Game Engine Multiplayer Engineer

Hiber is building a social platform for Gen Z to communicate and express themselves through games. We're bringing together the best of social media and interactive entertainment enabling this generation of 2.4 billion to use games as a new medium for self-expression. We are looking to hire great people, who are passionate about using their talents to generate success. We are growing and looking for a skilled game engine engineer with a passion for network code and multiplayer.

You will be part of the game engine team and work together with Developers, Artists, Testers and other Stakeholders, to build and maintain our game engine. You will be part of the whole game development life-cycle; Design, Develop, Test, Release and Maintain.

Tasks include (but are not limited to)

- Develop new platform features
- Develop new networking systems for the game client, server and backend
- Optimize game and framework for speed, quality and maintainability
- Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders


Qualifications

- Excellent knowledge of C++
- Experience in writing network code
- Experience from working with large and complex projects
- Experience from working in an Agile/Scrum development
- Fluency in English


Good-to-haves

- Experience in developing multiplayer features for games
- Experience in Client-server game development
- Experience working with dedicated servers for multiplayer games
- Experience working with a game engine or other 3d rendering software
- Knowledge of WebAssembly and web based applications
- Experience with AWS cloud hosting and operations
- An advocate for unit testing and TDD
- Experience in Favro, Trello or similar tools
- Understanding of the entire build and release chain, from code to final product
- Experience from versioning tools, such as Git
- University degree in Computer Science or similar


Benefits

- Great team and a culture where your ideas count
- 6 weeks vacation
- Career progression with the company
- Flexible work/life balance
- Stock option plan
- Open office in Lindholmen, Gothenburg


About Hiber

Founded in 2017, Hiber AB is a venture-backed start-up based in Gothenburg, Sweden and focused on building a social platform for a generation to communicate and express themselves through games. The fast-growing company is led by interactive entertainment and digital media veterans. The company’s goal is to bring together the best of social media and interactive entertainment in a single platform that enables people to use games as a medium for self-expression. For more information, please visit: www.hiberworld.com (http://www.hiberworld.com/).