Senior Network Platform Engineer

At Turtle Rock, we make the games we want to play. We re dedicated to providing a collaborative environment where our team members feel empowered with the creative freedom to contribute and grow. While we are based in Orange County, CA, we support flexible work arrangements ranging from in-studio, hybrid, to fully remote throughout North America. Join our award-winning game development team and help create our next hit title.

We are looking for a Senior Network Platform Engineer to join our team and help build and operate the online infrastructure behind our next hit AAA title. In this role, you’ll take ownership of backend systems that support large-scale online multiplayer games. You’ll help shape technical direction, set operational procedures, troubleshoot complex production issues, and mentor engineers earlier in their careers.

This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who enjoys solving difficult infrastructure and distributed-systems problems and wants to have a meaningful impact on the technology behind a live AAA game. This position will report to the Networking Lead.

Responsibilities

Design, build, maintain, and operate large-scale distributed systems

Own not just the code but the entire shipping lifecycle – the same team that builds services owns and operates them in production

Integrate external APIs and services, including cloud providers and platform first parties

Analyze and mitigate platform costs from design to continuous optimization

Help guide engineering standards, operational practices, and documentation for internal teams and external partners

Work directly with stakeholders in other departments to land new features

Mentor and support junior engineers

Participate in on-call or live-service support as needed

Play the game

Requirements

5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on backend, network, infrastructure, platform, or distributed systems

We primarily use Kotlin, but JVM experience is not required—tell us about the backend languages and tools you’ve worked with

Proven database experience: traditional RDBMS, persistent NoSQL, and caching layers

Solid fundamentals in concurrency, asynchronous techniques, and consistency tradeoffs

Comfortable working in a Linux environment at the command line

Security mindset at all layers: network, code, database

Familiarity with underlying networking stack: DNS, routing, packet capture and analysis

Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset

Preferences

Previous game experience a plus

Prior experience working with Xbox Live, Valve Steamworks or PlayStation Network

Cloud infrastructure experience: AWS, Azure, GCP

Experience supporting live-service games or other live online platforms

Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment systems

Experience leading the documentation side of live ops: runbooks, incident procedures, post-mortems

Experience designing for global regulatory requirements in an online product

Benefits

Some of the benefits and perks our employees get to enjoy, include:

100% Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage for you and your family

Retirement Savings Plan Matching

Career Improvement Plan

Flexible Work Arrangements - In-House, Hybrid, and Remote

Generous Time Off Policy

Company Events - In-Person + Virtual Events

Fully Stocked Kitchen + Sponsored Food Trucks

The estimated base pay range for this role is: $136,000 - $170,000 USD

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.