Principal Multiplayer Engineer

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Game developers repeatedly say that multiplayer game creation remains one of their hardest challenges; balancing ease-of-use with performance and flexibility remains unsolved. As a result, we’ve seen far too little innovation in multiplayer games over the last decade, while creativity in single-player games has flourished. 

We need an expert networking and multiplayer engineer to help us define a roadmap and architectural vision of a new way for multiplayer experiences to be made. You are an industry leader in game networking, able to speak authoritatively about networking system design for multiple game types. Join a new team dedicated to creating a performant & flexible networking stack, and a modern development experience tailored to multiplayer games.

Responsibilities

  • Produce the technical roadmap for creating a fast and flexible network transport library
  • Provide technical leadership to a team of engineers building a new networking SDK
  • Develop systems covering everything from lag compensation to game object replication
  • Design high level systems integrated with the Unity Editor & Unity Engine
  • Deliver a flexible and performant architecture which meets the needs of projects small and large

Requirements

  • Expert knowledge of low level networking concepts and high level multiplayer game systems
  • Experience as a multiplayer or networking engineer in a shipped a game
  • Experience creating architectural system designs
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills
  • Experience with high performance programming, multi-threading, and memory management

Bonus Points

  • C# expertise
  • Prior experience with the Unity engine
  • Eagerness to coach others
  • Contributions to a Unity networking solution

About Unity Technologies

Unity is the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content. Creators, ranging from game developers to artists, architects, automotive designers, filmmakers, and others, use Unity to make their imaginations come to life. Unity’s platform provides a comprehensive set of software solutions to create, run and monetize interactive, real-time 2D and 3D content for mobile phones, tablets, PCs, consoles, and augmented and virtual reality devices.

The company’s 1,400+ person research and development team keeps Unity at the forefront of development by working alongside partners to ensure optimized support for the latest releases and platforms. Apps developed by Unity creators were downloaded more than three billion times per month in 2019 on more than two billion unique devices. For more information, please visit www.unity.com.   

Unity is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. Therefore, we provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. If there are preparations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please let us know.

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