Principal Game Server Engineer

FS Studio; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Senior Server Engineer to implement complex gaming features for millions of users worldwide. In this role, you will collaborate with a diverse team to enhance player experiences and drive technical improvements. Your expertise in server development and cloud technologies will be crucial in maintaining scalable backend services. This position promises a dynamic and impactful environment where your contributions will significantly influence one of the top word game franchises globally. If you're passionate about gaming and technology, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in server development for scalable backend services.
• Strong knowledge of cloud technologies and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement complex gameplay systems for millions of players.
• Maintain server infrastructure with a DevOps mindset and write clean code.

Skills

Server Development

Cloud Technologies (GCP, Azure, AWS)

Distributed Systems

DevOps Practices

Unity or Unreal Engine

Job description

As a Senior Server Engineer, you will be responsible for implementing new complex games features that will scale to millions of users world-wide. In this role you will work closely with cross functional team members including design, product, art, qa, and other engineers to bring joy to our players through creating a more socially connected experience. You will drive both process and technical improvements to allow us to achieve our goals more efficiently. You will demonstrate ownership and autonomy to deliver on pragmatic solutions that will drive significant impact to one of the top word game franchises in the world.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement complex gameplay systems that scale to millions of players worldwide leveraging engineering best practices.

• Own and maintain the server infrastructure with a DevOps mindset.

• Write clean, efficient, and scalable server code.

• Write clear technical and process documentation.

• Architect and implement internal tools and services used for customer support, moderation and liveops .

• Work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, designers, artists, producers, product managers, and QA.

• Identify gaps in our systems/processes and effectively prioritize work to address those gaps.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional experience in server development, having delivered on backend services that have scaled to millions of users.

• Extensive knowledge of cloud technologies (GCP, Azure, and/or AWS).

• Extensive knowledge of distributed systems, databases, and caching.

• Extensive working experience in DevOps practices and philosophies.

• Basic working knowledge of Unity, Unreal or other game engines.

• An embodiment of PeopleFun's Values, working collaboratively and checking your ego at the door

• Experience working on cross-functional teams with ability to communicate effectively through verbal and written communications