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Nintendo is hiring. 35 roles open right now.

Scoutify monitors Nintendo's career page directly and notifies you within minutes when a new role goes live, hours before it hits LinkedIn or Indeed.

HQKyoto, Japan
Founded1889
Employees7,000+
Posted (30d)21

INTERVIEW PREP

20 interview questions for Nintendo

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[01] HIRING NOW

Live from their career page.

Numbers refresh daily. Every role tracked here was pulled straight from Nintendo's ATS, not an aggregator.

Open roles

35

Posted (30d)

21

+50% vs prior

Posted (7d)

6

Posted range

$117K – 211K

Base, from posted ranges

Most-hired roles · last 90 days

Engineer
2 roles
CONTRACT - Associate Engineer
2 roles
Program Manager
2 roles
Retail Marketing Manager
1 role
Project Specialist - Bilingual Japanese [Limited Term]
1 role

[02] HIRING PULSE

Nintendo's hiring pulse.

We re-scan Nintendo's career page every few minutes and keep the full posting history, so these counts come from the board itself, not an aggregator.

Rising6 postings this week vs a baseline of 2.7/week

Posted (7d)

6

Posted (30d)

20

Posted (90d)

35

Scanned every few minutes · newest tracked posting May 19, 2026

[03] COMPENSATION

What Nintendo pays.

Solid but rarely exceptional. Senior engineers might see $200K to $350K at successful enterprise companies.

Concrete perks mentioned in job postings

  • medical insurance
  • employee assistance program
  • paid sick leave
  • 401(k)
  • paid time off
  • potential for a semi-annual discretionary performance bonus

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[04] IN THEIR OWN WORDS

How Nintendo pitches itself.

“Nintendo.com home”

Visit the official Nintendo site to shop for Nintendo Switch™ systems and video games, read the latest news, find fun gear and gifts with a Nintendo twist, and much more.

Source: nintendo.com

[05] VISA SPONSORSHIP

U.S.-only hiring history.

Nintendo has no H-1B petition history we can find.

No H1B sponsorship history

Source: USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. Classifications: yes (5+ approvals), conditional (1-4), no (0).

[06] HIRING MOMENTUM

Nintendo is hiring harder than usual.

We've been watching Nintendo's career page for 12 months. Their last seven days of postings are well above their rolling 90-day baseline, typically the kind of jump that follows a funding round, a new product launch, or an internal hiring push.

Surge vs 90-day baseline

+121%🔥 hiring push

6 jobs in the last 7 days vs a baseline of 2.7 per week. Trend is rising.

Postings per month, last 12 months

Top surging categories

Product management+543%
Software engineering+221%

[07] WHERE THEY'RE HIRING

The cities Nintendo is hiring in.

Every active role mapped to its posted city. Use this to gauge whether Nintendois actually hiring where you live, or skewed somewhere you'd need to relocate.

Top cities by open roles

Redmond, Washington
28 roles
Burnaby, British Columbia, CA
2 roles
Austin, Texas
1 role
Grand Rapids, Michigan
1 role
McKinney, Texas
1 role
North Bend, Oregon
1 role
St. Louis, Missouri
1 role

Remote: 24 positions

[08] OFFICES

Where Nintendo works.

Nintendo office locations

© Mapbox © OpenStreetMap

We've mapped 8 Nintendo offices across 6 cities, including 331 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102, so you know where you'd report before you apply.

Also in: Redmond · New York · Redwood City · Glendale · North Bend

Office data © OpenStreetMap contributors

[10] KEY FACTS

Founded

1889

Employees

7.3K

2023

Listed on

NTO

Frankfurt Stock Exchange +3 more

Data: Wikidata (CC0) · Q8093

[11] IN THE NEWS

Nintendo in the headlines.

Recent press coverage, pulled from Google News. Worth a scan before an interview or a cold email: funding rounds, launches, and leadership changes are the fastest way to sound current.

When even Nintendo is killing games, you know things are bad

Polygon.com
2 months ago

These are the worst Nintendo games ever released

Nintendo Everything
2 months ago

Why Is Buying An Old Nintendo Wii So Much Cheaper Than A GameCube?

bgr.com
3 months ago

Nintendo to shut down ‘Mario Kart’ mobile game

nxsmediawire.com
3 months ago

Nintendo Shutting Down Mario Kart Tour iOS Game

MacRumors
3 months ago

Source: Google News. Last 12 months.

[12] ABOUT

What Nintendo does, and who fits.

Nintendo creates interactive entertainment through games and hardware.

Nintendo manufactures and markets hardware and software for its gaming systems, including the Nintendo Switch and 3DS. The company has sold billions of video games and hardware units globally, creating iconic franchises like Mario and Zelda.

Founded

1889

HQ

Kyoto

Founder

Fusajirō Yamauchi

Employees

7.3K

2023

Source: Wikidata · QID Q8093

[13] AT NINTENDO

The honest take.

Nintendo promotes a welcoming and inclusive work environment focused on kindness and respect.

WORK-LIFE

Work-life balance

Often better than startups or big tech. Enterprise companies tend to have more predictable schedules.

WHO THRIVES

Who thrives here

People who want meaningful work without startup chaos or big tech bureaucracy.

WATCH OUT

Things to watch

Some enterprise companies have slow-moving cultures and legacy codebases.

[14] SECURITY PROGRAM

Nintendo accepts vulnerability reports.

A public bug bounty signals that Nintendo treats outside security researchers as collaborators, not threats. Coordinated disclosure happens through the channel below.

[15] CAREER GROWTH

Where Nintendo takes you next.

Good learning environment for building production systems at scale.

[16] INTERVIEW PREP

Going through their loop?

We collect real questions reported by candidates plus likely questions inferred from Nintendo's open roles. Skim the process, prep the questions, save the timing for actually applying.

[17] HOW TO APPLY

Apply to Nintendo early.

Scoutify checks Nintendo's career page for new roles. When a company hires through Greenhouse, Workday or SmartRecruiters, Sniper can apply to its matching new jobs within minutes of posting; for any other site, you can get instant alerts when Nintendo posts and apply yourself.

[20] FAQ

Questions people ask about Nintendo.

Not covered here? Email support@scoutify.com.

Does Nintendo sponsor H1B visas?

Nintendo does not provide specific information regarding visa sponsorship for international candidates on its hiring page. However, many large companies in the gaming industry, including those in similar markets, often consider visa sponsorship for skilled positions, especially if you possess unique qualifications or skills that are in demand. If you are an international candidate interested in applying, it's advisable to inquire directly during the application process.

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