Jobs at 2K

• Work in the backend architecture and services that support NBA 2K’s online features
• Design and optimize distributed systems to ensure scalability, reliability, and fault tolerance

• Work in the backend architecture and services that support NBA 2K’s online features
• Design and optimize distributed systems to ensure scalability, reliability, and fault tolerance

• Serve as the principal architect for the QA AI SDLC, defining its technical roadmap, system design, and seamless integration into 2K’s broader enterprise AI SDLC.
• Work hand-in-hand with Amazon FDEs and 2K Tech leadership to co-architect, build, and refine our agentic QA platform (Kiro Crew, Agent Core) to ensure it performs to exact operational specifications.

• External Development Strategy: Partner with Head of Operations and studio leadership to set and evolve our external development strategy: which disciplines are viable to send out, which partnership model fits each (asset vendor, embedded team, full co-development), and what we deliberately keep in house. Draft the internal-versus-external business cases behind those calls rather than presenting them as instinct.

• ​Support the development and presentation of the global marketing strategy for the Gearbox Software franchise group, including audience definition, product positioning, messaging, and content strategy.
• Assist in building global go-to-market plans, coordinating with cross-functional teams to align...

• Design, build and operate scalable hybrid infrastructure across AWS and VMware vSphere, using Terraform for provisioning and Puppet for configuration management.
• Own the full lifecycle of EC2 fleets and VMware clusters (ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, NSX): capacity planning, patching, image pipelines (Packer, AMIs, VM templates) and autoscaling.

Who We Are
2K is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).

• Drive a small portfolio of complex features through initial creative input, stakeholder buy-in and alignment, consistent design reviews, and day-to-day execution.
• Respond quickly to feedback with stable in-engine updates and iterate rapidly.

• Guide the migration of studio build pipelines to cloud environments, ensuring cloud services meet or exceed the reliability and performance of existing on-premise instances.
• Maintain and optimize existing build systems, focusing on both Unreal Horde and Jenkins for operational performance and stability.

• Champion the design, iteration, and maintenance of various UI systems. This includes dynamic widgets, responsive menus, and high-fidelity animations using Unreal Engine, Blueprint visual scripting, and AngelScript at an expert level.
• Establish, document, and promote UI Blueprint architecture best practices and workflows, drivin...

Who We Are
Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios responsible for developing 2K’s portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms, include Visual Concepts, Fi...

• Design and build functional prototypes in collaboration with engineers and gameplay designers
• Implement and iterate on gameplay mechanics, core loops, and systemic features using visual scripting or other proprietary tools

• Design and build functional prototypes in collaboration with engineers and gameplay designers
• Implement and iterate on gameplay mechanics, core loops, and systemic features using visual scripting or other proprietary tools

• Do you see UI as more than menus and icons—as a core part of a game’s identity and experience
• Do you see UI as more than menus and icons — as the connective tissue between player intent and player experience?

• Lead, mentor, and grow a distributed team of network, cloud, and systems engineers, including hiring, performance management, career development, and succession planning.
• Own capacity planning for the team across all four demands on its time: on-call, project delivery, KTLO, and incident response. Make the trade-offs explicit, and say no clearly when the math does not work.

• Explore and implement new rendering technologies to elevate visual quality
• Optimize GPU performance to support smooth, high-fidelity gameplay

• Design, architect, and implement defensive security controls for Amazon AWS, Microsoft Windows and container orchestration systems like Kubernetes.
• Serve as the go-to resource on our public cloud environments, with a focus on Cloud IAM, Network Security, Network Policy, and orchestration technologies.

• Lead Technology engagement with selected 2K studios to Facilitate adoption of Technology shared services and platforms
• Advocate on behalf of studios for new features and capabilities

• Work in the backend architecture and services that support NBA 2K’s online features
• Design and optimize distributed systems to ensure scalability, reliability, and fault tolerance

2K Sports Lab
Who We Are

Founded in 2023, 2K Sports Lab is the newest stand alone studio at 2K looking to push game development boundaries to bring 2K's next groundbreaking sports franchise to life. We're building a world-class team at our new Vancouver, BC location where our goal is to deliver ...