Nequinox Studios are looking for a Senior Network Programmer to work on an unannounced AAA title alongside some of the gaming industry's most established names.
Our new Senior Network Programmer will join a fast-growing, dynamic games studio to work on cutting edge technology and exciting new games for PS4 & PS5, XboxOne, Switch and PC. Working with the Lead, you will take ownership and responsibility for delivering networking systems and related gameplay features, work with the wider team on planning and delivery and share a passion for games. Although we pride ourselves on our technical excellence, we are a creative bunch, actively generating ideas and bringing our collective skills, experiences and storytelling to our innovative creative process.
You will be familiar with existing online service providers (Playfab, Thunderhead, Azure, AOS) and be excited to provide mentoring and support to the rest of your team . As a Senior Network Programmer you will have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science , a related Technical Degree or equivalent , have significant experience making video games and be confident with the following:
- Full network stack experience and understanding
- Sockets, Web Sockets
- Matchmaking - Using existing systems or building new ones
- Http(s) / REST API
- Compression
- Integration with game UI & Networking TRC's
- Security, anti-cheat and encryption strategies, SSL, Bcrypt, AES - CCM encryption (and others)
- Profanity filtering, age restriction
- Familiar with bandwidth optimisation, dead-reckoning, trouble shooting poor networking conditions
- Familiar with authentication systems
- Online presence, rich-presence, achievements, leader boards, party, sessions, invite systems
- Peer-to-peer networking, client-server networking
- Session invitations
- Parties/friends/groups/guilds/clans
As an advantage:
- Analysing a project and create network play strategy
- CloudScript
- Unreal Engine
- Console experience
- Porting experience
Salary - Negotiable, dependent on experience.
Full remote working is available during COVID, with a blend of working from home and in-studio expected post-COVID.
Nequinox is a family studio. We're focused on building great games and a strong work/life balance for our people and their families. We're passionate about diversity too which is why we're part of the #RaiseTheGame diversity pledge.
Some of our benefits include;
- Flexible working hours
- Flexible lunch hours
- Discretionary bonuses
- Christmas closing
- State-of-the-art office equipment
- Regular team lunches and socials (COVID allowing)
- Work/Life Balance
- Family studio
- No crunch