Unchained Entertainment is looking for a senior server engineer to help define and build our game server architecture. This position will go deeper than just gameplay, to make sure we’re balancing our loads, maximizing our thread usage, and minimizing our bandwidth usage.

Requirements

• Expert fluency in C# or Java, preferably C#
• Expert data structures and algorithm skills
• Prior game development experience
• Experience with network and client/server programming
• Understanding of dynamic distributed systems
• Mastery of threading and concurrency
• Broad general understanding of game systems such as combat, physics, and pathfinding
• Experience with databases

Additional information

Big Advantages

• Experience creating monitoring and fault-recovery tools
• Experience developing for AWS or similar cloud hosting
• Experience with GPGPU programming
• Willingness to mentor other engineers

Little Pluses

• Experience with MongoDB or other document-oriented data stores
• Degree in computer science or a related field
• Experience with functional programming (LISP, OCaml, Haskell, etc.)

Note: Unchained Entertainment is hiring for a broad range of positions on a growing team. We have definite skill and task needs, but the eventual division of tasks within the team will depend on the eventual team members. If you’re an outstanding and talented individual whose qualifications fall halfway between two of our listings, we’d still like to hear from you. All candidates must have excellent written and verbal communication skills. We are an emphatically equal-opportunity employer.

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