Activision 2027 Summer Internshps - Game Engineering (Vancouver)

Activision Blizzard
Vancouver
Workplace: OnsiteInternshipCAD 38,745 - 81,990 annuallyFunction: Healthcare (Clinical, Medical, Wellness)Skills: ["Learning agility","Problem-solving","Team collaboration","Communication","Time management"]

Join a 12-week, in-person Gameplay Engineering internship where you’ll be embedded with the core engine and gameplay team. Write production C++ code, debug complex systems, and optimize gameplay mechanics across PC and console. Profile and improve performance and stability, investigate crashes and multithreading or memory issues, and collaborate with designers and animators on gameplay features and framework parameters.

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Activision 2027 Summer Internshps - Game Engineering (Vancouver)

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Job Summary

Join a 12-week, in-person Gameplay Engineering internship where you’ll be embedded with the core engine and gameplay team. Write production C++ code, debug complex systems, and optimize gameplay mechanics across PC and console. Profile and improve performance and stability, investigate crashes and multithreading or memory issues, and collaborate with designers and animators on gameplay features and framework parameters.
Location: Vancouver
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Internship · 3 months
Job Function: Healthcare (Clinical, Medical, Wellness)
Seniority: Intern level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Write clean, efficient C++ production code to implement core, player-facing gameplay features.
  • •Debug complex systems, troubleshoot crashes, multithreading issues, and memory leaks in a large-scale codebase.
  • •Profile and optimize game code to maintain high framerate stability and low latency.
  • •Collaborate with designers and animators to expose low-level framework parameters and gameplay controls.
  • •Participate in code reviews with senior engineers and maintain architectural integrity across the development team.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: CAD 38,745 - 81,990 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionLife InsuranceRrspPaid HolidaysPaid LeavePaid SickParental LeaveGym MembershipRelocation

Key Requirements

  • •Currently enrolled in a post-secondary or graduate program and graduating December 2027–June 2028.
  • •Available for a 12-week internship starting mid-May 2027.
  • •Currently residing in Canada or open to relocating to Canada.
  • •Strong fluency in C++ with computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, memory management, multithreading).
  • •Demonstrated knowledge of 3D mathematics and low-level engine systems, plus familiarity with multiplayer concepts such as client-side prediction and interpolation.
Experience:Game development
Skills:Learning agilityProblem-solvingTeam collaborationCommunicationTime management
Tech Stack:C++Linear algebraMultithreadingMemory management3D transformations

Company Brief

Activision Blizzard
Develops and publishes interactive entertainment content, including video games and connected gaming experiences across console, PC, and mobile platforms. The company is known for major franchises such as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Candy Crush, and Diablo.
Industry: Gaming
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Santa Monica, United States
Founded: 2008
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