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Lead Network Programmer
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Employment Status: Full Time - Benefits
Division/Studio: Vigil Games (Austin, TX)
About Vigil Games:
Vigil Games was founded in 2005 by world renowned comic artist Joe Madureira and video game industry veteran David Adams. In 2006, we became a member of the THQ family. Vigil's recent release, Darksiders, available on current generation console systems, has achieved both critical acclaim and solid retail sales. The studio facility is located in the beautiful hills of Austin, TX. While always striving to be a world class game development house, Vigil also provides an exciting, fun, and creative work atmosphere. As part of the THQ family of studios, Vigil offers a very competitive compensation package that includes bonuses, stock options, health insurance, 401k, educational assistance, and much more.Job Description:
We are looking for an experienced Lead Network Programmer for the Warhammer 40,000 MMO. The ideal candidate must have expert knowledge of and experience in the design, implementation and continuing support of large scale client/server applications. Extensive experience with multi-tier client/server architecture and scalable distributed systems is required. Warhammer 40,000 is one of the richest IP's in the world and Vigil is building one of the most ambitious game worlds ever conceived. If you believe you are the person who can help run one of the best art teams in the business, we want to talk to you!Core Responsibilities
Implement network-synchronized game code including enemy behaviors, player interaction, vehicles, etc.
Maintain and extend the development of our current game networking systems.
Design and implement distributed simulation systems.
Work with other programmers to interface with all project subsystems, including character control, AI, and physics.
Skills & Qualifications
Minimum of 5 to 10 years professional software development experience writing client / server applications in C++
Expertise in Unix/Linux/Win32 Operating systems
Expertise in building multithreaded, multi-process real-time systems
Expertise with client/server message passing architectures
Experience tuning real-time server systems for performance and reliability
Experience with distributed object models
Experience with authority transfer issues associated with distributed systems
Experience with persistence of distributed systems
Experience coding in highly threaded, asynchronous distributed environments.
Prior experience implementing network gameplay over TCP/IP or UDP protocols.
Pluses
Previous experience working on a shipped MMO title.
Passion for creating online games.
Respond to the Job post by sending an email to jobs@vigilgames.com to apply for this position!
