Senior Network Server Engineer

**About Us**

At Deep Dive Studios, we believe that games have the power to change the world. Every new idea can become a breakthrough, every problem requires a custom solution, and every person can make an impact.

Founded in 2021, Deep Dive Studios set out to not only push the frontiers of what gaming can be, but also bring better solutions to the problems faced in game development. By putting gamer’s first - and nurturing a culture of valuing different ideas and opinions, we aim to dive deep into the realms of possibility, and level up the world.

**The Role**

As a Senior Network Server Engineer at Deep Dive Studios, you’ll be the key pathfinder in solving all manners of technical challenges in our quest to innovate on the cutting edge. You will be at the fore-front of developing the next generation of multiplayer games for VR. Your daily responsibilities will see you developing backend software features, organizing engineering efforts, as well as coordinating with other teams to ensure feature and production goals are being met.

If you’re passionate about bringing new possibilities through software and technology, we’d love to speak with you

**Responsibilities**
- Maintain accountability of the end-to-end implementation of backend software features for games, spanning from conceptualisation, execution, deployment and maintenance.
- Work in tandem with game development teams, working closely with hardware, firmware and front-end engineers to create new features, and improve current implementations of those features within our Software Suite.
- Design, develop, test and maintain quality code and technical documentation.
- Constantly refine, experiment and develop prototypes to innovate and recommend new solutions, tools and technologies, to enhance existing features and systems.
- Develop real time multiplayer features that will be able to handle any latency issues.
- To build and architect an efficient spectator/guest system that is capable of working across the internet.
- Design, create, test and maintain technical design documents and self-manage programming task schedules.
- Test and support the development of the Game-as-a-Service model.
- Create unique implementations in terms of balancing efficiency and user experience.
- Contribute and communicate actively to critical design decisions and conversations.

**Traits We’re Looking For**
- Strong task and schedule management skills
- At the forefront on game technologies such as VR/AR/MR
- Demonstrated experience working in self-managed, fast-paced environments
- Ability to adapt and rapidly learn new systems and device
- An excellent communicator both written and verbal that can consider all angles of any given issue, and clearly articulate intentions to all stakeholders.

**Requirements**:
**Skills and Experience Required**
- Bachelor's degree in software engineering, computer science, or equivalent
- 3 - 5+ years of experience in software engineering development with strong project experience.
- Extensive experience in developing and implementing key backend game systems
- Strong experience with 3D game engines (Unity, Unreal, etc )
- Proven ability in running a live service that scales to 100k+ users.
- Experience working and running web services on Linux
- Strong knowledge and experience administering and running services on Kubernetes
- Experience with User Data Protocol (UDP) and the implementation of different algorithms to improve real time networking in games
- Is proficient with C++ and the.NET runtime
- Experience working with SQL databases like PostgreSQL
- Experience with Caching Systems (redis, memcache)
- Experience with network programming related to game design
- Proven and demonstrated ability in building web servers to support game servers
- Experience with AGILE Methodologies, specifically with SCRUM.

**Big Pluses**
- Experience in DevOPs is a plus