Senior Software Engineer, Game Server

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October 16

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Fortis Games

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Fortis Games is a gaming company dedicated to creating meaningful and engaging video games. With an international, fully remote team, Fortis focuses on innovative game design as a competitive advantage. The company fosters collaboration over competition, seeking to build connections and inspire communities through their creative works. Fortis Games is committed to redefining industry standards by changing the conventional approach to teamwork, project development, and recruitment within the gaming industry.

201 - 500 employees

🎮 Gaming

📋 Description

• Help develop and operate the server software at the heart of one of our new games • Work closely with game designers, artists, and other engineers to design, implement, and deploy the large-scale, highly-available services at the heart of our product • Work with a cross-discipline team to plan out and implement APIs in support of new game features • Work with game-client software engineers to develop client-side SDKs in support of server-dependent game features • Instrument, profile, and analyze server code to identify and fix complex bugs and performance issues • Produce technical design documentation to explain and educate stakeholders and fellow engineers about software design decisions and principles • Triage and fix high-impact issues that arise working in a live environment

🎯 Requirements

• Prior experience developing scalable and highly-available server software for a customer-facing production environment • Fluency in C# and modern web app development on .NET • Proficiency with JavaScript (Node.js) and shell scripting (bash) • Proficiency with both relational (e.g. MySQL) and non-relational database systems (e.g. Redis, DynamoDB) • Extensive familiarity with deploying software to the public cloud (i.e. AWS) • The ability to quickly isolate and debug complex issues within code • Must be proactive, self-directed, organized, and willing and able to learn more • Exemplify exceptional confidence in your work and attention to the quality of work you produce • Mindfulness of how design decisions impact performance and user experience • Bonus points for experience with Orleans or other Actor Model–based systems

🏖️ Benefits

• We strongly believe we are changing how games studios operate and at the core of what we do is making great games that create a connected community • We're not just about making Games Where You Belong. We're also about building communities where our people belong. That's why Fortis is a thriving environment that celebrates diversity, embraces inclusivity, and fosters growth. • Build and grow with a seasoned team of accomplished talent who have left an impactful mark in their disciplines, both in and out of gaming.