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Game Jobs in Santa Monica

Every open Santa Monica game industry role in the games industry, pulled straight from studios' own career pages and refreshed every hour. Salary shown when the studio publishes it, ghost-job listings flagged, and you apply on the studio's own site. No ads, no recruiters in the middle.

Santa Monica has 39 open game industry roles right now across 5 studios, led by Design, Engineering, Production, Art. Studios hiring in Santa Monica: Activision, Naughty Dog, Absurd Ventures, Sony Interactive, PlayQ. Every listing is pulled straight from the studio's own careers page and refreshed hourly — you apply on their site, not ours.

Right now, hiring skews Mid (41% of open Santa Monica game industry roles), Activision (HQ) has the most live openings (17), 64% publish a salary range, 13% were posted in the last week.

39 open roles 4 studios synced hourly · updated 2026-09-18

Open Santa Monica game industry roles right now

Senior Communications Producer
Naughty Dog · United States
HybridSenior1 day ago
Coordinator, Global Partnerships & Premier Experiences
Activision (HQ) · Santa Monica
Mid15 days ago
Product Manager, Direct to Consumer
Activision (HQ) · Santa Monica
Mid$114K–$211K2 days ago
Senior Environment Lighting Artist (Contingent)
Naughty Dog · United States
HybridSenior4 days ago
Character Art Lead
Absurd Ventures · Santa Monica
Lead$150K–$185K7 days ago
Senior Analyst, Studio Strategy and Operations
Activision (HQ) · Santa Monica
Senior$95K–$175K8 days ago
Software Engineer, Cinematic Tools
Absurd Ventures · Santa Monica
Mid$130K–$155K8 days ago
Activision 2027 Summer Internships - Analytics Engineering
Activision (HQ) · Santa Monica
Mid9 days ago
Activision 2027 Summer Internships - MBA
Activision (HQ) · Santa Monica
Mid10 days ago
Activision 2027 Summer Internships - Game Economy
Activision (HQ) · Santa Monica
Mid10 days ago
Activision 2027 Summer Internships - IT Desktop Support
Activision (HQ) · Santa Monica
Mid10 days ago
Associate Art Director
Activision (HQ) · Santa Monica
Director+$127K–$235K11 days ago
Principal Animation Engineer - Central Tech
Activision (HQ) · Santa Monica
Lead$171K–$317K18 days ago
Senior Manager, Emergency Management & Resilience
Activision (HQ) · Santa Monica
Senior$107K–$199K18 days ago
Lead Technical Program Manager - Activision
Activision (HQ) · Santa Monica
Lead$114K–$211K19 days ago
Social Media Manager
Activision (HQ) · Santa Monica
Mid29 days ago
Research Data Analyst
Naughty Dog · United States
HybridMid36 days ago
Senior Analyst, Strategy
Activision (HQ) · Santa Monica
Senior$95K–$175K38 days ago
Senior Financial Analyst - Studio Finance
Activision (HQ) · Santa Monica
Senior$74K–$137K40 days ago
Sr. Manager, Activision Labor Relations
Activision (HQ) · Santa Monica
Senior$105K–$194K143 days ago
Principal Gameplay Animator
Absurd Ventures · Santa Monica
Lead$150K–$175K46 days ago
Lead Open World Designer
Absurd Ventures · Santa Monica
Lead$150K–$175K49 days ago
Senior Game Designer (Combat)
Naughty Dog · United States
OnsiteSenior$145K–$181K64 days ago
Game Designer, Level (Contingent)
Naughty Dog · United States
HybridMid64 days ago
Game Designer, Technical (Contingent)
Naughty Dog · United States
HybridMid64 days ago

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The Santa Monica game industry market right now

Computed from the 39 live roles on this page, refreshed hourly.

Seniority mix

Entry1 · 3%
Mid16 · 41%
Senior9 · 23%
Lead12 · 31%
Director+1 · 3%

Where the roles are

  • Santa Monica, California, United States of America 17
  • United States, Santa Monica, CA 12
  • Santa Monica 8
  • Santa Monica, CA 2

Tools & engines asked for

  • Unreal 10
  • C++ 7
  • C# 7
  • Python 6
  • Lua 6
  • Maya 5
  • UX Research 5
  • Outsourcing 4

Pay & freshness

25 of these roles publish a range (64%). Median advertised band: $133K–$181K.

5 posted in the last 7 days; the median role here has been live 45 days.

0% of the roles that state a work model are fully remote — this is a mostly on-site corner of the industry.

How DevQuest keeps this list honest

Game-dev hiring is full of stale and "ghost" postings. DevQuest shows how long each role has been live and flags listings that keep getting re-posted, so you don't waste an afternoon applying into the void. We show real salary only when the studio publishes it, never an invented "competitive" range, and we link you straight to the studio's own application page. No recruiters, no ads, and we never sell your data.

Don't see your fit yet?

5 new Santa Monica game industry roles landed in the last seven days, most recently across studios like Activision (HQ), Naughty Dog, Absurd Ventures. Filter the full board by seniority, region, studio, and tech stack (search a skill like C++ or Unreal), or set a free weekly email alert and let the new ones come to you.

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How often are Santa Monica game industry roles updated?

Every hour. We pull Santa Monica game industry openings straight from studios' own career pages, so this list reflects what's live right now — currently 39 roles across 4 studios.

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How does DevQuest handle stale or ghost jobs?

We show how long each role has been live, flag listings that keep getting re-posted, and drop links that go dead — so you don't waste time applying into the void.

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