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Senior Security Programmer

Job Title:

Senior Security Programmer

Employment Status:

Full Time - Benefits

Department:

Programming

Job Description:

Do you like blowing stuff up?  Do you like real-time strategy games? Do you like blowing stuff up in real-time strategy games? 

Relic Entertainment, award winning developer of Homeworld, Dawn of War and the highest rated RTS of all time, Company of Heroes is looking for a Senior Security Programmer with experience leading engineers in making groundbreaking games. The ideal candidate is staggeringly brilliant, mind-numbingly experienced and ready to help forge the way in developing the best games on the market,

Our ideal candidate possesses outstanding communication skills and is capable of working with a team of engineers, designers and artists in the design and implementation of cutting edge tools & games. Are you the one?

 

Responsibilities:

  • Work closely with lead programmer to identify and address security issues in game client and game server.
  • Work on various other aspects of the game as needed.
  • Drive the implementation of the project’s security system from development to the live environment
  • Constantly assess the technical and schedule feasibility of the technical design
  • Ensure deliverables are set and completed within time and quality expectations while adhering to and advancing internal standards
  • Be an “expert” resource for the project, and the studio
  • Stay in tune with emerging programming trends and products, know what is happening in the gaming marketplace

Requirements:

  • College degree and/or 8 years of equivalent experience
  • Experience shipping at least four products as a programmer
  • Strong experience with C++
  • Knowledge of cheating and security issues
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Proven ability to provide programming content
  • Successful multitasking skills, while not cracking under considerable pressure

Assets:

  • Formal Engineering degree, Computer Science degree
  • LUA, Perl, Python, or other interpreted languages
  • Bilingual in Korean or Mandarin an asset but, by no means necessary!
  • A love for games! 
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    Location:

    #1500 - 550 Burrard Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2C1 Canada

    To Apply:

    Please email your cover letter and resume to jobs@relic.com

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