Game backend and platform engineer jobs in the United States

Game backend and platform engineer: 323 open roles at 38 companies in the United States. None of them states a citizenship or security-check demand. 6 mention relocation support.

Rebuilt 29 Oct 2026
open roles
323
companies
38
open to any nationality
100%
median stated pay
$220k

Studios hiring

StudioOpen rolesAny nationalityRelocation
Roblox Corporation139100%
Riot Games24100%
Sony Interactive Entertainment22100%
Unity Technologies18100%2
Nintendo16100%1
Electronic Arts16100%
2K11100%
Hasbro10100%
Medal7100%
Epic Games6100%
Bellotalabs5100%
Rockstar Games5100%
Take-Two Interactive5100%
Scopely3100%
Sekai3100%

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Nintendo

nintendo.com
nintendo.com · HQ: Kyoto, Japan · Mobile Games · Gaming Consoles · Console Games · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1889 · Trust B · Hiring 62, 10 new
HQ: Kyoto, Japan · Mobile Games · Gaming Consoles · Console Games · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1889 · Trust B · Hiring 62, 10 new
Nintendo is a Japanese video game company that designs and sells home and handheld game consoles, including the Nintendo Switch family, and develops game franchises such as Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda and Animal Crossing through its own studios and partners. Founded in 1889 as a maker of hanafuda playing cards, it also earns revenue from mobile games, character licensing, films and theme park attractions. Its American subsidiary, Nintendo of America, is based in Redmond, Washington. The company is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 1 day ago Likely open · 63%

Intern - Software Engineer, Multimedia (NTD)

Intern · In office (Redmond, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Internship · Intern
Computer Vision
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 1 day ago Likely open · 63%

Intern - Software Engineer, Platform Security (NTD)

Intern · In office (Redmond, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Internship · Intern
C++
C
C
GCC
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Riot Games

riotgames.com
riotgames.com · HQ: Los Angeles, United States · PC Games · Esports · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2006 · Trust A · Hiring 167, 11 new
HQ: Los Angeles, United States · PC Games · Esports · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2006 · Trust A · Hiring 167, 11 new
Riot Games is an American video game developer founded in 2006 that built League of Legends, the free-to-play team battle game that became one of the most played titles in the world and the foundation of modern esports. It has since released the tactical shooter Valorant, the card game Legends of Runeterra, the mobile title Wild Rift and the animated series Arcane, all set in the same fictional universe, and it operates the professional leagues around its games directly rather than licensing them out. Headquartered in Los Angeles and wholly owned by Tencent, it is unusual for running a small number of titles as very long-lived services.
Marc Merrill · Co-founder and President of Games · decision-maker
Dylan Jadeja · Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Brandon Beck · Co-founder · founder
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Sr. Principal Technical Producer - Developer Connections

≈ $176k – $352k per year (Estimated) · Lead · 10+ years exp · In office (Los Angeles, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Principal
Platform Engineering
Management
Jira
Scrum
Agile
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Principal Software Engineer, Engine & Tools - League of Legends

≈ $182k – $364k per year (Estimated) · Lead · 8+ years exp · In office (Los Angeles, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Principal
C++
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Testronic

testroniclabs.com
testroniclabs.com · Warsaw · Mandaluyong · Croydon · Kenner · London · Game Development · Software Testing & QA · Hiring 15, 2 new
Warsaw · Mandaluyong · Croydon · Kenner · London · Game Development · Software Testing & QA · Hiring 15, 2 new
We’re the partner who brings care, caliber, and conviction to make your games incredible. We combine deep game-playing experience and next-level QA expertise to help you ship with confidence and create games that deliver an optimal player experience.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 90%

IT Support Technician

≈ $46k – $118k per year (Estimated) · In office (Kenner, United States)
SIEM
Active Directory
ISO 27001
Game Dev
Unity
Management
Service Desk
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Roblox Corporation

roblox.com
roblox.com · HQ: San Mateo, United States · Mobile Games · Metaverse · Game Development · 5000+ employees · Est. 2004 · NYSE: RBLX · Trust B · Hiring 256, 20 new
HQ: San Mateo, United States · Mobile Games · Metaverse · Game Development · 5000+ employees · Est. 2004 · NYSE: RBLX · Trust B · Hiring 256, 20 new
Roblox is an American company founded in 2004 that operates a platform where users build and publish their own three-dimensional games and social experiences for other users to play. Its economy runs on a virtual currency called Robux, which players buy and spend inside experiences, and a share of which is paid out to the creators who make them, so the company earns from the platform rather than from producing games itself. Headquartered in San Mateo and listed on the New York Stock Exchange since 2021, it reports tens of millions of daily active users, skewed heavily toward younger age groups.
David Baszucki · Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Manuel Bronstein · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Barbara Messing · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Daniel Sturman · Executive Officer · decision-maker
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Safety Threat Investigator, Safety Investigations

$130k – $155k per year · Equity · Hybrid (San Mateo, United States)
SQL
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Principal Software Engineer, GenAI Platform

$329k – $362k per year · Equity · Lead · 8+ years exp · Hybrid (San Mateo, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Principal
Rust
Go
Python
AI/ML
LLM
Machine Learning
AI Agents
Quantization
Knowledge Graph
RAG
DevOps
SLI/SLO/SLA
+2
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Unity Technologies

unity.com
unity.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Advertising · AR & VR Software · Developer Tools · Game Development · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2004 · Trust A · Hiring 128, 9 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Advertising · AR & VR Software · Developer Tools · Game Development · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2004 · Trust A · Hiring 128, 9 new
Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Unity Software Inc. (Unity Technologies) is a technology enterprise specializing in real-time 3D (RT3D) content development software and engine solutions. The company provides an integrated platform that enables developers, creators, and engineers to build, run, and monetize interactive 2D, 3D, virtual reality (VR), and augmented reality (AR) experiences across mobile, console, PC, and spatial computing hardware. By combining cross-platform runtime engines with developer services, cloud tools, and advertising monetization networks, it serves as a core infrastructure provider for the global gaming industry as well as industrial sectors such as automotive, architecture, and film production.
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Verified live · 10 hours ago 2 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Senior Software Engineer, Native Editor Platform

$115k – $173k per year (gross) · Equity · Senior · Seattle · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · Senior · English
Objective-C
C#
C++
DevOps
Windows
Docker
Linux
Game Dev
Unity
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Top 25% payVerified live · 10 hours ago 3 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Staff Backend Engineer, Ads Recommendation System

$200k – $261k per year · Equity · Staff+ · In office (Mountain View, San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Staff · English
Go
Java
AI/ML
LiteLLM
Recommender Systems
Claude
DevOps
gRPC
Game Dev
Unity
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Sony Interactive Entertainment

sonyinteractive.com
sonyinteractive.com · HQ: San Mateo, United States · Media & Entertainment · Gaming · Game Development · Console Games · Gaming Consoles · 5000+ employees · Est. 1993 · Trust A · Hiring 176, 24 new
HQ: San Mateo, United States · Media & Entertainment · Gaming · Game Development · Console Games · Gaming Consoles · 5000+ employees · Est. 1993 · Trust A · Hiring 176, 24 new
Sony Interactive Entertainment is the video game division of the Sony group, formed in 1993 to develop the original PlayStation and now headquartered in San Mateo, California rather than Tokyo. It designs and sells the PlayStation consoles and accessories, runs the PlayStation Network and its PlayStation Plus subscription service, and owns PlayStation Studios, a group of development studios including Naughty Dog, Insomniac Games, Guerrilla Games, Santa Monica Studio and Bungie. The business earns most of its revenue from software and network services rather than hardware, and its first-party titles are increasingly released on personal computers after a console exclusivity window.
Hideaki Nishino · Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Ken Kutaragi · Founder · founder
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Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago Visa sponsor 2 days ago Likely open · 63%

Full Stack Software Engineer II (Contract Role)

$144k – $216k per year · Middle · 3+ years exp · Hybrid (Madison, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Contractor · Middle
JavaScript
TypeScript
Java
Java
Spring Boot
Frontend
GraphQL
Angular
React.js
Mobile
React Native
DevOps
CI/CD
Rest API
Docker
QA
Jest
+4
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Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago Visa sponsor 2 days ago Likely open · 63%

Senior Application Security Engineer

$177k – $266k per year · Senior · 7+ years exp · Hybrid (San Diego, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Senior
C++
JavaScript
Python
Mobile
JUnit
DevOps
Service Mesh
TCP/IP
GCP
Kubernetes
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Cybersecurity
OWASP Top 10
Threat Modeling
Management
Agile
QA
Playwright
Rest-Assured
Pytest
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Skills these roles ask for

C++ 138Python 93C# 64CI/CD 61AWS 57Kubernetes 55Go 50Java 47AI Agents 39GCP 37TypeScript 34Unity 32Linux 32Rust 32JavaScript 29SQL 28

Where the roles are

San Mateo 144Los Angeles 32New York 20Redmond 16San Francisco 16Austin 15Redwood City 11Orlando 9Mountain View 8San Diego 7

Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

323 of the 323 roles here state no citizenship or security-check demand. A role that does says so in its advert, and the card marks it.

Which game studios hire most?

Roblox Corporation (139), Riot Games (24), Sony Interactive Entertainment (22), Unity Technologies (18), Nintendo (16).

Which roles count as game developer jobs?

Every game design, gameplay, engine (Unity, Unreal, Godot), graphics and AR/VR role at any employer, and the backend, platform, AI, data, QA, art and product roles of the game studios - mobile, console and PC developers and publishers, esports and metaverse companies. Gambling and betting companies are left out.

How fresh is this?

Every role is re-checked on the employer's own careers board at least every 48 hours, and the page is rebuilt every night.

Source: 323 live postings on employers' careers boardsUpdated 29 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0