Description As a Senior Online Programmer, you are responsible for creating backend services needed by the game and integrating them in the game client and game server.
You are expected to co-operate with other teams to find solutions to difficult problems and can design maintainable, evolutive, performant, and scalable systems.
The ideal candidate has thorough experience in game programming, software architecture and backend services in a microservice architecture.
She/he is familiar with on-premises and managed cloud solutions, Ci/Cd and monitoring.
We would consider candidates looking for remote work for this position.
Key Responsibilities Communicate with other teams to align on the design requirements, and to properly define the APIs and game flow, Integrate external and custom services in the game engine (client and server), by implementing an API to be used by gameplay code.
Maintain and upgrade a Matchmaking service, Write maintainable, evolutive, scalable and performant code, Implement unit tests, functional tests, and load tests, Add logs and metrics to monitor the health of the game features, infrastructure, and services, Add analytics events to better understand player behaviour, Understand thoroughly how the backend services are designed and connected to each other, Debug complex service issues, identify, and fix bugs, Prioritize, plan, and manage assigned tasks, Mentor team members in your area of expertise, Requirements Extensive experience in a Backend, Online Services, or similar programmer role, Strong C++ programming, architecture and debugging skills, Experience with RESTful services, distributed systems, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Experience designing, implementing, and scaling microservice systems, Self-motivated and driven to creatively solve problems, Experience with AWS GameLift, (Bonus) Golang programming and debugging skills.
(Bonus) Unreal Engine development experience.
Benefits Our Global Benefits & Perks Unlimited coaching & therapy — with Oliva, to support your mental health Stock Options — everyone owns a piece of our success Pension scheme — up to 5% employer matched contribution to finance those golden years Socials — office & remote events, play sessions and company-wide parties And even more benefits based on your location!
If you're based in the UK 25 Annual Leave + 3 bank holidays - we're flexible with most bank holidays so you can use the time to celebrate what's important to you Private Medical Insuranc e - full cover with AXA Healthcare Cash Plan - Level 3 cover with Medicash Cycle2Work Scheme - lease a bike through us and save on tax too!
Electric Car Charging - electric car charging at our Port office in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Build A Rocket Boy is an independent game developer, headquartered in Edinburgh Scotland, with operations in Budapest Hungary, the Netherlands, France, and California USA.
Led by game developer Leslie Benzies, Build A Rocket Boy's team includes hundreds of the industry's brightest development talents with the shared vision to create new and innovative entertainment experiences.
Build A Rocket Boy's first project is EVERYWHERE – a new multi-world game experience that blurs the line between reality and the digital world.