Senior Unreal Networking Engineer | Remote & Flexible

tobspr Games; United States; Remote; USD 78,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully Remote

Flexible working hours

Paid overtime

Hardware budget

Growth allowance

Focus days

Yearly team gathering

Annual pay review with 2% increase

Job summary

tobspr Games is seeking a Senior Networking Engineer to build co-op multiplayer for our upcoming factory game in Unreal Engine 5. You will join a small but growing team and collaborate closely with the Principal C++ Engineer to keep the simulation in sync across players while optimizing bandwidth and latency.

The role offers flexibility: a freelance 6–12 month contract focused on networking or a permanent position where networking is your specialty and other tasks may be handled as a generalist.

Qualifications

• 1+ shipped title with networking in Unreal Engine 4 or 5.
• Hands-on experience with replication system (replication graph, dormancy), RPCs and network relevancy.
• Understanding of deterministic lockstep or input-based networking.
• Experience with Steam networking or online subsystems.
• Permanent role: broad Unreal experience outside networking.

Responsibilities

• Design and build co-op networking for the game, from session flow to replication.
• Work with the Principal C++ Engineer so the sim stays in sync between players, without flooding bandwidth or introducing excessive delays
• Profile and fix network performance, latency, and desync issues
• Set up tooling to test multiplayer early and often
• Document and train the team in the networking model, so that Engineers and Designers can build features on it

Skills

Unreal Engine networking

C++

Replication system

Deterministic networking

Networking performance profiling

Tools

Steam networking

Unreal Iris (replication system)

Job description

tobspr Games is seeking a Senior Networking Engineer to build co-op multiplayer for our upcoming factory game in Unreal Engine 5. You will join a small but growing team and collaborate closely with the Principal C++ Engineer to keep the simulation in sync across players while optimizing bandwidth and latency.

The role offers flexibility: a freelance 6–12 month contract focused on networking or a permanent position where networking is your specialty and other tasks may be handled as a generalist.