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Senior Server Engineer

SENIOR SERVER ENGINEER

Cat Daddy Games is looking for a Senior Server Engineer to join our team in Kirkland, WA. As a Senior Server Engineer, you will join a team of engineers responsible for building the back-end of our mobile game titles.

Responsibilities:

• Develop code that fulfills the functional requirements of the project, including support for matchmaking, downloadable content, lobbies, and server-side persistence
• Analyze architectural design, code, and overall back-end processes and formulate solutions for improvement.
• Provide input on product schedules, including work estimates
• Identify and communicate technical risks to the team
• Design, implement and maintain tools for game administration
• Research coding techniques and algorithms in order to keep current on technological developments and advancements in the game industry.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to other engineers

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of programming experience on commercial software projects, including mobile application development.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, related discipline, or relevant work experience.
• Expertise with C#, and to a lesser degree C++, programming languages along with a strong familiarity with OO design principles.
• Experience with cloud computing services, such as distributed computing, micro-services, and SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Experience with Amazon EC2 or Windows Azure cloud services.
• Experience working on multi-platform software projects.
• Familiarity with TCP/IP, UDP, and in-depth knowledge of game networking models.
• Commitment to code quality, documentation, and sound testing procedures.
• Ability to learn and master new technologies and code.
• Ability to work independently and efficiently under deadlines.
• Experience working on any of the following is a plus: Orleans framework, Ignite distributed memory grid, Couchbase NoSQL Database, gRPC, Consul, Etcd, Elastic Stack, InfluxDB/Grafana, SaltStack, Terraform, Telegraf, Prometheus.

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