Jobs at 2K

Lead the design, implementation, optimization, and maintenance of scalable in-game UI systems using Unreal Engine, Blueprints, UMG, AngelScript, and UI Materials. Translate UX designs into performant implementations, establish UI architecture and workflow standards, collaborate with multidisciplinary game development teams, evaluate new tools, and mentor technical designers. The role also contributes to technical roadmaps, hiring, onboarding, and building the studio’s technical UI function.

Develops high-quality character concepts from exploration through production-ready designs, including sketches, turnarounds, and documentation. Translates ambiguous creative briefs into visual solutions aligned with narrative, gameplay, and art direction. Defines character design standards, collaborates with art and cross-disciplinary teams to support 3D production, mentors artists, improves workflows, and independently manages complex assignments.

Create production-ready characters, creatures, and weapons from high-resolution sculpts through modeling, topology, UVs, texturing, materials, and Unreal Engine integration. Own complex assignments, establish artistic and technical standards, solve visual and production challenges, collaborate across disciplines, mentor artists, manage priorities, and oversee external vendors. The role requires expert real-time character art skills, strong artistic judgment, technical problem-solving, and experience shipping multiple game titles.

Leads production across multiple game development content areas, overseeing schedules, milestones, risks, scope, communication, process improvement, and external development strategy. Manages and mentors producers, supports hiring and staffing, resolves impediments, improves production pipelines, and aligns teams with studio and business goals. Requires strong game development knowledge, planning, communication, leadership, and JIRA/Agile proficiency.

The Expert UI Engineer will lead UI development for a AAA multiplayer game, focusing on performance, accessibility, and certification compliance while mentoring a team of engineers.

Leads a multiplayer game feature team by setting design objectives, managing and mentoring designers, defining sprint and milestone priorities, evaluating gameplay, and coordinating cross-functional execution. The role requires expertise in multiplayer systems, competitive PvP design, gameplay theory, feedback analysis, tradeoff management, Unreal Engine, and Blueprint visual scripting.

Lead online services for a AAA free-to-play cross-platform game: set technical vision, manage backend and build teams, own release management, launch readiness, observability and incident response, partner with product and analytics to deliver experimentation, telemetry, remote config, and engagement tooling, and direct frontend systems like authentication, matchmaking, social features, commerce, and player safety.

Creates and implements high-quality user interface assets for the NBA 2K franchise, integrating them into the game engine with designers and engineers. Develops motion graphics and visual effects, participates in design reviews and playtests, incorporates feedback, and aligns work with the game’s art direction. Requires UI design experience, 2D and 3D graphics software proficiency, game engine implementation experience, collaboration skills, and a professional portfolio.

Lead the DevOps team for WWE 2K by defining technical strategy and building reliable development and production infrastructure. Responsibilities include designing CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, cloud and containerized environments, developer tooling, observability, documentation, and operational standards. The role also requires cross-team collaboration, technical leadership, and improving workflows across a distributed game development studio.

Design, prototype, iterate, polish, and ship single-player and cooperative shooter levels using Unreal Engine. Collaborate with artists, mission designers, writers, programmers, narrative designers, and enemy designers to create engaging combat and mission experiences. Own level vision from paper design through final product, incorporate feedback, meet deadlines, maintain quality standards, and mentor junior level designers.

Expert technical artist responsible for character body and facial rigging for NBA 2K. Duties include improving deformation, building math node networks, implementing blendshapes and corrective shapes, creating skinweight maps, writing Python automation, debugging rigging issues, collaborating with engineers and art teams, and improving documentation and pipelines.