Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

As a Senior Software Engineer on our Network team, your mission is to implement networking systems including online multiplayer, matchmaking, community features, and 1st party technical requirements to create an immersive experience for our players. This role requires knowledge of fundamental networking behaviors including synchronization, authority, determinism, replication, prediction, latency, and bandwidth.

Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:
• Implementation of software in C++ and other languages.
• Architect and design software systems through collaboration with engineers, designers, and artists.
• Participate in design and code reviews.
• Follow and enforce group standards and best practices.
• Assist and mentor other programmers in areas of specialization.
• Continually expand knowledge of new game technologies and systems
• Create accurate time estimates

Player Profile
• 5+ years' experience in Network Engineering
• Experience in low-level programming primarily in C/C++
• Proficient with synchronization, lag compensation, UDP/TCP
• Experience implementing network architectures such as client/server and Peer-to-Peer
• Experience with protocol design and optimization
• Ability to analyze, improve and extend a large established codebase
• Excellent debugging skills within a networked environment
• Designing implementation and using Web API's such as REST
• Proficiency in database modeling and access libraries
• Experience in levering game backend services a plus
• Developed and shipped at least one online multi-player game a plus
• Proficiency in Python AND/OR C# is a plus

Your Platform

As a game studio that's been around for 3 decades, Vicarious Visions has a vibrantly colorful and prestigiously successful past of guitar-playing, pro-skating, and Wumpa fruit-hoarding. As a new member of the Blizzard family, we also have an exhilarating future ahead of us. We are more excited than ever to join in the making of Blizzard franchises that are known and treasured around the world.
Our studio, located in beautiful upstate New York, provides developers a safe, warm environment to hone their skills and become leaders of their craft. Creativity and innovation are cornerstones of our practice, and we nurture new ideas from all of our people. Crucially, we are a family of uniquely individual voices, and we have fostered a culture of diversity and inclusivity. We thrive on collaboration, respect, and fun. Join us!

Vicarious Visions is wholly owned by Activision Blizzard. To learn more about our studio, please visit us at www.vvisions.com and @VvisionsStudio on Twitter.

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