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Senior Software Engineer - Game Integration

Job Summary:

Do you want to work in a small team with a lot of responsibilities, with the feeling that your work has an impact? Do you want to use your creativity to figure out solutions that balance user needs and maintenance costs? Do you believe that every task needs the proper tool and are willing to become an expert in C++ and C#? Are you able to shift paradigm between low memory footprint code running on a single user device and understand how this integrates with code handling hundreds of thousands of requests distributed in parallel on the cloud? You are in the right place!

We have an SDK which is embedded into many of our games. The SDK can be used for a variety of events within the game, including Membership registration & login, game telemetry and some more advanced features (game configuration, reward entitlements, etc.), we need to continue to support the integration in live titles, refine the codebase, and continue to integrate the SDK into future games.

Duties include:

• Analyse feature requirements.
• Design and implement solutions that meet requirements in terms of functionality and performance.
• Write quality algorithms and code in C++ and C#.
• Investigate and fix client and server bugs efficiently.
• Develop cross platform solutions (consoles, PC, mobile devices).
• Ability to implement optimal solutions in term of material resources management, especially in networking.
• Coach junior programmers and support their development in the team.
• Participate and contribute proactively to the team spirit and projects in general.

This position requires a driven and talented person that can help the team progress.

Requirements

Key Deliverables:

Developing and maintaining the SDK

Integrating the SDK with the API

Liaising with client studios to understand their requirements, and implement the SDK within their games

Ensuring the game engine plugins remain up to date

Working with counterpart teams in Japan

Conducting open and regular communication with other stakeholders regarding the status of their projects.

Maintain a learning culture within the team

To always represent the team professionally – both internally and externally

Key Stakeholders:

Senior Director Digital Channels,
Senior Director - IT Service & Operations Strategy,
Director - Technical Architecture

Knowledge & Experience:

Essential:

• Experience in video game development.
• Experience with TCP/IP, sockets, Web Services
• Experience with QA concepts such as unit and regression tests

Desirable:

• Good knowledge of the Xbox live services and PSN (End-user, API and TCR)
• Experience with databases (SQL and NoSQL

Competencies, Skills & Attributes:

Essential:

• Excellent C++ & C# skills
• Strong OOD skills
• Experience with security mechanisms such as: encryption, authentication, secured sockets and anti-cheat
• An approach oriented on Client Satisfaction (Production Teams)
• Capacity to organize your own work
• A desire to push back the boundaries of video game technology is required
• Be a good communicator

Desirable:

• Cross platform development

• Java experience

Other:

• Interest in technology
• Ambition to drive self-development
• Excellent attention to detail
• Follower of industry trends and developments

Our goal at Square Enix is to hire, retain, develop and promote the best talent, regardless of age, gender, race, religious, belief, sexual orientation or physical ability.

Our pledge to D&I

At Square Enix we believe in the importance of being a diverse and global company, and we stand firmly together against any forms of injustice, intolerance, harassment or discrimination. In our effort to create a truly diverse workforce, we pledge to continue to raise awareness in every step of the employee experience, from recruitment to promotions to ensure equal opportunities for all. One of our goals is to champion diversity in games and at work and work together to inspire real change.

Learning and education around D&I will be a key element for us to continue to grow as an organization. With unconscious bias training, D&I workshops and a variety of initiatives to give our employees the opportunity to be heard and be part of that change to achieve real equality. We need all our efforts to continue to build our culture of inclusion and equality.

We are also proud to partner with UKIE's Raise the Game pledge, BAME in Games and Women in Games, to name a few.

Hybrid Working Policy

Square Enix is pleased to be an employer that offers flexibility within the workplace.

We have a hybrid working policy which allows employees to work from the comfort of their home, three days per week, and in our amazing Blackfriars office for the other two.

Or, if being in the Office is your preference, you can choose three days working from our office and two days working from home. The choice is yours!