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Senior Gameplay Online Engineer

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14 days ago
Burnaby, CanadaSenior

Base Salary

$96k - $143k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build real-time multiplayer experiences across Unreal Engine 5 and custom game servers.
  • Solve networking challenges involving prediction, synchronization, latency, distributed server architectures, and player transitions across server instances.
  • Partner with designers, artists, and producers to shape online features.
  • Write clean, performant, and well-tested code.
  • Mentor team members and contribute to engineering culture.
  • Conduct code reviews to uphold quality and consistency.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience in game development.
  • Proficiency in C++.
  • Strong understanding of Unreal Engine networking.
  • Professional experience developing features for large-scale multiplayer games.
  • Knowledge of distributed server architectures and managing player transitions across server instances.
  • Familiarity with low-latency networking concepts such as Rollback, Lockstep, or Client-Side Prediction.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
  • Excellent cross-disciplinary communication and collaboration skills.
  • Adaptability in a growing organization.

Benefits

  • Regular, full-time employees are eligible for medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
  • 14 paid holidays per calendar year.
  • 15 to 25 paid vacation days per calendar year or eligibility for the company’s discretionary time off program.
  • Up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year.
  • Paid parental and compassionate leave.
  • Mental health and other wellness support programs.
  • Family planning support through Maven.
  • Commuter benefits and fitness-expense reimbursements.
  • The position is based in British Columbia.

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