Senior Backend Engineer

at  ProbablyMonsters

ABOUT PROBABLYMONSTERS’ BATTLE BARGE TEAM

Our mission is to create boundless adventures that bring people together. We believe shared experiences build connections and give us a sense of belonging. By involving players in our development process, we build richer and more vibrant worlds that become welcoming places for everyone to gather. We are currently working on an unannounced, original AAA Co-op RPG and warmly welcome those ready to take on new challenges and grow in a highly collaborative and supportive team environment.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• You have a bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent.
• You have 4-5 years of experience.
• You enjoy enjoying working primarily in C++.
• You write and believe in the importance of unit tests.

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Experience with Unreal Engine (and Blueprints).
• Experience building games in a cross-discipline team environment.
• Experience running a live service.
• Proficiency with (or willingness to learn) one or all of C#, Python, and/or JavaScript (read: TypeScript).
• Knowledge of and respect for Object-Oriented design patterns.

THE ROLE:

Our studio is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who is passionate about strong, healthy and collaborative teams that support each other to create the best game experiences.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• You will help design and implement a scalable and secure game server architecture.
• You will integrate our game client and server with backend service APIs or SDKs to improve existing and enable new functionality.
• You will help identify and eliminate scalability bottlenecks.
• You will help identify and eliminate any security flaws in our networked message flows.
• You will implement backend/server-side features as required by our gameplay needs.
• You will improve our productivity and the stability of our code base through writing unit and integration tests.