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Server Gameplay Software Engineer

Server Gameplay Engineer

We are looking for a talented Server Gameplay Engineer to join an experienced team of developers working on an exciting new mobile game. This is an opportunity for you to join a team of veterans and collaborate with Unity developers, technical artists, and game designers to craft the vision and execution of a compelling, creative, and immersive experience.

What you’ll be doing

• Developing backend online services and features that are reliable and scale to be used by millions of players
• Lead technical direction with a data driven mindset
• Optimize code & memory for high performance and low latency
• Scope out tasks and systems, looking for future improvements
• Help establish best practices for game system implementation
• Write technical designs based on gathered requirements
• Follow and drive high standards around development, code reviews, and testing
• Work in a distributed team environment with engineers, designers, and producers

Your background and who you are

• BS in Computer Science (or a related major) or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of professional experience and 2+ of those years in gaming or related role
• Familiarity with databases (e.g. MySQL), web servers (e.g. Apache)
• Knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e.g. Typescript) and frameworks (e.g. Node.js)
• Professional development experience with cloud technologies such as Google Cloud, or similar services
• Experience building game backend services at large scale

Great to have

• Experience on one or more successfully-published game titles
• Experience with microservice architectures
• Experience with Spanner
• Experience with Unity and C#
• Experience with gRPC and Protobufs
• Avid gamer with a passion for creating top-quality games
• 4x and strategy genre experience