How to find Game Developers with Boolean search strings

Generic search string to find Game Developers

Build Boolean strings for game developers according to your needs:

• -job -jobs -sample -examples, to avoid irrelevant results
• (Developer OR engineer), to cover variations of the same job title
• (intitle:resume OR intitle:cv), to discover candidates’ online resumes or CVs

Here’s an example of a generic search string that you can further modify to find resumes:

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) (“game developer” OR “game programmer”) -job -jobs -sample -examples

When running this command in Google, you’ll get results that include the words “resume” or “CV” in the page title. Excluding more terms reduces false positives.

Searching for Game Developer profiles

Search for Game Developers on specific sites through Google by including the site: operator and terms found exclusively on member profiles. For example:

• site:github.com “game developer” “joined on”
• site:stackoverflow.com/users/ “badges” “game developer”

Add more criteria in your Boolean search string for game developers to find profiles that better match your requirements.

When sourcing EU candidates, please refer to guidance on using social media for recruiting and collecting candidate information as per the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR.

Sample string to search for resumes of Game Developers in various formats:

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) (filetype:pdf OR filetype:doc OR filetype:txt) “game developer” -job -jobs -sample -templates

Examples of Boolean search strings to find Developers with varying specialities

Find Game Developers who:

Can code in various programming languages

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) (“game developer” OR “game programmer”) Java HTML5 -job -jobs -sample -examples

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) (“game developer” OR “game programmer”) (C# OR C++) -job -jobs -sample -examples

Are familiar with specific game consoles

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) (“game developer” OR “game programmer”) (Xbox OR Sony)-job -jobs -sample -examples

Have developed games for mobile (Android or iOS)

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) (“game developer” OR “game programmer”) (Android OR iOS) -job -jobs -sample -examples

Have experience with certain game engines

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) (“game developer” OR “game programmer”) (Unity3D OR Unreal) -job -jobs -sample -examples

Are familiar with animation

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) (“game developer” OR “game programmer”) “3D animation” -job -jobs -sample -examples

Examples of Boolean search strings to find Game Developers by location

By state or city:

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) “game developer” (Oregon OR OR) -job -jobs -sample -examples

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) “game developer” Miami (Florida OR FL) -job -jobs -sample -examples

By area code:

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) “game developer” (Massachusetts OR MA) (857 OR 617) -job -jobs -sample -examples

Find area codes here.

Within range of zip codes:

(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) “game developer” (Massachusetts OR MA) 02108..02495 -job -jobs -sample -examples

Find the appropriate zip code ranges here and here.