Lead Games Platform Engineer - Digital Gaming

CREATIVITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER. It’s our heritage and it’s also our future. Because we don’t just make toys. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire fans, entertain audiences and develop children through play. Mattel is at its best when every member of our team feels respected, included, and heard—when everyone can show up as themselves and do their best work every day. We value and share an infinite range of ideas and voices that evolve and broaden our perspectives with a reach that extends into all our brands, partners, and suppliers.

The Team:

Mattel Game Studios’ mission is to harness the power of Mattel’s iconic brands and IP to create a wide variety of engaging digital games. Guided by industry leaders with decades of experience, our team builds innovative, high-quality experiences that bring beloved brands to life across platforms, including mobile, console, and PC. If you are passionate about gaming, love empowering developers through tools and technology, and want to help shape the foundation of our game experiences, this is the opportunity for you!

The Opportunity: 

We are seeking a Games Platform Engineer to design, develop, and maintain cross-platform software development kits and services that empower internal and external game teams building with Unity and Unreal Engine. This role bridges the gap between Mattel’s platform technologies and external studio partner production pipelines, ensuring that integration is seamless, performant, and scalable. As the Games Platform Engineer, you will build foundational systems, improve developer workflows, and collaborate closely with engineers, TPMs, producers, and QA across multiple studios to deliver robust, developer-friendly tools that accelerate the creation of world-class games. You will participate in the long-term road-mapping of Mattel Game Studios’ publishing platform, helping rollout new features and capabilities in support of our growing product slate.

What Your Impact Will Be: 

Design and develop and package enabling technology for Unity and Unreal Engine that provide access to Mattel’s platform features—such as analytics, authentication, live operations, consent flow, crash reporting, and backend systems.

• Collaborate with platform and game teams to define integration requirements and ensure the Games Platform meets the needs of multiple active projects.
• Integrate Google Cloud services—including Firebase, Cloud Storage, and BigQuery—into platform architecture to support backend connectivity, analytics, and data pipelines.
• Ensure cross-engine consistency, delivering equivalent functionality, APIs, and documentation for both Unity (C#) and Unreal (C++).
• Implement build automation and CI/CD pipelines for SDK packaging, testing, and distribution to external development partners.
• Optimize platform performance and reliability, including memory usage, thread safety, security, and network efficiency.
• Provide technical support and guidance to internal and external studios integrating the platform solutions, triaging issues with third-party technology vendors as needed.
• Maintain developer documentation and samples, ensuring easy adoption and clarity for partner engineers.
• Proactively identify improvements to architecture, tooling, and developer experience. Continually research alternative solutions for future consideration.

What We’re Looking For: 

• BA/BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience developing tools, SDKs, or engine extensions in a professional game development environment.
• Strong proficiency in Unity (C#) and Unreal Engine (C++), with a deep understanding of both engines’ plugin and API systems.
• Proven track record building cross-platform libraries or services that interface with multiple game clients.
• Experience integrating Google Cloud Platform, including Firebase Authentication, Firestore, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, and related APIs.
• Familiarity with networking, telemetry, and analytics systems commonly used in game development.
• Experience with version control (Git), CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins), and package distribution systems.
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills, with the ability to work across technical and non-technical teams.
• Prior experience working on mobile games and games technologies at a game studio or publisher environment.
• Knowledge of LiveOps, A/B testing, and player data frameworks.
• Familiarity with Heroic Labs’ Satori & Nakama, PlayFab, AWS GameLift, or other backend systems alongside GCP solutions.
• Experience supporting multiple concurrent projects across distributed teams.
• Strong documentation and mentoring skills, with an emphasis on clarity and developer experience.

*The pay range is indicative of projected hiring range, however base pay will be determined based on a candidate’s work location, skills and experience. Mattel offers competitive total pay programs, comprehensive benefits, and resources to help empower a culture where every employee can reach their full potential. 

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Mattel, we are dedicated to an inclusive workplace and a culture of belonging. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Join Mattel's Talent Community and start receiving exciting updates about our company, our employees, and our culture. Also, interested in signing up for job alerts? Do so here!

How We Work:
We are a purpose driven company aiming to empower generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential. We live up to our purpose employing the following behaviors:

• We collaborate: Being a part of Mattel means being part of one team with shared values and common goals. Every person counts and working closely together always brings better results. Partnership is our process and our collective capabilities is our superpower.
• We innovate: At Mattel we always aim to find new and better ways to create innovative products and experiences. No matter where you work in the organization, you can always make a difference and have real impact. We welcome new ideas and value new initiatives that challenge conventional thinking.
• We execute: We are a performance-driven company. We strive for excellence and are focused on pursuing best-in-class outcomes. We believe in accountability and ownership and know that our people are at their best when they are empowered to create and deliver results.

Our Approach to Flexible Work:
We embrace a flexible work model designed to empower a culture of growth, optimism, and wellbeing, where every employee can reach their full potential. Combining purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility, our focus is to optimize performance and drive connection for moments that matter.

Who We Are:
Mattel is a leading global toy and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world. We engage consumers and fans through our franchise brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, Thomas & Friends, UNO, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox, Monster High, MEGA and Polly Pocket, as well as other popular properties that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies. Our offerings include toys, content, consumer products, digital and live experiences. Our products are sold in collaboration with the world’s leading retail and ecommerce companies. Since its founding in 1945, Mattel is proud to be a trusted partner in empowering generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.

Mattel’s award-winning workplace culture has been recognized by Forbes, Fast Company, Newsweek, Great Place to Work, TIME, and more.

Visit us at https://jobs.mattel.com/ and www.instagram.com/MattelCareers.

Mattel is an Equal Opportunity Employer where we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day. We welcome all job seekers, and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran and protected veteran status, disability status, and or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment.

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