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Senior Software Engineer, Server - Unannounced Games Team

Blizzard Entertainment
Irvine California 92618 United States of America
2 years ago
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Team Name:

Unannounced Project

Job Title:

Senior Software Engineer, Server - Unannounced Games Team

Requisition ID:

R007587

Job Description:

Our team is looking for someone passionate about building the best technology to connect players of a new Warcraft mobile game. As a member of a small team, our server engineer will have plenty of opportunity to contribute to the overall game design and technical vision.

Responsibilities:

- Help build and maintain a robust client-server network topology

- Build server infrastructure that scales efficiently as needed

- Help establish and meet network performance and reliability goals

- Coordinate with shared online teams to leverage their frameworks & infrastructure

- Contribute to deployment pipeline technology to minimize downtime

Requirements:

- At least 5 years of professional server programming

- Mastery of TCP & UDP communication

- Knowledge of websockets

- Fluent in C#

- Effective communication skills with developers of all technical skill level

- Demonstrated ability to successfully debug and troubleshoot issues on live services

- Bachelor’s degree in CS or equivalent

Plusses:

- Experience with Unity

- Experience with Apache Kafka

- Experience with live ops, dev ops, and metrics and observability.

- Experience with gameplay development

- Familiarity with git, perforce, or subversion

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