LEAD SERVER ENGINEER

Direct Staffing Inc; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Direct Staffing Inc is seeking talented game developers to join their rapidly growing mobile gaming team. As a key player, you will design scalable game services and lead engineering teams to enhance gameplay. With a focus on security and creative collaboration, this role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of mobile gaming.

Qualifications

• 5+ to 7 years experience in game development expected.
• Deep experience with Cloud services like AWS or Google App Engine.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design & develop ultra-fast, scalable game services.
• Lead a team to deliver service design and security.
• Mentor developers and review their work.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Security best practices

Scalable game server development

Cloud services

Job description

We put our players first, and we’re looking for the most talented and creative game developers in the world to help us become the world’s #1 mobile gaming company. Mobile is the future of our industry and the future of our company. Our mobile team is growing fast, with 17 exciting studios around the world and a portfolio of blockbuster titles like FIFA, The Simpsons: Tapped Out, Madden, Real Racing, Plants vs. Zombies, and the Sims.

Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication is what makes us tick as we prepare ourselves for massive amounts of growth and an incredible amount of fun. We want to engage our players and create the most entertaining mobile titles in the world. Come and see for yourself, the future is here.

Be responsible for the design & development of an ultra fast, massively scalable, highly available game service

Lead a team of engineers to deliver the service design

Implement security best practices and original techniques to keep user data secure and prevent cheating

Work with designers, client engineering, and production teams to achieve gameplay goals and objectives that are supported by the service

Apply and improve server deployment and troubleshooting strategies that maximize uptime

Mentor other developers, review their work, and make recommendations for improvement

Qualifications:

A strong desire to create scalable game servers and services using modern tech for modern mobile games

Deep experience with Cloud services like Amazon Web Services or Google App Engine

Strong working knowledge of mobile live service operation at a large scale

A respect for skilled hackers and a healthy level of paranoia that drive your security-centric approach

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Excellent knowledge of stable change management practices in a live service environment

Experience with technical leadership

Broad experience with supporting technologies for build tools, static analysis, unit testing frameworks, and scripting

Assets:

A love for playing games

Background in game development

Linux systems administration and/or scripting experience

Hobby development projects

5+ to 7 years experience

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Direct Staffing Inc