Senior Online Engineer - WWE 2K

Visual Concepts is one of the world’s top game development studios, known for its diverse and empowered teams. They are seeking an experienced Senior Online Engineer to build impactful features and services for players and developers, collaborating closely with technical leads and product owners.

Responsibilities:

• Create and contribute to online systems like matchmaking, gameplay, automated testing, live operations, community content management, stability, performance, and more
• Partner with our backend services team to represent game team interests and requirements
• Represent concerns such as security, scalability and standard conformity to game teams
• Work with teach leadership to ensure that developed code meets the highest standards
• Collaborate with team members and point out ways to improve design implementation
• Develop code to facilitate statistical queries and implement hooks to improve data-gathering and player insights

Requirements:

• Fluent knowledge of C++
• Professional experience with Go (Golang) or strong willingness to work in Go
• A keen, analytical mind with strong problem solving, logic, and troubleshooting skills
• 3+ years of experience on commercial game projects or in a related field
• BS in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience
• Excellent time management and organization skills
• Passion for video games (not just ours!)
• Familiar with AWS, Go, Python, C#, and SQL
• Previous experience with JIRA and Perforce
• History of shipping successful online games or applications
• Previous experience in maintaining and improving online stability and performance
• Proven ability to work and communicate with teams both local and remote
• Experience working with PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC