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Free Range Games is hiring a
Network Engineer (MMO)

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Free Range Games grows games the old fashioned way: we don’t put our team in cages, we work distributedly, and we don’t use toxic work/life trade-offs. Some of our crafters have worked together from PS1 to PS5 and will tell you about carving games one triangle at a time from punch cards.

We are some of the folk behind Spider-man, Tony Hawk, Lord of the Rings, Twitch Sings, Oddworld, Callisto Protocol, Shrek Super Slam, and dozens of mobile and web games. We believe every member of the team has a voice in what the game should be.

We prioritize community, family, and love-of-gaming over process, crunching, and TPS reports. And maybe that’s what you want too.

Responsibilities:

  • Work with internal dev teams to define infrastructure needs and solutions that are scalable
  • Deploy data storage solutions (databases, caching, and backups) to efficiently manage player data, world states, and in-game assets.
  • Identify and address performance issues, scalability challenges, and network latency for smooth online player experiences
  • Contribute to infrastructure architecture integrity and security to prevent cheating, hacking, and unauthorized access of our systems
  • Stay up-to-date on industry trends and emerging tech in online gaming, server architectures, and multiplayer networking

Required Qualifications & Skills:

  •  BS in Computer Science or related
  •  Experience developing scalable networked systems
  •  Expertise with Backend services, Databases (SQL/NoSQL)
  •  GCP or AWS experience a plus
  •  Ability to pick up new technologies as needed
  •  C# / C++ and/or Java
  •  Game development experience (especially with Unity3D) a plus

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Free Range Games is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Free Range Games makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

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