About Jetpack Interactive:

Jetpack Interactive has been a fixture in the Vancouver game community since 2011. Our studio DNA originated from three flagship Vancouver development studios (Black Box Games, Deep Fried Entertainment, & United Front Games). We have focused on building long-term relationships with AAA game studios who need engineering expertise to help bring their games to market.

Most recently, Jetpack has been working alongside Sony Interactive (Santa Monica Studio) on God Of War projects, including the port of GOW 2018 to PC/Steam, which it released in January 2022. The port has been commercially successful and the game received praise from critics and Sony Santa Monica itself.

We are now working directly with Sony to develop one of its flagship IPs within its much anticipated live services games portfolio. If you’re revved up about being part of a small and skilled SWAT team making some of the finest AAA games out there – we’re pretty sure you’ll like working at Jetpack.

Come work alongside our team of experienced game developers and take pride in being part of a select team working on a prized IP; We value mutual respect, trust, and shared knowledge built on years of experience and working together. We're a team with a true passion for game development.

ROLE:

You will be part of a new game team that will join forces with our Sony partners who will bring this game to market. In this role you will help build and maintain a modular network engine supporting multiple platforms, develop low-level network features, and help evolve our networking tech stack.

RESPONSIBILITIES - WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?

Design, code, test, integrate and debug networking and multiplayer engine features
Drive engine and feature improvements, optimize and refactor code, and identify and solve performance issues relating to gameplay networking
Optimize low-level networking systems to improve latency
Develop networking code to interact with backend systems and integrate online services into the game engine
Lead and/or participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback on how to develop and improve processes, tools and workflows
Build strong relationships and communicate effectively with both internal team members and our external partner
Learn new technologies and systems to be current with technical and business needs

QUALIFICATIONS:

5+ years of experience in programming/engineering development
Post-secondary degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent experience
Experience working on network-oriented gameplay engineering for PC and/or console with a solid understanding of game networking systems and technologies
Excellent optimization and debugging skills
A creative thinker with advanced problem-solving skills
Strong C++ skills
Strong linear algebra skills
Solid understanding of AI fundamentals
Good grasp of game design fundamentals
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Work well within team environment
Highly organized and self-motivated

PREFERRED SKILLS:

Experience in unreal 4/5

Interested?

If this sounds like you, we look forward to seeing your resume.

Please apply ASAP as we are interviewing soon!

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