NETWORKING PROGRAMMER

Department: Programming

Studio:  SEARCHLIGHT – Third Party Studio

Country: Canada, Montreal

Hybrid Working

We’re pleased to be promoting an exciting opportunity for a Network Programmer to join an award winning independent third-party studio based in Montreal (Quebec), Canada. The successful applicant will be joining a dynamic passionate and diverse team working on an exciting and innovative new project.

The studio specialize in building their own IPs, targeted at consoles and PCs. Driven by a passion for our craft and a strong foundation of design methodology, they focus on fostering innovation and delivering awesome experiences to their players.

The studio position themselves as a meaningful and positive influence on the field they love, through the games made, but also through the way they make these games. Developing a video game can be an amazing experience, and as such, they strive to foster a positive and stimulating environment where everyone has an opportunity to grow in their craft. The studio value autonomy, initiative and ownership; believe in collaboration and think everyone in the team should have a voice in shaping the games they deliver.

The studio offers competitive salary, as well as great conditions: insurance, attention to work-life balance, very generous vacations package, and much more.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for online, programming, testing and maintaining game features and systems.
• Work closely with designers to understand and comply with functional and gameplay requirements
• Responsible for all code and for technical implementation.
• Mentor junior programmers
• Help the project manager to estimate working time and plan tasks, and follow up with other team members involved in specific features to ensure a quality and timely delivery.

Knowledge of

• Networking programming
• Netcode (replication and/or Remote Procedure Calls)
• Knowledge of lag compensation
• Handling of sockets and packets, NAT punchthroughs
• Debugging and troubleshooting of network issues

Essential Skills & Experience

• At least 5 years of experience as a programmer
• Shipped at least 2 games
• Autonomous and flexible
• Good communication skills
• Good collaboration skills
• Capable of receiving and collecting feedback, improving and iterating on features
• Must have meme proficiency

Important

• Experience in UE4
• Experience in C++