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Lead Server Engineer
Posted:
about 2 years
Programming
Full-Time
Lead / Principal
$150,000- $250,000
The Role and Responsibilities
- Define the project's technical vision for the server infrastructure, collaborating within the project team and across multiple operations teams within Avalon to ensure service requirements for the project are clearly defined and met.
- Ensure the efficiency, maintainability, and scalability of the services and technology developed by the server team.
- Act as the primary point of contact for cross-team server development, partnering with a central-service shared game engine team and platform team to define and execute on project requirements.
- Directly manage, evaluate, and mentor the engineering staff of the server team.
- Partner with the production staff and the rest of the leadership team for milestone planning and tracking development progress.
- Evaluate internal/external technologies and tools with the goal of sourcing and integrating technology that meets project requirements and goals.
- Author documentation and communicate best practices and technical constraints of the server stack to team members and external operations departments.
- Educate intermediate and junior team members on best practices and the intricacies of MMO development.
Requirements
- At least 5+ years of relevant experience on a AAA game project; shipped at least one AAA title.
- Must currently hold at least a senior engineering position.
- Previous experience in leading high-performing engineering teams.
- Networking experience in TCP, UDP, and higher-level protocols.
- Prior development experience in distributed systems, micro service architecture, and client/server architectures.
- Experience with storage technologies (SQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, etc.).
- Experience with cloud/virtualization/containerization technologies and infrastructure.
- Advanced knowledge of C++, both historical patterns as well as modern language features.
- Expert working knowledge of the Unreal Engine 4/ 5.
- Proven ability to grow, guide, inspire, and lead growing development/engineering teams.
- Excellent spoken and written communications skills.
- Extraordinary self-motivation and initiative.
- Proven experience as a software lead within the MMORPG world.
Bonus Qualifications
- Passion for games, particularly MMOs and/or RPGs
- Experience in shipping a game on PC/Browser or with a team that did it.
- Knowledge in Blockchain and Crypto
- Experience with Agile
- Knowledge of C#.
- Knowledge of Scala and Akka or Go
Working With Us
Our work culture thesis is simple. Working with us should feel a lot like attending Hogwarts. Minus the death eaters and basilisks of course.
We work hard, we’re passionate, we love the process but what is the point if we’re not having a bit of fun along the way. Nothing is taken too seriously, we have lives outside of work, we’re learning and growing everyday. You also literally level up, gain achievement points, play games and get rare items in real life for helping make cool stuff. Come join us!
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About Avalon Corp
About Us
We're looking for dreamers and doers like you who want to help create a better future. Our team consists of people who have founded and shipped some of the most successful franchises in gaming to date. We believe that what we're building has the potential to change the world.
Let's change it for the better.
Working With Us
Our work culture thesis is simple. Working with us should feel a lot like attending hogwarts. Minus the death eaters and basilisks of course.
We work hard, we’re passionate, we love the process but what is the point if we’re not having a bit of fun along the way. Nothing is taken too seriously, we have lives outside of work, we’re learning and growing everyday. You also literally level up, gain achievement points, play games and get rare items in real life for helping make cool stuff. Come join us!
Avalon Corp is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We foster a diverse workplace that recognizes, appreciates, respects, and values our individual differences. We encourage qualified candidates to apply for a position with us, regardless of their background.
Avalon Corp is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with this commitment, Avalon will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please email careers@playavalon.com with the subject ATTN: HR.
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