Bethesda Is Hiring Artists, Programmers & Producers

Get a chance to work for a famous game studio.

If one of your New Year's resolutions was finding a new job, you're in luck as new opportunities await you at Bethesda Game Studios. 2024 has just started, but you can join the team behind such famous games as The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Starfield.

There are plenty of positions for programmers, artists, producers, and more there, and I'll tell you about some of them in detail.

Senior Gameplay Animator

Responsibilities:

  • Apply animation principles to create high-quality animations, while making any changes based on artistic direction
  • Work in collaboration with members of the team to address animation needs and requirements for gameplay and cinematic content
  • Actively engage with developers outside of your discipline creating a positive and productive experience for all involved
  • Assist and provide constructive feedback to other animators
  • Communicate needs to any out-of-team or external dependencies
  • Consistently integrate and maintain your work in the game

Requirements:

  • You have 5+ years of professional or related experience as a Gameplay Animator
  • You have strong hand-keyed/keyframe animation skills
  • You demonstrate outstanding Animation skills, displaying a strong understanding of the principles and a desire to improve
  • You maintain a strong attention to detail
  • You are a self-motivated team player with a strong work ethic and a cooperative attitude
  • You possess an ability to adapt to change and accept constructive feedback
  • You exhibit excellent problem-solving and prototyping skills
  • You show excellent organization and time management skills
  • You communicate effectively with excellent oral and written skills
  • You have proficient skills in Maya
  • You bring experience animating first-person-focused games
  • You have a passion for gaming and making GREAT games
  • You are dedicated to pushing animation quality to the next level

Lighting Artist

Responsibilities:

  • Create and maintain all elements of lighting including dynamic, static, cinematic, and character setups 
  • Work with Art and Design to create compelling and dramatic lighting scenarios for gameplay and cinematics 
  • Maintain a balance between visual quality and performance requirements 
  • Match the established visual style for the game with lighting execution 
  • Develop and implement new techniques into the lighting pipeline 
  • Troubleshoot and solve problems within the engine

Requirements:

  • You have 3+ years of industry experience, focused on lighting  
  • You possess working knowledge of modern lighting techniques, technical art and performance pipelines 
  • You are self-motivated and have the ability to work and solve problems with minimal assistance 
  • You are highly organized with the ability to adhere to production schedules 
  • You have well-developed communication skills and a strong work ethic 

Senior Producer

Requirements:

  • Work with the team leads to produce realistic schedules and milestone plans that are focused on the delivery of high-quality features and assets
  • Define and manage feature sprints in coordination with discipline leads
  • Remove roadblocks and successfully drive features to completion
  • Communicate with senior management on development status and project risks
  • Collaborate with leads to determine best practices, development pipelines and resource allocation
  • Manage direct reports

Requirements:

  • You have at least 5 years of game production experience, preferably online
  • You possess the ability to prioritize product initiatives by balancing both business and qualitative needs
  • You have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively to solve problems
  • You have experience managing and mentoring direct reports
  • You have the ability to create project schedules and milestones, monitor the progress of department milestones and individual tasks against those schedules
  • You have excellent organizational skills, are detail-orientated, and have the ability to multi-task under pressure
  • You have experience with any modern project management software
  • You are familiar with Bethesda Game Studios’ games

Server Programmer

Requirements:

  • Work with other programmers to architect and refine game systems (client-server networking optimization, integration with backend services, data authority management, game persistence, etc.)
  • Work with designers, artists and other personnel involved in the development of products as required
  • Test and refine code and systems throughout the development cycle of the project
  • Write clear, maintainable, portable code
  • Accurately estimate your schedules and deliver high-quality work products to that schedule

Requirements:

  • You have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
  • You have excellent C++ knowledge
  • You have at least 5 years of professional software development experience writing client-server and/or peer-to-peer game applications
  • You have experience with multithreaded programming
  • You are an expert with network programming and optimization
  • You have excellent analytical and mathematical skills
  • You have strong interpersonal skills and problem-solving ability

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Published 03 January 2024
Gloria Levine
Editor