Make your positive impact on the future of gaming

As the gaming industry undergoes rapid transformation, from the rise of free-to-play to the emergence of play-to-earn games and GameFi, Nyan Heroes stands at the vanguard of this revolution. With a focus on crafting a AAA multiplayer shooter set to launch its alpha in late 2024, we're committed to pushing the envelope.

By harnessing the power of blockchain technology, Nyan Heroes aims to involve and empower players equitably in all aspects of the game and its economy. Our mission is to set the gold standard for fair, sustainable game development in the GameFi space, leading the industry's advancement technologically, ethically, and inspirationally.

About the role

The Online Engineer will be responsible for implementing the online features of the game. This includes game server management on Azure, matchmaking, player profile, player analytics, etc. This role will work closely with the Network Engineers to ensure optimal game network performance and online infrastructure.

They will need to have a good understanding of cloud online infrastructure and its impact on the game network, client/server model, advance matchmaking, and highly scalable sql/nosql databases.

The Online Engineer will need to work in a full stack environment, from game client (Unreal Engine 5 and C++), to web services (C#, Nodejs), and everything in between (powershell scripting, VMs etc.).

What you’ll be doing

As an Online Engineer will be expected to fulfill the following activities:

Architect and deploy the online infrastructure to Azure Cloud
Implementation of web services endpoints
Configuration and administration of scalable databases (sql/nosql) in the cloud
Game implementation of online features
Matchmaking services
Configuration and deployment of dedicated server VMs

About you

Experience: 5+ years in engineering
Skills: Proficient in C++, C#, Nodejs, Powershell
Prior experience shipping an online AAA or High fidelity Mobile game
Good understanding of online topology and cloud infrastructure
Proficient with SQL, Mongo DB
Deep understanding Azure Cloud resources (firewall, load balancers, vms, containers, etc.)
Ability to work remotely and independently, with flexible hours
Strong communication skills
Optional: you love cats and enjoy our humor
Optional: Proficient in UE4/UE5
Optional: Experience with git-flow
Optional: Experience with common high level languages (Angular, TypeScript, python, etc.)
Optional: Interest, or experience in crypto and blockchain technology