Staff Server Engineer

About Ringtail Technology

Have you ever wanted to be a part of a team that genuinely wants to help game developers share their creative ideas, dreams and visions with millions of players at the same time?

Right now, we’re searching for a Staff Server Engineer to join the team doing exactly that! Ringtail Technology is in the midst of developing a high-quality game SaaS platform that has the possibility to change the way small and medium sized studios create games. Our aim is to level the playing field between the possibilities of AAA studios and all the way down to indie game developers, and YOU could be a great part of making it all possible!

Are you excited about working on a ground-breaking product, while having your autonomy and personal influence on what our team is building? With your own strengths and the qualities of the other talented people already working at Ringtail, we are creating a unique team. We are extremely excited by what we are building and if what you’ve read so far has you feeling that way too, then we want to hear from you!

About the role

As a Staff Server Engineer, you will be driving the design and implementation of our own distributed game server technology. You will work both in a team and independently, and take responsibility of design and implementation for key systems within our platform. We strive for technical excellence and you will be encouraged to venture outside of your comfort zone, by learning and implementing new technologies. You need to be able to take initiative and find creative solutions to complex problems. This role will be based in Stockholm, Sweden.

Your day-to-day as a Staff Server Engineerm

- Give technical support to our engineers, and support in their day to day operations
- Take responsibility of projects and drive technical initiatives to ensure their successful completion with respect to deadlines.
- Implement high level system design and System Architecture to our server.
- Align technical work to the overall design and vision of our product
- Mantain straight communication with engineers and collaborators from other areas of the company, giving and receiving feedback.
- Communicate designs on multiple levels of technical understanding
- Be pro-active in the suggestion of improvements to the product


Requirements

- Be a self-driven staff engineer who can support our engineering team and put your experience within system design and architecture into action.
- Be a proactive team player, value feedback in both directions and take a constructive approach to it
- Be a constant learner, always on top of new technologies and looking to update your technical knowledge.
- Previous experience in carrying the responsibility for servers and working with distributed systems
- Experience with .NET and gRPC frameworks
- Experience with low level networking
- Diverse experience from interesting past projects

Good to have


- Networking in games experience
- Experience in implementing and mantaining features on game servers
- Experience with other programming languages like Golang or Rustlang


Personal traits

- Ability to take ownership of responsibilities
- Good interpersonal and team-work skills
- Collaborative and consensus-driven approach
- Strong communication skills
- Capable of working independently with minimum supervision
- Open to feedback and iterations


What we use

- .NET
- Azure / Azure DevOps
- Kubernetes / Docker / Helm
- gRPC
- Unity
- Blazor
- Terraform


About Ringtail Interactive
Ringtail Interactive is fast-growing technology start up working in the games industry with an overall goal of creating an unrivalled server solution to the market for use within small and medium sized enterprises. The team consists of a diverse group of experienced professionals from all around the world consistently pushing the boundaries of what is possible for a small development team. The company consists of two subsidiaries, Ringtail Games and Ringtail Technology.

Over the next year, we will be continuing to build the core of the team. Joining now will give you a chance to have a real impact on the company and the way in which the project develops.