Senior Server Engineer, Unreal Engine

Our Role

Rushdown Studios is looking for an experienced Game Server Engineer to join us in support of our partner studio! In this role, you'll work alongside our team to build, port, and optimize the dedicated game server for a large-scale multiplayer Unreal Engine title, including a near-term focus on bringing an existing Windows Server Target to Linux. Our ideal candidate is a self-motivated and demonstrated team player who is equally comfortable digging into platform-specific bugs, owning a port end-to-end, and collaborating across studios. Game development experience is preferred due to the nature of this project, but it's not mandatory; we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all of the requirements listed below!

Responsibilities

• Port the Windows Server Target for a large Unreal Engine title to Linux, maintaining feature parity, stability, and performance.
• Build, maintain, and extend the dedicated game server to ensure it runs reliably on both Windows and Linux.
• Profile and optimize server performance, memory usage, and tick stability for production deployments.
• Diagnose and resolve platform-specific bugs, crashes, and behavioral differences between Windows and Linux builds.
• Work with build systems, toolchains, and CI to keep cross-platform builds healthy and reproducible.
• Collaborate with engineers at our partner studio to deliver server-side features and integrations.

Requirements

• Three (3) years of professional experience with C++.
• Cross-platform development experience targeting both Windows and Linux, including a familiarity with navigating compiler, toolchain, and platform API differences.
• Strong Linux fundamentals and comfort building, debugging, and operating C++ applications on Linux.
• Ability to write clear, maintainable, and portable code that holds up in a large shared codebase.