Senior Platform Engineer I - SDK & Game Integration

Summary

Join Second Dinner, an award-winning game development studio, as a Platform Services Engineer and contribute to the development of their popular game, MARVEL SNAP. You will be responsible for designing and implementing integrations between platform services and game clients and servers, developing SDKs and tooling for game teams, and ensuring smooth interactions with authentication, accounts, payments, and other essential services. This role requires experience with game engines, .NET/C# or C++, SDK integration, and a strong focus on performance optimization and user experience. You will collaborate with game teams to understand their needs and ensure platform services meet their requirements. Second Dinner offers a remote-first work environment, competitive compensation, and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) contributions, paid parental leave, home office improvement bonus, paid vacation and sick time, and company events.

Requirements

• Experience working with game engines such as Unity, Unreal, or Godot
• Deep expertise with .NET/C# or C++
• Experience building and integrating SDKs and libraries on multiple platforms for games
• Demonstrated success designing and implementing elegant integration of external systems into games
• Strong focus on performance optimization and exceptional user experience
• Excellent communication skills for working effectively with both platform and game teams
• Problem-solving ability to create elegant solutions for complex integration challenges
• Effective communication skills to articulate technical concepts and collaborate with cross-functional teams
• A proactive and collaborative mindset to contribute to team success

Responsibilities

• Partner with game teams to design and implement clean, efficient integrations between platform services and game clients and servers
• Develop elegant and developer-friendly SDKs and tooling that game teams can easily adopt
• Collaborate with game teams to understand their needs and ensure platform services meet their requirements
• Create integration patterns that optimize for performance, reliability, and developer experience
• Document integration approaches and provide support to game development teams
• Test and validate platform service implementations within game environments
• Work with platform teams to improve APIs and services based on game integration feedback
• Ensure consistent functionality across different game engines and platforms

Preferred Qualifications

• Major contributions to shipped games on mobile, PC, or console platforms
• Familiarity with platform-specific requirements (App Store, Google Play, Steam, console platforms)
• Understanding of authentication, payment processing, and other platform service domains
• Experience with RESTful APIs and other integration patterns
• Knowledge of game networking principles and online service architecture
• Experience with live service games and their unique integration challenges

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans with Second Dinner paying 100% of premiums for employees and 75% for dependents for many plans
• 401(k) contribution with no waiting period
• 16 weeks paid parental leave with no waiting period
• Home office improvement bonus
• Paid Vacation & Sick time
• Up to 10 BetterHelp sessions covered each benefits plan year
• Company Winter Holiday shutdown (Dec 25-Jan 1)
• Company Summer Holiday shutdown (week of July 4)
• Company Events - In-person Summer all-hands gathering, in-person holiday party, and virtual events throughout the year