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What they do

HoYoverse makes and publishes games that build immersive virtual worlds. Its games include Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, Honkai Impact 3rd, Tears of Themis, and Zenless Zone Zero. It also makes other entertainment content. It has offices in Singapore, Montreal, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Seoul, and other places. Its upcoming flagship game is called Varsapura.

What they value

• Community: fans are at the heart of the work. HoYoverse wants a global community that is open to all and where people share their love of ACG (animation, comics, and games).
• Imagination and technology: HoYoverse explores new game technology, such as cel shading (a drawn, cartoon look) and cloud gaming.

Where they hire

Singapore has the most roles, 9 of 22. Others are in Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Mountain View. Four roles are remote: a business development role, an audio designer, a reinforcement learning (RL) engineer, and a Traditional Chinese localization role. No posting mentions visa sponsorship. The Tokyo roles are written in Japanese.

Teams and roles

Marketing, community, and business development has half the roles, 11 of 22. Programming and technology has 5, and business operations has 4.

• Singapore: player support specialists, game operations, a marketing specialist for Southeast Asia, a brand partnerships manager, and a procurement specialist for GPU systems and data centers.
• Test development in Singapore: engineers test payments and platform services, and build tools for AI agents that run the tests.
• Los Angeles: a senior engine programmer for a cloud rendering pipeline, an RL infrastructure engineer for Varsapura, a narrative audio designer, and user researchers.
• Mountain View: a research intern works on video generation models.
• Tokyo: marketing, partnerships, Japanese text editing, and publishing internships for the Japanese market.

US roles give pay ranges, such as $180,000 to $300,000 for the senior engine programmer.

What they look for

Many roles ask for a passion for games, and several ask you to know HoYoverse's own games. Most Singapore roles ask for English, and many also want Mandarin, to work with Chinese-speaking development teams. Some Tokyo roles ask for native Japanese.

Senior engineering roles ask for eight or more years of experience. The engine programmer role asks for excellent C++ and modern rendering. The RL role asks for Python, C++, and reinforcement learning. Test development roles ask for a degree, Python, Java, or Go, and databases such as MySQL. They also ask you to use AI agents and LLMs in testing. Marketing and partnership roles ask for three to five years of experience.