Network Programmer ﹝Programming﹞

As a network programmer, you’ll be responsible for writing world class netcode so players can enjoy our realtime multiplayer games without having connection issues. Fighting with the latency is your destiny; dealing with all kinds of network errors is a daily basis. Requirement: 1) Mastering of programming languages. C/C++ is a must. Always can pick up new languages. 2) An expert of network model of modern realtime multiplayer games. The terms like dedicated/listen server, peer-to-peer, lockstep, input prediction, entity interpolation, lag compensation, cannot be more familiar. 3) An experienced developer on different platforms, like consoles, mobiles, PC, etc. 4) Mastering of Internet technologies. TCP/IP and all other things. Knows why realtime games use UDP. 5) A big fan of realtime multiplayer games and also knows all kinds of the techs behind it, not just network. Knows game engines. No problem to modify the game engine to get things done. 6) Willing to work with gameplay programmers and designers so the crazy ideas may come true. 7) Familiar with performance tuning. Players always want more so game developers always push the hardware to the limit. 8) Familiar with test planning, test tools, auto-tests. Can work with QA so we can bring the best quality to players.