Jobs at 2K

• Create benchmark characters, creatures, and weapons from high-resolution sculpts through modeling, topology, UVs, bakes, texture painting, materials, and engine integration.
• Own complex character assignments, translating concepts and briefs into visually compelling, technically sound assets that support gameplay, animation, narrative, and project-wide art direction.

• 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.

Who We Are

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

• Own the day-to-day planning and operating rhythm for the Business Unit: recurring planning cycles, leadership meeting cadences, and cross-functional check-ins that keep the BU aligned and moving.
• Run leadership forums (steering committees, business reviews, leadership offsites) end to end – building agendas, preparing materials, and ensuring the right people and information are in the room – so the Sr. Director, Business Operations can stay focused on the highest-level initiatives and long-term strategy.

• Production Management & Delivery: Act as the production lead for multiple areas and crafts, taking accountability for the quality, upkeep, and timeliness of milestone deliveries from concept to completion.
• Schedule & Goal Creation: Ensure the development and upkeep of schedules, roadmaps, and dep...

• Define and evolve visual identities for 2K franchises and marketing campaigns across a portfolio of Core titles.
• Partner with Creative Strategists to translate brand positioning into compelling visual directions, creative territories, and franchise identities.

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

• Review documentation from design teams to confirm that proposed features have appropriate feedback called out that fits within the vision of the UI.
• Facilitate implementation by providing the UI team with design documentation and reference material as needed.

• Own and lead the development of narrative systems for the game, including runtime technology, authoring workflows, tool integrations, and long-term technical direction.
• Architect, develop, and maintain cinematic and narrative systems in Unreal Engine 5 that support high-quality story moments, scripted events, branching content, and interactive presentation.

• Leverage a deep understanding of how our titles’ game features & mechanics work and our business priorities to deliver actionable, business-impacting insights
• Support business narratives and develop business cases with effective data storytelling. Focus on using data and hypothesis-driven decision-making to drive future growth and customer lifetime value

• 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

• AI Strategy & Execution: Own the strategic roadmap and oversee the architectural delivery of our developer portal, utilizing AI and LLM-backed agentic workflows to automate complex environment bootstrapping, context-aware troubleshooting, and intent-driven infrastructure provisioning.
• Technical Leadership: Accountable for driving the technical strategic roadmap within Platform ...

• Collaborate closely with gameplay engineers / designers to identify and develop new gameplay features
• Feature owner of key animation-driven gameplay mechanics, including complex locomotion, physical duels, and intricate foot-to-object interactions

• Infrastructure Optimization: Maintain, monitor, and optimize Perforce Helix Core infrastructure to ensure high availability, peak performance, and enterprise-grade security.
• System Administration: Oversee complex server configurations, triggers, permissions, and multi-tool integrations to support global development workflows.

2K Sports LabWho 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 an...

• 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