ZeniMax Online Studios is a premier developer and worldwide publisher of online entertainment software. Located in Hunt Valley, Maryland, they are continuing development on their hit multiplayer roleplaying game, The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited for PC, Mac, PlayStation4, and Xbox One. Subsequent updates have included a Morrowind expansion in June 2017, numerous DLCs and updates, as well as the upcoming Summerset expansion available June 2018. Elder Scrolls Online has been named Online Game and MMO of the Year for the past 3 years in a row.
Mobile Server Engineer
Division: ZeniMax Online Studios | Department: Programming | Location: Hunt Valley , MD, US
As our Mobile Server Engineer, you will be working closely with the mobile games team to design and maintain a custom backend infrastructure. You will provide architecture and scalability guidance for our gameplay engineers to ensure we are leveraging our backend platforms properly.
Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, deploy and maintain highly scalable backends in a zero-downtime environment for thin client mobile games.
- Work closely with game designers and gameplay engineers to realize responsive multiplayer gameplay.
- Actively participate in code and architecture reviews.
- Coordinate with several departments on backend and analytics engineering needs.
- Contribute to best practices on reliability and availability.
Requirements:
- Enthusiasm for games in general.
- Rock solid experience working with Gamelift and associated AWS technologies (Lambda, SQS, EC2, etc.)
- Understand diverse languages and technologies - Python, Javascript, Node.JS, C++, C#, etc.
- Real-time multiplayer server experience.
- 4+ years of experience working with backend technologies for mobile.
- Strong understanding and commitment to best practices for mobile application security.
Desired Skills:
- Client-side mobile development experience in Unity3D, UE4, Cocos2d-x, Corona, etc.
- Microservice architecture experience.
- Knowledge of network protocols and non-blocking IO.
- Good experience with Linux shell and scripting languages.
How to Apply
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