A veteran AAA studio are searching for an Online Software Engineer for their Madrid studio, joining them either in-house or from anywhere in selected countries.
As an Online Software Engineer, you will be providing major online gaming components and features with a focus on code quality, extensibility and testability, and to provide support to engineers on the team. You will design next-generation game engine components used to power online gaming experiences and services.
Your role and responsibilities will include...
Participation in distributed agile development across multiple teams
Writing code and assisting in designing of interfaces for game systems utilising C++ and object-oriented programming
Evaluating system performance, troubleshooting, and developing complex modifications to applications as needed
Collaborating with other Software Engineers and Team Leads in developing recommendations to improve quality control and team productivity
Working directly with both client and server teams to maintain high-traffic services for multi-platform games
Iterating and designing improvements to live systems and workflows
Identifying bottlenecks and slow queries and improve them
The skills and experience you'll bring to the role...
A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent training and professional background.
5+ years of development in Agile/Scrum environment
A proficiency with C++ with an emphasis on OOP/D
Familiarity with MySQL or similar relational database
Expertise in a Windows environment. Linux experience is a plus
Specialisations in client-server architectures, basic network protocols (e.g. TCP/IP and UDP), concurrency, and latency
Multithreaded programming and debugging expertise
Specialisation in scripting languages (i.e. Lua, Python), XML and C#
An ability to test and debug other Software Engineer's code competently
Knowledge of source code management: Git or Perforce is preferred
***Remote Options from any of the following countries: Spain, Romania, Sweden, Germany, United Kingdom***
