Software Engineer — Connected Play
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Job Summary
Nex is on a mission to help families rediscover the joy of movement. Created by parents for parents Nex combines technology and play to deliver fun social and interactive experiences powered by natural body motion encouraging kids and adults to move more play more and have fun together. Nex Playground the companys award-winning active play system is purpose-built to get families moving year-round with safety and privacy as core considerations in its intentional design. It is certified kidSAFE COPPA compliant and built to support healthy active play for all ages and abilities.
Nex Playground features a growing library of 50 experiences including motion and dance games fitness and educational experiences and Nex Originals. Content includes collaborations with partners like Hasbro Sesame Workshop and NBCUniversal. Nex has been recognized by Fast Companys Most Innovative Companies TIMEs Best Inventions and Parents Best Entertainment System for Families and has earned Red Dot IDEA and Core77 international design awards. We encourage you to explore Have FunandIs Motion Gaming Back as they offer a deeper look into our culture values and explain how our approach to motion gaming differs from previous generations.
Location:Hong Kong
Type:Full Time
The Role
As our Software Engineer Connected Play you will help families play together even when they are apart. You will work within our game teams to implement secure real-time multiplayer features transforming our single-device hits into shared experiences that connect living rooms.
You will focus on the gameplay implementation of our connected features. You will solve the unique engineering challenges of synchronizing motion gaming ensuring that a tennis swing in New York feels instant and fair to a player in London. You will help bring connected experiences to titles likeTennis Smash: RacketvilleBowling Strike and HomeRun Heroes: StarStrikers.
What Youll Do
- Implement real-time multiplayer features ensuring physics scores and player movements are synchronized accurately across devices.
- Implement safety-first networking features. You will build restricted matchmaking and communication systems (e.g. non-verbal emotes pre-set phrases) that keep our ecosystem safe for children.
- Refactor single-player codebases adapting existing game logic to support multiplayer without breaking the original game feel.
- Solve gameplay networking challenges such as smoothing out jittery movement (interpolation) and optimizing bandwidth for average Internet connections.
- Collaborate with Game Artiststo ensure visual effects and animations sync perfectly for every player.
- Collaborate with the Developer Experience Team acting as the primary user of their SDKs and providing feedback to help improve the developer experience.
Must-Have
- 3 years of professional software development experience.
- Strong proficiency in C# and the Unity ecosystem.
- Deep understanding of Networking are fluent in concepts like RPCs state synchronization and authority (host vs. client).
- Proficiency with Unity Network have hands-on experience building features with Photon Fusion Mirror or Netcode for GameObjects etc.
- Experience withasynchronous programmingin Unity (UniTask async/await or coroutines).
- Ability to write clean maintainable and performant code.
Should Have
- A growth mindset and the energy to thrive in a fast-paced high-growth environment.
- An obsession with code quality and a sense of personal ownership over the products final polish.
- Passion for building scalable frameworks and tools that empowerevery disciplineto deliver their best work efficiently.
- Genuine excitement for deep technical challenges such asreal-time state synchronization scalable backend architecture and seamless matchmaking.
Nice to Have
- Experience shipping a multiplayer game.
- A love for staying active and healthy with a passion for helping others do the same.
- An interest in playing games and excitement about game development.
We Offer
- Competitive compensation package.
- Flexible working hours and vacation policy.
- Product-driven culture that treasures talents and individual growth.
- Front-row seat and hands-on experience with cutting edge technologies in the evolving gaming field
Nex is located inSan Jose California USAandHongKong. Learn more about us at encourage applications even if you dont meet more than 50% of the requirements we believe that experience comes in many forms!
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Spring
- .NET
- C/C++
- Go
- React
- OOP
- C#
- Data Structures
- JavaScript
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
About Company
Nex is a motion entertainment company that is transforming sedentary activity into active play. We create new experiences that naturally get you moving.
