Senior Network Programmer (Project Baxter)

Starbreeze
📍 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted February 26, 2026

Job Description

We are hiring a Senior Network Programmer to join our Project Baxter team, currently in pre-production. This is a core role for the project and will ultimately be responsible for all things network related; including matchmaking, servers and backend. You will report into our Technical Director and collaborate closely with both our Engine and Gameplay Programming teams.

Project Baxter is a 4 player cooperative action game set in the world of Dungeons & Dragons®. Inspired by our love of tabletop RPGs and built from the ground up in Unreal Engine 5, we will embrace cutting edge technology to create entertaining and emergent gameplay scenarios.

This role is available onsite in Stockholm or remote across France, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

Job Tasks:

  • Develop everything network related; matchmaking, dedicated server, backend;

  • Make sure network code is optimized both for CPU usage and network bandwidth;

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    Job Details

    • Location Stockholm, Stockholm County
    • Job Type Full-time
    • Category Computer Occupations
    • Posted Date February 26, 2026
    • Application Deadline April 07, 2026