Senior Online Engineer – Unreal Engine Mobile/PC Games – Berlin, Germany – Remote

Project: Unreal Engine Mobile/PC Games

OPM’s client is a highly successful independent developer with over 20 years in the industry. They are seeking an experienced Engineer to join their team.

The successful candidate will have a large autonomy in your work, as well as helping their juniors to develop and grow.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Strong programming experience on live games, for PC, mobile and/or console platforms
• Experience implementing online services, such as In-app purchases, authentication, leader boards, live events, Meta and progression, matchmaking, and analytics
• Fluent in C++, C#, or comparable languages
• Experience working with backend technologies, either in-house or BaaS, in a serverless architecture
• Experience implementing game systems and features, such as UI and gameplay
• Experience with cloud infrastructure on any of the major providers (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud), including VPCs, SQL/NoSQL databases, and messaging/queue systems
• Experience with Playfab, Azure functions, SignalR, Redis
• Experience with UE4, including UMG, Blueprints
• Experience with UE4 build system, and CI/CD (Jenkins, TeamCity or similar)
• Multiplayer game experience, including dedicated servers, UE4 replication and client prediction
• Experience with testing automation frameworks

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Implement features and solutions, both on client and backend, covering the tech stack from UE4 communicating to Playfab and Azure infrastructure
• Write clear, maintainable, and fast code in adherence to internal standards
• Research new technologies and tools that will help run live services with high availability and scalability
• Integrate platform services and SDKs
• Support running a 24/7 live game, following schedules, and investigating live incidents
• Write technical specifications, technical design documents, and other relevant documentation
• Mentor junior and regular engineers, run technical interviews and own a significant part of the online infrastructure

BENEFITS:

• Relocation bonus
• Occupational pension scheme
• Job ticket for public transportation system
• Flexible working hours
• In-house massages & gym membership

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call directly today on +44 1206 214 426!