Our programming team at Insomniac Games is looking for a Principal Gameplay Programmer to help us build compelling and performant multiplayer gameplay. As an expert in multiplayer gaming technology, this person will drive the design and implementation of networking and gameplay systems. If you’re passionate about building robust, scalable systems for AAA multiplayer games and delivering amazing player experiences, please read on!
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:
- Acting as an expert in game networking technology, including network architecture, game object replication, security, and optimization
- Overseeing design and implementation for gameplay and networking systems
- Writing functional, maintainable, performant, and readable code in C++
- Establishing the standard of excellence for networking systems
- Working within a large existing codebase to optimize code, data, and bandwidth for multiplayer experiences
- Acting as a mentor to other programmers and a technical leader within the Gameplay Engineering department
- Evangelizing new ideas, technologies and solutions to all production departments
- Independently recognizing opportunities to improve our games, tools, engine or general workflow, and seeking to make these changes
- Other duties may be assigned
Supervisory Responsibilities:Â This job has no supervisory responsibilities, but will be expected to mentor other programmers.
Education and/or Experience:
- Related combined education and experience of 10+ years
- Experience must include prior development in game features and systems and expertise in networking systems for AAA games
- Understanding of game network topologies and their tradeoffs
- Expert in optimizing gameplay code for network performance
- Fluent in:
- C/C++
- A variety of scripting (domain specific) languages (Python, Perl, PHP, bash),
- Remote and multiplayer gameplay debugging
Other Skills:
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- A strong ability to clearly convey theoretical or abstract ideas to audiences of varying levels of fluency