Senior Network Engineer

Summary

Join The Molasses Flood as a Senior/Principle Network Engineer and play a key role in developing the online server infrastructure for their next major title. You will collaborate with programmers and designers to optimize game features for the best player experience. Responsibilities include implementing new network features, guiding network programming patterns, maintaining servers, and optimizing server usage. Extensive experience in networked multiplayer game development using Unreal Engine and strong C++ skills are required. The position offers a competitive salary, benefits, and a hybrid work model (or remote option). The company values a positive and collaborative work environment.

Requirements

• Extensive networked in-engine, realtime, multiplayer experience, with a proven track record of shipping networked multiplayer games utilizing the Unreal Engine
• Excellent C++ skills, and familiarity with game scripting languages like Blueprint
• Familiarity with various potential scripting languages used in server orchestration and usage, like Lua, Python, etc
• Experience in a cross-disciplinary development environment
• Strong grasp of game networking concepts and trade offs required for cooperative multiplayer games
• Self-motivated, strong work ethic, and able to work independently
• Curiosity, kindness, and a positive and professional can-do attitude
• Candidates must have a US or Canadian work permit or citizenship

Responsibilities

• Work with gameplay programmers and designers to help ensure that all game features are functional and optimized for the best player experience on clients and servers
• Proactively identify, implement, and support new network features in the game and engine, such as replication systems, client and server replays, and novel features to be shared across projects
• Help guide and establish network programming patterns for other developers to follow
• Maintain and support listen and dedicated servers on multiple platforms, including Linux and Windows
• Optimize dedicated and listen server usage for bandwidth, latency and overall network usage as well as ensuring optimal cpu and memory usage
• Work closely with infrastructure teams across The Molasses Flood and CD Projekt Red to drive the implementation and feedback for matchmaking, server orchestration, containerization, and session scalability

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with interfacing with various cloud providers, and other online infrastructure systems including Docker containerization
• Commercial experience shipping games on multiple platforms
• Knowledge of Linux development and potential Linux specific optimizations

Benefits

• 100% company paid medical, dental, and vision plans available - for employees and dependents
• 401K with matching
• Company paid long & short term disability plans, and life insurance
• Profit sharing plan
• Unlimited PTO and flexible schedule
• Environmental company paid offset of employees’ carbon footprint via Wren.co
• Positions worked in office are hybrid: M/W/F work from home & T/Th work in office, with lunch provided on the in office days
• Dog friendly office
• Many opportunities for advancement as our team grows and takes on new challenges