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Game Server Engineer

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Star Stable Entertainment, founded in 2011, created Star Stable Online, a globally popular MMORPG for girls. As a Game Server Engineer, you'll join a diverse server team focused on scaling and maintaining the game server for a larger player base. The role involves developing, maintaining, and improving the existing C++ codebase, optimizing performance, and managing database schemas and SQL queries to ensure a robust and scalable game experience.

<h1 class="text-3xl md:text-4xl font-extrabold mt-6 mb-4 text-gray-900 tracking-tight">Game Server Engineer</h1>About Star Stable EntertainmentOnce upon a time in 2011, the founders of Star Stable Entertainment had a vision. They wanted to create a game that could make a difference. Although half of gamers are girls and women, they were under-represented in the gaming industry, both as characters and creators. We dreamed of an epic online world where tween and teen girls could share an amazing experience. And we wanted to challenge how things were done in a male-dominated industry. Fast forward to today, and our dream has come true tenfold - Star Stable Online stands as one of the most popular MMORPGs globally! At our HQ on Södermalm, our 130 employees are thrilled to continue to welcome players to the island of Jorvik, with its breathtaking scenery, beautiful horses, and magical quests. It’s wonderful to see that our dream resonates with so many players around the world, and we can’t wait to share more stories and experiences with them!The positionAs a Game Server Engineer you will be part of our server team, whose mission is to scale and maintain our game server to be fit for a larger player base. We are a passionate and diverse team who love to solve our problems together, often pair-program and have a knowledge sharing culture in the form of design and code reviews on a regular basis.Responsibilities<ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Develop, maintain and improve our existing code base.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Contribute well-structured code that meets game design, testability and technical requirements.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Optimize code and data for memory usage and performance.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Designing database schemas, writing optimized SQL queries, and managing database migrations.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Help to identify and solve development obstacles or risks.</li></ul>We think you have<ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Thorough understanding of modern C++ as this will be the primary language of development.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent demonstrable industry experience.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">An ability to work with a large existing codebase.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Open to learning the tools, technologies and systems used by the team.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Critical thinking for implementing robust systems.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Understanding of asynchronous programming concepts and paradigms.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Familiarity with SQL database engines.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Cross platform development experience.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Align with agile development.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Knowledge of automated software testing.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Experience working with Visual Studio and version control systems (Perforce, git etc).</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Excellent communication skills in English.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Experience working in cross-discipline teams.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">A passion for programming and game development.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">A valid work permit to work in Sweden.</li></ul>Perks for joining us?<ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">A pretty sweet mission. We are developing the world's best horse-riding game for girls and we take that vision very seriously. We strive to hit that mark every single day.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">30 vacation days (+ 3 additional squeeze days).</li><li class="leading-relaxed">A pension and insurance plan that mimics ITP1 and a parental pay top-up @90%.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Health allowance at 5000 SEK per year.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Private healthcare insurance</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Hybrid working model - combine WFH and being together with the team at our new office located right amidst Södermalm GameDev cluster (Magnus Ladulåsgatan 65)</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Fitness discount of 18% at SATS gym + company workout classes.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">A dog room at the office! Bring your furry friend to work!</li></ul>Are you ready to be a chapter on this magical journey? Apply now! We can’t wait to hear your story!

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