Engineer– Monopoly GO! (Gamedev)

TL;DR

Engineer (Gamedev): Implementing new features and developing game server infrastructure for Monopoly GO! with an accent on performance, scalability, and consistency. Focus on building networked communications between client and server and creating tools for liveops and game design.

Location: Must work from the UK

Company

hirify.global is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company, home to major titles like Monopoly GO! and Pokémon GO.

What you will do

• Implement new features within a feature team in collaboration with game design and other development teams.
• Develop networked communications between the game client and server.
• Design and develop the game server and associated tools with a focus on performance, scalability, and consistency.
• Write high-quality automated unit and integration tests to improve gameplay and prevent exploits.
• Build tools that empower liveops and game design teams to create new gameplay experiences.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional game development experience.
• Strong fundamentals in computer science, data structures, concurrency, design patterns, and algorithms.
• Mastery of Unity and C# or another OO language, including asynchronous and multi-threaded programming.
• Hands-on experience with cloud computing (AWS, GCP) and low-latency, high-scale distributed systems.
• Proficiency with Unix-like operating systems and Redis (or other database systems).
• Ability to write efficient low-latency code and prevent intrusions or cheating.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with highly available backend systems and servers specifically for games.
• Experience with AWS, Docker, Terraform, Kibana, Chef, or Ansible.
• Knowledge of stateful and stateless game server architectures.
• Experience with automated testing.