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Senior network programmer – NaturalMotion Games

UK – South East

Candidates will be skilled and passionate developers, with a creative mind-set and a burning enthusiasm for making great games. 

• Collaborate with game team to define and produce online components and features i.e. multiplayer/shop/social features
• Collaborate with the engineering team developing the backend server infrastructure.
• Take ownership of your project area, define issues clearly and provide solutions to meet game feature requirements and development goals
• Design and implement server-side (PHP/MySQL/Linux) and client-side components (C++)
• Ensure online components are reliable, scalable and cheat-proof
• Solve networking problems reported by the community.
• Coordinate with the Lead Programmer and central tech group on common technical frameworks for integration or further development
• Support other game-side work and contribute to the game vision
• Maintain a balance between long-term engineering goals and those driven by production realities and delivery constraints
• Contribute to the technical evaluation and planning of projects through development and into the live service phase post launch, balancing high-level aims against practical development and game service demands.

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