Description:

Decentraland is a pioneering virtual world that blends imagination and technology, built on the Unity engine.
The platform streams and renders a vast, continuous environment filled with diverse, user-generated content.
Users can explore an immersive landscape and encounter new creations daily, including games, puzzles, scenes, and artworks.
The platform allows users to attend live music events, conferences, exhibitions, and dance parties within a richly detailed metaverse.
Decentraland has evolved from a proof-of-concept for digital real estate ownership on the blockchain into an ever-expanding world of possibilities.
The company is seeking a Senior Network Programmer to build and optimize the networking layer for their large-scale social virtual world.
The ideal candidate should be excited about creating real-time communication solutions for a massive user base and have a generalist mindset with extensive gaming industry experience.
Responsibilities include designing, implementing, and maintaining robust client-server architectures, developing custom protocols, optimizing network code, collaborating with other teams, and mentoring developers.

Requirements:

A proven background in developing and optimizing multiplayer networking solutions for real-time, large-scale network infrastructure is required.
Experience integrating multiplayer into existing codebases is essential.
A solid understanding of low-level networking concepts such as TCP/UDP, packet structures, bandwidth usage, client-side prediction, lag compensation, and server handoffs is necessary.
Proficiency in C# and Unity’s ecosystem, particularly with custom back-end solutions, is required.
Hands-on experience in analyzing and improving network throughput, latency, and resource usage is needed.
Familiarity with tools for debugging and performance testing in large-scale, multiplayer environments is important.
Experience with version control systems like Git, Perforce, or Mercurial is required.

The position offers a fully remote team with flexible working hours.
Employees receive 29 annual PTOs.
There is a long-term incentive of MANA tokens, vested over a 4-year period.
Additional tokens are linked to annual performance reviews.
A stipend policy is in place to cover remote work and wellness-related expenses.
Employees will receive brand new equipment for remote work, including a laptop, screen, and chair.
Parental leave is provided.
Language lessons are available for employees.
An annual team offsite is organized for team bonding and collaboration.