Xbox, and PlayStation.

You will lead UI frameworks, optimize performance, and shape tooling and pipelines to enable fast iteration while balancing long-term technical health with production needs in a