Senior Network Programmer / Developer

  • Explore Group
  • Manchester, Lancashire
  • 08/01/2022
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications

Job Description

Role: Senior Network Programmer/ Developer

Salary: £45,000 - £60,000k DOE

Location: Fully Remote - UK only

Industry: Gaming

Start Date: ASAP

Must be Eligible to work in the UK and must be in the UK.

Working with a well-known gaming client who requires a Senior Network Programmer to work on a unannounced project alongside some of the gaming industry's most established names.

The programmer will join a fast-growing, dynamic games studio to work on cutting edge technology and exciting new games for PS4 & PS5, XboxOne, Switch and PC. Working with the Lead, you will take ownership and responsibility for delivering networking systems and related gameplay features, work with the wider team on planning and delivery and share a passion for games

You will need to be familiar with existing online service providers (Playfab, Thunderhead, Azure, AOS) and be excited to provide mentoring and support to the rest of your team. As a Senior Network Programmer, you will have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related Technical Degree or equivalent, have significant experience making video games and be confident with the following:

  • Full network stack experience and understanding
  • Sockets, Web Sockets
  • Matchmaking - Using existing systems or building new ones
  • Http(s) / REST API
  • Integration with game UI & Networking TRC's
  • Familiar with bandwidth optimisation, dead-reckoning, trouble shooting poor networking conditions
  • Familiar with authentication systems
  • Online presence, rich-presence, achievements, leader boards, party, sessions, invite systems
  • Peer-to-peer networking, client-server networking

If this is of any interest to yourself, please send me over your updated cv to

Kind Regards

Haroon Amin