¿Quieres ser el programador de la sección online de God of War III?

Pues lo tienes sencillo. Vas a este enlace y echas tu curriculum vitae y a probar suerte en el proceso de recruiting. No piden más que cinco años de experiencia y conocimientos de C y C++. Además debes tener en cuenta que vas a tener un jefe de putísima madre y, ah, bueno… esto también quiere decir que God of War III va a tener una parte online, algo inédito en las aventuras de Kratos y que si bien dudamos de su contenido, creemos que partirle la jeta a tus colegas con las Espadas del Caos tiene que ser bastante entretenido… Y sin las espadas del Caos también, que hay cada colega suelto…

Job Description:

Online GamePlay Programmer

Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) Santa Monica is seeking an online gameplay programmer to join the team behind the critically acclaimed AAA titles «God of War» and «God of War II.»

RESPONSIBILITIES:

-Designs, develops and maintains the networking portions of game
and tools code.

-Interact with gameplay programmers to make existing and new code
support desired network functionality (including networking of
gameplay state, lobbying, commerce, chat, security, and similar).

-Write clear, maintainable, portable, and highly functional code.

-Evaluate and integrate 3rd party technology and APIs.

-Collaborate with game and tools programmers to integrate new
technologies into game and tools.

-As needed work on non-networking tasks such as tools and game-
specific systems to support specific project requirements.

REQUIREMENTS:

-B.Sc. degree in computer science or equivalent experience.

-Minimum five years programming experience.

-Expertise in C and C++.

-Experience implementing networking components for a modern
game (or equivalent application), and expert understanding of
how to robustly and efficiently network game state.

-In-depth understanding of networking protocols (TCP, UDP), client-
server and peer-to-peer architectures, dealing with bandwidth,
latency, synchronization, and dropped-packet issues, etc.

-Skilled in modern algorithms and data structures.

-Strong architecture, documentation and design skills.

-Self-motivated, with excellent communication and problem
solving skills.