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Lead Online Programmer
1 year ago
Start: Immediate
Duration: Full Time
Location: Liverpool or Remote (UK)
We’re hiring for a Lead Online Programmer to join our growing team. Reporting into the Technical Director you will be responsible for mentoring, leading and supporting a team of Network programmers. This position can be based out of our offices in Liverpool or remote anywhere in the UK.
Responsibilities:
- Manage, mentor and nurture a team of experienced network programmers
- Design & build or research & integrate game engine networking features
- Working closely with our production team to identify and alleviate any risks
- Ensure systems and services are stable, performant, safe, and secure
- Work with other game disciplines to develop robust network/multiplayer features.
Required Experience:
- Excellent C/C++ knowledge.
- Low level network principles: Sockets, NAT, UDP, TCP/IP
- Higher level networking systems experience such as matchmaking, server hosting & game network services (Steam, PSN, XBox Live)
- Ability to develop/design reusable systems
- Shipped at least 2 titles
Nice to have:
- Knowledge of Cloud providers
- Experience working with custom web infrastructure
- Experience or knowledge of Docker
- Web development and deployment
Important
For this position we will need to see a demonstration of your talents, please send your CV to jobs@lucidgames.co.uk and include links to any released games, demos or projects that you’d like to show us.
Lucid Games is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees
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