Job Posting Title
Game Engineer II
Summary
Self Aware Games has been creating innovative, genre-defining products since 2006. A winning mix of compelling content and engaging social experiences keeps us top-of-the-charts in the social casino category. Our flagship game, Big Fish Casino, has generated more than $1B in bookings to-date making it one of the best performing mobile games ever. Self Aware Games is based in beautiful downtown Oakland, Calif., and is a business unit of Seattle-based Big Fish Games, Inc., part of Aristocrat Leisure Limited.
We are looking for passionate and highly creative game engineers, artists, designers, product managers, analysts (and more!) to help build the world’s #1 social gaming company. With a strong portfolio of live games and new products in development we are hiring in all disciplines. If you are a passionate game-maker who wants to innovate, contribute and hone your craft as part of a close-knit, collaborative and inclusive culture, Self Aware Games is for you. Here are a few more company highlights:
We take care of our employees with competitive compensation, great benefits and a variety of perks including frequent team events, catered meals, commuter stipend and free professional massage.
We are committed to employee development and advancement with opportunities for growth across Big Fish Games and the Aristocrat family of companies.
Our beautiful workspace is open and light-filled and located in the vibrant Uptown neighborhood next to Lake Merritt and a short walk from the 19th Street BART station.
As a Game Engineer you will be responsible for seeing a feature through the entire process of design, build, release, and analysis. You will utilize a combination of JavaScript running on top of our game engine and PHP for any functionality interfacing with our servers. Our games run cross platform on iOS, Android, and the Web. Our highly collaborative engineering team comes from a wide range of backgrounds, so you'll have lots of opportunity for growth and learning. We’re always looking for creative technology solutions and driven engineers to push the envelope on what we can deliver to our players.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with a team of engineers, artists, designers and QA to deliver exciting new content and outstanding user experiences in our best-in-class social casino apps
- Release code weekly and get immediate feedback from players experiencing content as well as in depth metrics on how your feature is being used
- Take ownership of features across both client and server
- Profile, identify, and implement performance enhancements across the game
Qualifications
- B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- 2+ years professional experience in software development
- 1+ years of proficiency in JavaScript
- Experience with the entire development life-cycle from gathering requirements to launching
- Detail-oriented, motivated, and a self-starter who's excited to bring great game features to our players
- An excellent critical thinker and problem solver, with demonstrated analytical skills
- Preferred Qualifications
- 1+ years of working with PHP
- Working knowledge of Cocos2d and/or Cocos Creator
- Experience programming for mobile devices on iOS and/or Android preferred
Big Fish Games is an equal-opportunity employer. We bring unique talents together to build something special that’s why we welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace regardless of race, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.