Remote Senior Online Engineer

Summary

Join Wildlight Entertainment, a brand-new entertainment studio, as a Senior Online Engineer to build the systems and features of a modern multiplayer game. You will partner with our backend services team to write game client and dedicated server code, ensuring well-defined game loops, error handling, and efficient interactions with backend services.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in game development
• Excellent C++ programming and debugging skills
• Experience shipping and maintaining an online multiplayer title for console
• Experience writing game client and server code which interacts with a modern backend game services platform

Responsibilities

• Own the overall game loop for the game client and dedicated server, from launch through lobby, gameplay, and shutdown
• Integrate online features of each supported platform with our cross-platform backend services
• Ensure certification requirements related to online and multiplayer functionality for each platform are met
• Collaborate with backend services and game engineers to build the systems and APIs required to integrate game systems with backend services
• Ensure efficient use of backend service APIs, and gracefully handle any errors

Benefits

• Competitive industry standard base salaries
• Annual bonus
• Royalties
• Comprehensive healthcare, dental & vision coverage for you and your family
• Paid parental leave