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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.

Summary and Mission

We are looking for a Senior Game Engineer to join Self Aware Games Studio in Oakland. In this role, you will be responsible for developing a feature through the entire lifecycle: 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 opportunities 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 every sprint and get immediate feedback from players enjoying your 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

You are:

  • 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

Required Experience and Skills

  • B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience
  • 4+ years professional experience in software development
  • 3+ years of proficiency in JavaScript
  • Experience with the entire development lifecycle from gathering requirements to launching

Bonus Points

  • 1+ years of working with PHP
  • Working knowledge of Cocos2d and/or Cocos Creator

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.

Why Aristocrat?

  • World Leader in Gaming Entertainment
  • Robust benefits package
  • Global career opportunities
  • Our core values: All about the player, Talent Unleashed, Collective Brilliance and Good Business, Good Citizen

Our Winning Ways

  • Unite - Come together as one team, with one vision
  • Develop - Empower, inspire and grow our people
  • Deliver - Execute with excellence, be accountable for results
  • Play - Be creative, celebrate success

The US-based roles may require registration with the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) and/or other gaming jurisdictions in which we operate.