Scopely is a leading American video game developer, publisher, and interactive entertainment company headquartered in Culver City, California. Founded in 2011, the company specializes in free-to-play mobile games and live-ops game management across mobile, web, and PC platforms.
HQ: Culver City, United States • Game Development • Gaming • Mobile Games • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2011
≈ $14k – $54k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Barcelona, Spain) • Part-Time • Middle
C#
Python
DevOps
Git
Game Dev
HLSL
Unity
Design
Adobe Photoshop
Blender
Figma
≈ $42k – $95k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior • Japanese
C#
C++
Mobile
Metal
Game Dev
GLSL
HLSL
Unity
≈ $35k – $88k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Barcelona, Spain) • Visa sponsorship • Senior
C++
Mobile
Metal
Game Dev
GLSL
HLSL
RenderDoc
Unity
Unreal Engine
Lumen
Nanite
Riot Games is a global video game developer, publisher, and esports tournament organizer headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 2006 by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill and acquired by Tencent in 2011, the company is best known for creating League of Legends, one of the most played PC games and dominant esports titles in the world. Riot's product portfolio includes the tactical shooter VALORANT, Teamfight Tactics, League of Legends: Wild Rift, and the fighting game 2XKO, alongside its multimedia production wing responsible for the Emmy Award-winning animated series Arcane.
HQ: Los Angeles, United States • Consumer Electronics • Gaming Consoles • Gaming • Esports • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2006
≈ $29k – $110k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 4+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Singapore) • Relocation • Contractor • Middle
Python
DevOps
Git
Game Dev
GLSL
HLSL
Marmoset Toolbag
RenderDoc
Unity
Design
Adobe Photoshop
Maya
In office (Shanghai, China) • Contractor • Chinese: C1
HLSL
RenderDoc
Substance 3D Designer
Unreal Niagara
Unreal Engine
Design
Adobe Photoshop
In office (Guangzhou, China) • Contractor • Chinese: C1
HLSL
Houdini
RenderDoc
Design
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Photoshop
42dot is a South Korean mobility technology company that serves as the global software center for Hyundai Motor Group. Founded in 2019, the company specializes in developing software-defined vehicle (SDV) architectures, autonomous driving software, and integrated mobility platforms. By combining in-vehicle operating systems, AI agents, and cloud data platforms, it aims to transform future transportation and smart mobility services.
HQ: Seoul, South Korea • AI Agents • Automotive Manufacturing • Artificial Intelligence • Autonomous Driving • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2019
$172k – $238k per year • In office (Sunnyvale, United States) • Full-Time
C#
C++
Kotlin
Game Dev
HLSL
Unity
Unreal Engine
$172k – $238k per year • In office (Sunnyvale, United States) • Full-Time
C#
C++
Kotlin
Game Dev
HLSL
Unity
Unreal Engine
Intel is an American semiconductor company founded in 1968 by Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore and headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It created the x86 instruction set that still underpins most personal computers and servers, and designs and manufactures processors, chipsets, discrete graphics, networking silicon and AI accelerators. Unlike most of its competitors the company owns its fabrication plants, and it is investing heavily in Intel Foundry to manufacture chips for external customers while rebuilding its process technology leadership.
HQ: Santa Clara, United States • Cloud Computing • Semiconductor Manufacturing • Data & Analytics • Artificial Intelligence • Hardware • Computer Components • Semiconductors • 5000+ employees • Est. 1968
5+ years exp • United Kingdom • Remote (United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Senior
C++
C++
DirectX
Game Dev
DirectX 12
GLSL
HLSL
PIX
RenderDoc
Unreal Engine
Top of page headquartered in sunny Cyprus. We combine creative excellence with proven development processes and efficient go-to-market strategies to build and operate games.
≈ $70k – $163k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (EAEU) • Full-Time • Senior • Russian: C1 • English (Optional)
C#
DevOps
Git
CI/CD
GitHub
Game Dev
RenderDoc
Unity
HLSL
Shader Graph
ShaderLab
Design
Blender
Maya
Substance 3D Painter
ZBrush
Sports Interactive is a London studio founded in 1994 that develops the Football Manager series. Its simulation runs on a database of hundreds of thousands of real players maintained by a global scouting network of volunteers. The studio is owned by SEGA and its data is used by professional football clubs.
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Web Design • Design & Creative • Gaming • 501-1000 employees • Est. 1994
≈ $100k – $182k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (London, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Senior
C#
C++
C++
DirectX
AI/ML
Fine-tuning
Mobile
Metal
Game Dev
Unity
DirectX 12
HLSL
PIX
≈ $131k – $283k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 10+ years exp • In office (London, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Staff
C#
C++
C++
DirectX
AI/ML
Fine-tuning
Mobile
Metal
Game Dev
HLSL
PIX
RenderDoc
Unity
DirectX 12
2K (2K Games, Inc.) is a major American video game publisher, developer, and interactive entertainment corporation headquartered in Novato, California. Founded in 2005 by Christoph Hartmann and Christophe Ramboz following Take-Two Interactive’s acquisition of Visual Concepts, 2K operates as a wholly-owned publishing label under parent company Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO).
HQ: Novato, United States • Gaming • Information Technology • Data & Analytics • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2005
$86k – $127k per year • Equity • Middle • 4+ years exp • In office (San Mateo, United States) • Full-Time • Middle
GLSL
HLSL
Shader Graph
Substance 3D Designer
Unreal Engine
Unity
Design
Adobe Photoshop
Substance 3D Painter
Lead • 7+ years exp • In office (Brno, Czech Republic) • Full-Time • Staff
Lumen
Nanite
Shader Graph
Unreal Engine
Unity
HLSL
Houdini
Substance 3D Designer
≈ $72k – $146k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 7+ years exp • In office (Brighton, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Staff
Lumen
Nanite
Shader Graph
Unreal Engine
Unity
HLSL
Houdini
Substance 3D Designer
11 bit studios is a Warsaw video game developer and publisher founded in 2010 by former Metropolis Software staff. It is known for meaningful games such as This War of Mine and Frostpunk that put players in difficult moral situations. The company is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange and also publishes titles from external studios.
HQ: Warsaw, Poland • Est. 2010
≈ $33k – $84k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office • Relocation • Senior
GLSL
HLSL
Substance 3D Designer
Design
3ds Max
Blender
Maya
Wizards of the Coast is an American game publisher specializing in fantasy and science fiction tabletop, trading card, and digital games, operating as a subsidiary of Hasbro. The company is best known for creating Magic: The Gathering, the premier collectible card game, and for publishing the iconic tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. Through its development studios, it expands these core franchises across physical board games, video games, novels, and global gaming events.
HQ: Renton, United States • 501-1000 employees • Est. 1993
≈ $61k – $154k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • In office • Senior
Houdini
Shader Graph
Unreal Engine
Unity
HLSL
Design
Substance 3D Painter
≈ $53k – $133k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • In office (Montreal, Canada) • Senior • French: C1
HLSL
Houdini
Shader Graph
Unreal Engine
Unity
Design
Substance 3D Painter
3Lateral is a Serbian technology company founded in 2011 and headquartered in Novi Sad. It develops digital human scanning and facial animation technology for games and film. The company is part of Epic Games.
HQ: Novi Sad, Serbia • Animation • Gaming • Media & Entertainment • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2011
Intern • In office (Cary, United States) • Internship • Intern
C#
Python
Game Dev
HLSL
Houdini
RenderDoc
Unreal Engine
Design
Blender
Maya
3ds Max
≈ $72k – $145k per year (Estimated) • Lead • In office (Montreal, Canada) • Principal
Python
Game Dev
HLSL
Houdini
Unreal Engine
Unreal Niagara
≈ $45k – $92k per year (Estimated) • Lead • In office (Porto Alegre, Brazil) • Principal
Python
Game Dev
HLSL
Houdini
Unreal Engine
Unreal Niagara
Reveal Technology, a veteran-founded U.S. defense technology company, delivers AI-powered 3D modeling, computer vision, and biometric solutions for advanced situational awareness and decision dominance.
Buffalo • Artificial Intelligence • C4ISR • Military
$150k – $170k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • United States • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
C#
C++
C#
ASP.NET Core
Blazor
gRPC for .NET
C++
OpenGL
Mobile
Metal
MVVM
DevOps
gRPC
Rest API
Game Dev
GLSL
HLSL
Unity
Wargaming is a game company founded in 1998 and headquartered in Nicosia. It develops and publishes the World of Tanks and World of Warships free-to-play franchises. The group employs thousands of people across several studios.
HQ: Nicosia, Cyprus • Naval Systems • Mobile Games • Gaming • Est. 1998
Junior • 2+ years exp • In office (Belgrade, Serbia) • Junior • English: B1
C++
C++
DirectX
OpenGL
Game Dev
DirectX 12
HLSL
PIX
RenderDoc
Junior • 2+ years exp • In office (Nicosia, Cyprus) • Junior • English: B1
C++
C++
DirectX
OpenGL
Game Dev
DirectX 12
HLSL
PIX
RenderDoc
Canva is an Australian multinational graphic design and online publishing platform founded in 2013 by Melanie Perkins, Cliff Obrecht, and Cameron Adams. Designed to make visual communication accessible to non-professionals, Canva features an intuitive drag-and-drop editor alongside a vast library of customizable templates, stock media, fonts, and graphics.
HQ: Sydney, Australia • Design & Creative • Digital Design • Graphic Design • 1001-5000 employees
$251k – $329k per year • Equity • Staff+ • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Rust
JavaScript
C++
OpenGL
Frontend
WebGPU
Mobile
Metal
Game Dev
GLSL
HLSL
QA
Chrome DevTools
Senior • Remote/Hybrid (Beijing, China) • Full-Time • Senior
C++
JavaScript
Objective-C
Swift
TypeScript
C++
DirectX
OpenGL
AI/ML
Multimodal AI
Mobile
Metal
Core ML
DevOps
Git
Game Dev
GLSL
HLSL
Design
Maya
Playtika is an Israeli mobile games company known for social casino and casual titles played by tens of millions of people. It built a data driven live operations platform that continuously tunes monetisation and retention across its portfolio. The company is listed on Nasdaq and has acquired several studios worldwide.
HQ: Herzliya, Israel • Gaming • Mobile Games • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2010
≈ $15k – $56k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 4+ years exp • In office • Middle
C#
Game Dev
HLSL
ShaderLab
Unity
Parallel Domain generates photorealistic synthetic data and simulation to train and validate perception systems for autonomous vehicles, robotics, and AI.
Mesa • Vancouver • Smart Mobility • Transportation & Logistics • Autonomous Driving • 51-200 employees
$155k – $175k per year • Senior • 7+ years exp • Mesa • Remote (North America) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
C++
C++
DirectX
AI/ML
Gaussian Splatting
LLM
DevOps
AWS
Docker
GitHub Actions
Kubernetes
GitHub
Game Dev
RenderDoc
DirectX 12
HLSL
SPIR-V
Unreal Engine
$155k – $175k per year • Senior • 7+ years exp • Remote (North America) • Full-Time • Senior
C++
C++
DirectX
AI/ML
Gaussian Splatting
LLM
DevOps
AWS
Docker
GitHub Actions
Kubernetes
GitHub
Game Dev
RenderDoc
DirectX 12
HLSL
SPIR-V
Unreal Engine
≈ $86k – $174k per year (Estimated) • Lead • Vancouver • Remote (Canada) • Full-Time • Principal
C++
Python
AI/ML
ComfyUI
Diffusion Models
LLM
Gaussian Splatting
Game Dev
HLSL
Houdini
Unreal Engine
Design
3ds Max
Blender
Tecedu creates innovative solutions for technical vocational education and training. Learning platform. Marketplace. Technical metaverse for practical training.
Pavlodar • EdTech Platforms • Education • Vocational Education • Est. 2015
$11k – $19k per year (net) • In office (Pavlodar, Kazakhstan) • Russian: C1
C#
Mobile
TestFlight
Game Dev
HLSL
Shader Graph
Unity
Design
Blender
Changing the way people make games, together. Double Eleven is a company that puts its people at its core and isn’t afraid to go in their own direction. Be part of the evolution.
Kuala Lumpur • Middlesbrough • PC Games • Gaming • Game Development • 201-500 employees
≈ $77k – $157k per year (Estimated) • Lead • Remote/Hybrid (Middlesbrough, United Kingdom) • Visa sponsorship • Full-Time • Staff
C++
Rust
C++
DirectX
Rust
Tracing
AI/ML
Ray
Game Dev
DirectX 12
GLSL
HLSL
Adobe is an American software company founded in 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke and headquartered in San Jose, California. It created the PostScript and PDF formats and built the industry-standard creative toolset around Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects and InDesign, now delivered as the Creative Cloud subscription. The company also runs Document Cloud for electronic signatures and document workflows, Experience Cloud for enterprise marketing analytics and personalisation, and the commercially safe Firefly family of generative AI models.
HQ: San Jose, United States • Sales & Marketing • Document Management • Artificial Intelligence • LLM & Generative AI • Software • Design & Creative • Graphic Design • Productivity Software • Digital Design • 5000+ employees • Est. 1982
$174k – $331k per year • Equity • Staff+ • 10+ years exp • In office (Seattle, San Francisco, San Jose, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
C++
C++
DirectX
AI/ML
CUDA
CUDA Toolkit
OpenCL
ONNX
TensorRT
Mobile
Metal
Game Dev
DirectX 12
HLSL
PIX
Slang
SPIR-V
DXC
Design
Adobe After Effects
Stillfront Group is a Swedish games company founded in 2010 and based in Stockholm. It owns dozens of studios producing free-to-play games worldwide. The company is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.
HQ: Stockholm, Sweden • Gaming • Est. 2010
Senior • Remote/Hybrid • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior • English: B2
JavaScript
PHP
TypeScript
C++
C#
C++
DirectX
OpenGL
Frontend
Three.JS
WebGPU
Mobile
Metal
Game Dev
GLSL
HLSL
KTX
PIX
RenderDoc
Unity
WGSL
Slang
SPIR-V
Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo. It operates across gaming, music, movies, electronics, imaging sensors, and financial services, with PlayStation being one of its best-known brands. The company is organized into several major segments, including Game & Network Services, Music, Pictures, Entertainment Technology & Services, and Imaging & Sensing Solutions.
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Gaming Consoles • Media & Entertainment • Consumer Electronics • 1001-5000 employees
$290k per year • Senior • Remote/Hybrid (San Mateo, United States) • Master's Degree • Senior
C++
AI/ML
CUDA Toolkit
DevOps
Git
Game Dev
HLSL
Salary range
| Seniority |
Jobs |
25% |
Median |
75% |
| All levels |
11 |
$155K |
$175K |
$238K |
Based only on the listings that state pay. Gross annual amounts, converted to USD so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
The market right now
Alion currently lists 51 open HLSL jobs from 31 companies. 10 of them were posted or refreshed in the last seven days. 26 of the employers have posted something in the last three months, which is the pool worth watching if you are starting a search now. Every listing links straight to the employer, so you apply on their own board rather than through an intermediary.
What these roles pay
11 of these HLSL jobs state pay directly. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $155K and $238K a year, with a median of $175K. Figures are gross annual amounts converted to US dollars, so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
Where the work is
The largest concentrations of these roles are China (3), Japan (3), Spain (3), France (1), and United Kingdom (1). 14% of the listings are fully remote and a further 31% are hybrid, so a large part of this market is open to you regardless of where you live.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open HLSL jobs right now are 3Lateral (5), Scopely (4), Riot Games (3), 2K Games (3), Parallel Domain (3), and 42dot (2). Each company page on Alion carries its size, funding stage, tech stack and every other position it has open, so you can judge the employer before you spend an evening on the application.
What employers ask for
Reading across the current listings, the tools that come up most often are HLSL (51), Unreal Engine (25), C++ (24), Unity (23), C# (20), GLSL (20), Houdini (17), and Python (17). The counts are how many of these openings name each one, which is a better guide to what is actually being hired for than a generic skills list.
Relocation, visas and equity
Of the current HLSL jobs, 3 state visa sponsorship, 5 offer a relocation package, and 3 include equity. These are filters on the list above, so you can narrow it to the ones that make a move possible for you.
