These are the Top 10 Video Game Industry Jobs in the USA (today)
We know that’s a bold claim, but we believe it to be true. These are the 10 best gaming jobs that are available right now, today, on Thursday, June 15, 2023.
How can we be so sure? Well, all 10 vacancies satisfy all of the following criteria, for starters:
It has salary data included and, if it’s as a range, it isn’t too whacky
It’s either working at a huge name in the industry or available to be worked fully remotely
It has been checked as “still hiring” in the past 24 hours by one of our team
If that doesn’t get you excited, you’re on the wrong website.
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1. Product Manager, Core Experiences at Discord
Location: San Francisco, CA or Remote (USA) 🇺🇸
Level: Intermediate (2–5 years experience)
Salary: $190,000–204,000 per year
Tag(s): Product Management
Discord’s “Core Experiences” team is responsible for bringing the magic of Discord communities to new segments outside of desktop gaming. You’ll need four years of experience in project/product management, ideally in the software realm, and there’s a heavy focus on data here.
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2. Associate Tools Engineer - Tiger Engine Sharing at Bungie
Location: Bellevue, WA or Remote (USA) 🇺🇸
Level: Junior (1–2 years experience)
Salary: $109,00–134,000 per year
Tag(s): DevOps
Bungie doesn’t stop churning out awesome opportunities, and the company tends to have a digital-first approach to employment. This role, in particular, involves C# and has been one of the most viewed vacancies on our platform in all of 2023, even though it’s brand new!
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3. Game Designer - Engagement at Electronic Arts
Location: Marina del Ray, CA, Redwood City, CA, or Remote (USA) 🇺🇸
Level: Intermediate (2–5 years experience)
Salary: $89,200–141,800 per year
Tag(s): Game Design
Just three years of game design experience is required to apply to this new EA role, which works across multiple subsidiary studios. The position can be worked fully remotely from anywhere in North America (just in case any Canadians have stumbled in here).
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4. Lead Concept Artist at PlayStation
Location: Remote (USA) 🇺🇸
Level: Senior (5+ years experience)
Salary: $128,400–192,600 per year
Tag(s): Concept Art
This is one of the highest-paying concept art positions we’ve ever posted on Hitmarker, and it’s one of a small handful of PlayStation opportunities that can be worked fully remotely within the US. However, you will need at least seven years of experience in AAA development to apply!
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5. Senior Unity Developer at Regression Games
Location: Remote (USA) 🇺🇸
Level: Senior (5+ years experience)
Salary: $130,000–170,000 per year
Tag(s): Game Development, Unity, Artificial Intelligence (AI)
This is a rare opportunity to work on cutting-edge approaches in AI agents. A love for gaming, esports, and AI is absolutely essential to apply, and you’ll need to be a master of C# (Unity). Benefits offered include medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, plus unlimited paid time off.
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6. Incubation Design Manager at Bungie
Location: Bellevue, WA or Remote (USA) 🇺🇸
Level: Intermediate (2–5 years experience)
Salary: $160,000–188,000 per year
Tag(s): Game Design, Project Management
Bungie’s second appearance in this list is for a unique role that merges together game design expertise with project management acumen. This role is all about management, and people management above all else, and is perfect for a technically-skilled communicator.
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7. Sales Development Representative at Payment Labs
Location: Remote (USA) 🇺🇸
Level: Junior (1–2 years experience)
Salary: $60,000–125,000 per year
Tag(s): Sales
Something a little bit different here from Payment Labs, which is run by former ESL executives and is looking to increase its footprint in the gaming and esports industries. This role has a $60,000 base salary, with the ability to earn much, much more if sales targets are met.
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8. Business Intelligence Manager at Twitch
Location: Seattle, WA 🇺🇸
Level: Intermediate (2–5 years experience)
Salary: $96,900–185,000 per year
Tag(s): Data Analysis, Information Technology (IT)
Twitch hasn’t been hiring too much this year, unfortunately, but the streaming giant is still posting the occasional banger. This position is to build, own, and maintain all of the company’s business intelligence projects and infrastructure. It’s a big role for someone with big data skills.
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9. SDK / Plugin Engineer at Omnislash
Location: Remote (USA) 🇺🇸
Level: Intermediate (2–5 years experience)
Salary: $75,000 per year
Tag(s): Game Development, Software Engineering, Unity, Unreal Engine
Omnislash is based in San Diego, CA, but hires remotely throughout the USA. The company’s vision is to create a fully-fledged social platform that enables users to share their gaming achievements based on verified data from 90+ supported games.
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10. Marathon Senior Creator Marketing Manager at Bungie
Location: Bellevue, WA or Remote (USA) 🇺🇸
Level: Senior (5+ years experience)
Salary: $158,000–191,000 per year
Tag(s): Marketing
It’s Bungie again! With the best marketing job currently available on Hitmarker, no less. This opportunity is for a leader with experience in creator/influencer marketing at a global brand. It’s working on the revived Marathon IP exclusively, too, which is pretty awesome in itself.
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Have we failed you? Are these not the 10 best video game industry jobs hiring right now? Or was there just nothing here that was a fit for you? Either way, we’re sorry. By way of apology, here’s everything else that’s currently open in the USA at the moment.
