Polyphony Digital - ポリフォニー・デジタル Polyphony Digital - ポリフォニー・デジタル

Online Engineer

The online engineer performs development of the game servers and game clients for various services that support our games.

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    Work Details

    • Development and operation of game servers that operate on a cloud platform
    • Development of a game client to communicate with the game server
    • Development and operation of various Web systems such as for the official website
    • Development of necessary features for playing with other players on a network
    • Development of server operation tools
    The online engineer is responsible for the development of a system that allows communication between multiple PlayStation®Consoles, mobile devices, and PC’s over a network.
    In order to achieve a superior user experience, they are responsible for everything from the design of the architecture, the development of programs that use low level socket APIs, to the development of the actual UI that the end user actually operates.

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    Requirements/
    Experience

    • System development experience using languages such as Golang and C++
    • Basic understanding of Linux
    • Good communication skills

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    Desired
    Experience/Skills

    • Development and operation experience of distributed systems utilizing AWS, GCP, etc.
    • System development experience based on container, serverless, managed services
    • Development experience of web applications
    • Database design and utilization experience for KVS, RDB, etc.
    • Development experience in online games
    • Test development experience such as unit testing, load testing, etc.
    • CI/CD environment setup experience
    • Network programming experience using TCP, UDP
    • English（Able to communicate in email and documentation）

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    Terms and
    conditions

    • Important Notice

      These are terms for working in Japan. For job positions outside of Japan, terms will be separately arranged according to the location.

    • Employment
      Format

      PDS（Product Development Staff） Employee

      *The PDS（Product Development Staff） Employee is a standard employee format for game creators with superflex work hours, yearly salary contract, and special incentive bonus.

    • Salary

      Yearly salary, with reviews every year.

      For the year following employment, 1/12 of the yearly salary set at the time of employment is paid every month.

    • Other benefits

      Commute fee

    • Bonuses

      Incentive Bonus (royalty system according to sales of game title developed)

    • Working Hours

      Superflex （Need only to arrive at the place of work within standard work hours)

    • Days off/
      vacation days

      2 day Weekends, holidays, summer, year end/year start, paid holidays

    • Insurance

      Employment insurance, Work accident insurance, health insurance, employees pension insurance

    • Place of work

      East 21 Business Center 3F, 6-3-1 Toyo, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan
      or
      TNC-TV Building 2F, 2-3-2, Momochihama, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka City, Japan

    • Application
      Requirements

      Experienced persons meeting the recruitment details

    • Deadline for
      application

      Until positions are filled (limited number)

    • New Graduates

      There is no position opening specifically for new graduates, but if you meet the application requirements for experienced employees or have the equivalent skills and qualifications, please apply even if you are currently enrolled in college/schools.

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    Application
    method

    • Online Application

      Please proceed to the application form from the button below.

    Application Form
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    Departments

    • Engineering Team

      The team is responsible for various work involving programming within the company. Rather than being confined to specific fields selected at the time of employment, there are many staff who work across different fields. Depending on your interests and abilities, it is possible to be active in a variety of different subjects.

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    Staff
    Interview