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
Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Nicosia, Cyprus) • Relocation • Senior • English: B2
Adobe Photoshop
Blender
Maya
Substance 3D Painter
ZBrush
≈ $29k – $72k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Warsaw, Poland) • Relocation • Full-Time • Senior • English: B1
Adobe Photoshop
Blender
Maya
Procreate
Senior • In office (Belgrade, Serbia) • Relocation • Senior • English: B1
Adobe Photoshop
Blender
Maya
Procreate
Behaviour Interactive (BHVR) is a major Canadian video game developer headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, founded in 1992. The company is best known as the creator and developer of the popular asymmetrical multiplayer horror game Dead by Daylight. In addition to developing its own original titles, the studio provides co-development and work-for-hire services for major international publishers and entertainment franchises.
Toronto • Montreal • Middlesbrough • Game Development • Gaming • Console Games
≈ $51k – $128k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Montreal, Canada) • Full-Time • Senior • French
≈ $49k – $123k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Montreal, Canada) • Full-Time • Senior
Unity
Design
Adobe Photoshop
Substance 3D Painter
ZBrush
≈ $49k – $125k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Montreal, Canada) • Full-Time • Senior
Shader Graph
Substance 3D Designer
Unreal Engine
Unity
Design
Adobe Photoshop
Substance 3D Painter
Ruffnauts is a virtual reality (VR) gaming title and digital media property developed by Vinci Games. The primary platform offering, Ruffnauts: Planet Pals, is a multiplayer, creature-collecting sandbox game designed for Meta Quest headsets. Combining open-world exploration, physics-driven mechanics, and action-platforming, the game allows players to explore spherical biomes, catch and evolve various creatures using "Capture Cubes," utilize interaction gadgets, and engage in sandbox battle lobbies with friends.
San Francisco • Game Development • Gaming • VR Gaming
$150k – $250k per year • Senior • 6+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Contractor • Senior
C#
Game Dev
Meta Quest SDK
Shader Graph
Unity
Unreal Engine
Houdini
Design
Blender
Maya
Substance 3D Painter
ZBrush
$100k – $200k per year • Senior • 6+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Contractor • Senior
C#
Game Dev
Meta Quest SDK
Unity
Unreal Engine
Design
Maya
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
$72k – $107k per year • Equity • Senior • 6+ years exp • In office (Burnaby, Canada) • Internship • Senior
C++
Python
Game Dev
Unreal Engine
Design
Maya
$108k – $150k per year • Equity • Senior • In office • Internship • Senior
$55k – $98k per year • Equity • Senior • In office (Burnaby, Canada) • Full-Time • Senior
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.
Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (EAEU) • Part-Time • Senior • Russian: C1 • English (Optional)
≈ $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
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
≈ $52k – $130k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Montreal, Canada) • Senior
C++
Game Dev
Unreal Engine
≈ $72k – $181k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Cary, United States) • Senior
C++
Game Dev
Unreal Engine
≈ $70k – $178k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 7+ years exp • In office • Senior
The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) is a global mass media corporation headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, the organization publishes its flagship daily newspaper, The New York Times, along with The International New York Times and digital media assets. Operating primarily under a digital-first, consumer-subscription model, the enterprise has expanded its portfolio through strategic acquisitions and non-news verticals.
HQ: New York, United States • 501-1000 employees
≈ $70k – $178k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • 7+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (New York, United States) • Contractor • Senior
Adobe After Effects
Figma
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
≈ $69k – $173k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Singapore) • Relocation • Senior • English: A1
Senior • In office (Shanghai, China) • Senior
Python
Game Dev
Unreal Engine
Senior • In office (Guangzhou, China) • Senior • Chinese: C1
Houdini
Unreal Engine
Design
Adobe Photoshop
Zynga is a global developer and publisher of mobile and web-based social games, operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive. Founded in 2007 by Mark Pincus and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company pioneered social network gaming on platforms like Facebook with hit titles such as FarmVille, Words With Friends, and Zynga Poker. Following its $12.7 billion acquisition by Take-Two Interactive in 2022, Zynga acts as the core mobile publishing umbrella for the parent enterprise.
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Gaming • Mobile Games • Est. 2007
≈ $52k – $133k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (London, United Kingdom) • Part-Time • Senior • Polish
Since the company's foundation in 1991, Techland has been consistently reinforcing its position in the industry and in 2000 began to conquer international markets. Initially, their activities were focused on the distribution of software in Poland...
Wrocław • Warsaw • Game Development • Gaming • PC Games
≈ $33k – $84k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • In office (Wrocław, Poland) • Full-Time • Senior • Polish (Optional) • English
C++
Game Dev
Unreal Engine
≈ $34k – $87k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • In office (Warsaw, Poland) • Full-Time • Senior • Polish (Optional)
C++
Game Dev
Unreal Engine
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
$181k per year • Senior • 3+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Los Angeles, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
$227k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Santa Monica, United States) • Senior
C#
C++
Python
Design
Maya
Aristocrat Leisure is an Australian gambling technology and entertainment company that stands as one of the world's largest manufacturers of slot machines and electronic gaming systems. Founded in 1953 and headquartered in Sydney, the enterprise designs, manufactures, and distributes land-based gaming hardware, casino management software, and mobile social casino games. By continually expanding its global footprint across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, it delivers interactive gaming content and digital solutions to regulated operators worldwide.
HQ: Sydney, Australia • Mobile Games • Gaming • iGaming & Gambling • 501-1000 employees
≈ $14k – $34k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote/Hybrid (Gurgaon, Noida, India) • Full-Time • Senior
≈ $16k – $40k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 4+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Gurgaon, India) • Full-Time • Senior
CI/CD
Git
Jenkins
Game Dev
Unity
Management
Jira
QA
Cucumber
Selenium
≈ $15k – $37k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 7+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Noida, Gurgaon, India) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Adobe After Effects
Maya
Adobe Photoshop
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
≈ $71k – $178k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid • Part-Time • Senior
Spine
Unity
Design
3ds Max
Blender
Maya
≈ $37k – $92k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Warsaw, Poland) • Part-Time • Senior
Spine
Unity
Design
3ds Max
Blender
Maya
Good Job Games is a Turkish mobile game developer known for hyper casual hits that topped global download charts. It builds and publishes its own titles with a small team and rapid prototyping process. The studio is one of the companies that made Istanbul a centre of the hyper casual genre.
HQ: Istanbul, Turkey • Est. 2017
Senior • 2+ years exp • In office (Istanbul, Turkey) • Relocation • Part-Time • Senior
Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Istanbul, Turkey) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
C#
C++
DevOps
Git
Game Dev
Unity
Ubisoft is a leading global video game publisher and developer headquartered in France, renowned for creating immersive interactive entertainment across consoles, PC, and mobile platforms. The company maintains an extensive network of development studios worldwide responsible for iconic franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six, Just Dance, and Rayman.
HQ: Saint-Mandé, France • Gaming • Console Games • PC Games • Game Development • 501-1000 employees
≈ $39k – $99k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Stockholm, Sweden) • Full-Time • Senior
≈ $51k – $128k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Montreal, Canada) • Full-Time • Senior • English
Unreal Engine
Design
3ds Max
Blender
Maya
≈ $51k – $128k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Montreal, Canada) • Full-Time • Senior • English
3ds Max
Maya
Substance 3D Painter
ZBrush
CD Projekt Red is a video game development studio specializing in narrative-driven, open-world role-playing games (RPGs). Headquartered in Warsaw, Poland (with development hubs in Kraków, Wrocław, Boston, and Vancouver), it functions as the flagship game-development subsidiary of publicly traded parent company CD PROJEKT S.A. (WSE: CDR)
Warsaw • Boston • Vancouver • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2002
$99k – $163k per year • Senior • 6+ years exp • In office (Boston, United States) • Full-Time • Senior • English
Unreal Engine
Design
3ds Max
Blender
Maya
Substance 3D Painter
Management
Confluence
Jira
Miro
≈ $64k – $160k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 7+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Vancouver, Canada) • Full-Time • Senior • English
C++
AI/ML
CUDA
CUDA Toolkit
Game Dev
Unity
Unreal Engine
Design
Blender
Maya
$65k – $102k per year (gross) • Senior • In office (Warsaw, Poland) • Relocation • Full-Time • Senior • English: C1
Unreal Engine
Unreal Niagara
Houdini
Design
Blender
Maya
Outfit7 is a mobile entertainment company founded in 2009 with its main studio in Ljubljana. Its Talking Tom and Friends franchise has been downloaded more than twenty billion times. The company also produces animated series based on its characters.
HQ: Ljubljana, Slovenia • Media & Entertainment • Mobile Games • Est. 2009
Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Ljubljana, Slovenia) • Part-Time • Senior
Unity
Analytics
A/B Testing
Kabam is a prominent mobile video game developer and publisher headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Originally founded in 2006 as Watercooler, Inc. by Kevin Chou, Michael Li, Holly Liu, and Wayne Chan, the company initially developed social network applications before pivoting into free-to-play, mid-core mobile and web gaming. Acquired by South Korean gaming giant Netmarble in 2017, Kabam specializes in developing visually rich, narrative-driven massively multiplayer online (MMO) and action role-playing games (RPGs) built on high-profile global intellectual properties.
HQ: Vancouver, Canada • Gaming • Mobile Games • Est. 2006
≈ $40k – $100k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • In office (Montreal, Canada) • Bachelor's Degree • Contractor • Senior • French
C#
Node JS
C++
JavaScript
C++
DirectX
OpenGL
Mobile
Metal
DevOps
GCP
Game Dev
Unity
Roblox Corporation (NYSE: RBLX) is an immersive global online gaming and user-generated content (UGC) platform headquartered in San Mateo, California. Founded in 2004 by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel, the company operates an end-to-end 3D digital ecosystem consisting of three core components: Roblox Client (the application through which users explore virtual experiences), Roblox Studio (the proprietary toolset that allows creators and developers to build 3D worlds), and Roblox Cloud (the infrastructure that powers real-time services and multiplayer hosting).
HQ: San Mateo, United States • Artificial Intelligence • LLM & Generative AI • Gaming • Metaverse • Game Development • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2004
≈ $56k – $141k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • 15+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Vancouver, Canada) • Visa sponsorship • Full-Time • Senior
C++
C++
DirectX
OpenGL
Mobile
Metal
≈ $78k – $196k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • 15+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (San Mateo, United States) • Visa sponsorship • Full-Time • Senior
C++
C++
DirectX
OpenGL
Mobile
Metal
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
≈ $70k – $178k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Renton, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Freelance • Senior
≈ $61k – $154k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • In office • Senior
Houdini
Shader Graph
Unreal Engine
Unity
HLSL
Design
Substance 3D Painter
≈ $70k – $178k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Renton, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Salary range
| Seniority |
Jobs |
25% |
Median |
75% |
| Senior |
33 |
$102K |
$139K |
$163K |
| All levels |
33 |
$102K |
$139K |
$163K |
Based only on the listings that state pay. Gross annual amounts, converted to USD so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
Relocation package
19%
39
The market right now
Alion currently lists 208 open Senior Game Developer jobs from 59 companies. 28 of them were posted or refreshed in the last seven days. 49 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
33 of these Senior Game Developer jobs state pay directly. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $102K and $163K a year, with a median of $139K. 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 Poland (18), Turkey (11), Spain (9), China (9), and Sweden (8). 16% of the listings are fully remote and a further 22% 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 Senior Game Developer jobs right now are 3Lateral (24), 2K Games (14), Riot Games (13), Ubisoft (13), Keywords Studios (12), and Wargaming (9). 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 Unreal Engine (110), Maya (63), C++ (62), Unity (56), Blender (44), Adobe Photoshop (35), Houdini (34), and 3ds Max (28). 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 Senior Game Developer jobs, 9 state visa sponsorship, 39 offer a relocation package, and 12 include equity. These are filters on the list above, so you can narrow it to the ones that make a move possible for you.
