Game Services Engineering Architect

As a Game Services Engineering Architect, you will help architect and build the game service backends of Bungie’s next generation of titles. You will work together with Game Services Leadership to identify risks and scale needs, determine investments, and build relationships among Central Tech, game, and operations stakeholders. This role involves collaborating with engineers, designers, and artists to develop innovative solutions for foundational game technology, focusing on player experience and scalable game services.

Must Have

• Ability to design and build game services technology from the player experience perspective
• Ability to deliver production-quality code, workflows, and tools across multiple tech stacks in C++ and C#
• Ability to provide technical guidance to teammates and product leadership
• On-call rotation participation required
• Professional experience as a software engineer with multi-tier server architecture supporting high concurrent users
• Experience with high-scale, high-performance service development in C#, C++, Java, or object-oriented languages
• Experience using storage technologies (SQL/No-SQL) and data streaming technologies (Kafka/RabbitMQ)
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented culture
• Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Good to Have

• Experience with a variety of current game engines building for many platforms (PC, Console, Mobile)
• Experience with 'games as a service' online game development

Perks & Benefits

• SIE’s top-tier benefits package
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Matching 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Wellness program
• Employee discounts for Sony products
• Eligible for a bonus package

Overview

Do you love the foundational technology we use to build games and services? Do you enjoy collaborating with engineers, designers and artists, learning about their needs, and developing innovative solutions? Are you invested in building large, scalable game services backends?

As a Game Services Engineering Architect, you will help architect and build the game service backends of next generation of titles. You will work together with Game Services Leadership to identify risks and scale needs. Helping determine which investments to make by collaborating with team members, and building relationships and alignment among multiple Central Tech, game, and operations stakeholders.

We are a small team without strict lines, you will have many opportunities to contribute to different areas: architect, developer, performance engineer, DevOps specialist, and play tester to name a few.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ability to design and build game services technology, starting from the perspective of the player experience
• Ability to deliver production-quality code, workflows, and tools across multiple tech stacks in C++ and C# codebases
• Ability to provide technical guidance to teammates and product leadership
• On call rotation participation required

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Proven professional experience as a software engineer working with a multi-tier server architecture product that supports a high volume of concurrent users
• Experience with high-scale, high-performance service development in C#, C++, Java, or another object-oriented language
• Experience using various storage technologies (such as SQL/No-SQL) and data streaming technologies (such as Kafka/RabbitMQ)
• Works well in a collaborative culture where everyone is a supported member of the team working towards a common set of goals.
• Ability to communicate with customers of different technical and non-technical backgrounds to help them navigate technology and achieve their goals

NICE-TO-HAVE SKILLS

• Experience with a variety of current game engines building for many platforms (PC, Console, Mobile)
• Experience with “games as a service” online game development

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At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.

Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$189,000—$223,000 USD

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