Server Engineer

Requirements

– Comprehensive understanding of Linux server architecture (eg. Ubuntu, Debian).

– Fluency in at least 2 programming languages (eg. C, C++, Ruby, jQuery, PHP).

– Practical experience with SSH and regularly maintaining and executing SSH commands.

– 7+ Years Experience maintaining game servers for large multiplayer online games.

– Obsessive interest in video games

– Ability to locate to Berlin, Germany for at least 6 months

Application Advantages

– Demonstrable experience building a server rack and/or launching cloud server instances.

– Provable experience managing servers for large audiences of game traffic (eg. 500k – 1 mill+ daily CCU).

– Ability to cope with inbound traffic spikes quickly and cost-effectively.

– Comprehensive understanding of distributed networks for online services such as MMO games.

– At least 10+ years experience playing online competitive games, such as MMOs or First-Person-Shooters.

Goals

– Integrate iterative processes into live ops, pre-production and production phases

– Submit regular smoke tests within 2-3 hours of receiving a new game build from the development team

– How-to guides and a general user manual for other staff members to administrate the servers

– Setup open-source community platform

– Implement internal task and project management platform for use by two international teams

Benefits

> Competitive Salary
> Low-living costs in Berlin
> Learning and resources budget eg. for AWS Cloud Practitioner certification, Duolingo, personal and social development, sports stipend
> Work alongside experienced international team

Category: Engineering & Tech
Playtime: Full Time
Location: Berlin

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