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As a leading mobile games developer, Jam City is looking to “level up” our talent. We’re on the hunt for innovators who consider themselves dynamic, collaborative, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Perks & Benefits

  • Unlimited Vacation, Paid Sick Days & Holidays
  • 100% Employee Covered Medical, Dental, Vision Plan Base Plan
  • Life Insurance, 401k, Flexible Spending Accounts, Commuter Benefits & More
  • Catered Lunches & Well-stocked Kitchens
  • Yoga & Wellness Activities
  • Happy Hours
  • Company Events
  • Dog Friendly

Jam City is seeking an Engineer to join our LA game studio in Culver City to streamline our Genies and Gems experience! We are looking for people who want to satisfy our players' excitement for new experiences within this gem-azing matching game.

Responsibilities

  • Client-related game software development to build fun, high-quality gameplay and user interface features to meet design and product needs.
  • Delivering new UI features and components for our C++ game engine and Qt-based editor.
  • Working with UX, game designers, artists, and engineers to deliver consistently improving experiences to our players.
  • Ensure UI usability and performance across supported browsers and mobile devices (iOS, Android & Amazon).
  • Set our asset guidance and dynamic UI tools & architecture.
  • Drive the creation of scripts / tools to help streamline the development process.
  • Solve challenging and complex problems around cross-platform app development.
  • Create flexible code that can be easily updated as product needs change.
  • Participate in an agile environment, keeping the team updated with your progress.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of professional experience as a Software Engineer in a fast-paced, small-mid team environment.
  • 2-3 years game development experience.
  • 1-2 years of development experience in C++.
  • Familiarity with running asset optimizations and tool improvements for a product.
  • Experience creating UI, animations and texture atlases for mobile.
  • A passion for UI implementation with an uncompromising attention to detail.
  • Understanding of UI wireframes, user flows, prototypes.
  • An understanding of asset pipeline and best practices for mobile and/or live service games.
  • Strong understanding of design patterns and modern, highly scalable application development.
  • Organized, detail-oriented and able to deliver projects on time.
  • Experience with iOS and/or Android development processes.
  • Familiarity with Agile work environments.
  • Knowledge of Git & GitHub.
  • Passionate about games and game development.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Highly motivated, self-starting individual.
  • BS in Computer Science (or equivalent).

NICE TO HAVE

  • Experience with Python scripting.
  • Experience with Texture Packer atlas creation and optimization.
  • Experience with Qt Creator and Qt packages.

OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION

We believe in creating games that unite people across the world and that showcase our commitment to providing an environment that is both inclusive and diverse for our players and employees. We strive to create a workforce that is reflective of our global player community as we know that we are stronger and better when we play together. To help promote an inclusive culture, we celebrate the visible and invisible diversity of our Jam Citizens through initiatives including Employee Resource Groups, cultural events, trainings, speaker series, and more.

Jam City is an equal opportunity employer. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, religion, ethnicity, marital, or domestic partnerships status, disability, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, veteran status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expressions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws. Our management is committed to following this policy with respect to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruiting, pay, and other forms of compensation, training, and general treatment during employment.

About Jam City

Jam City is an award-winning mobile entertainment studio providing unique and deeply engaging games that appeal to a broad, global audience.

Led by CEO Chris DeWolfe, former MySpace co-founder and CEO, and COO Josh Yguado, former 20th Century Fox executive, Jam City is the creative powerhouse behind some of the highest-grossing and most enduring mobile games. Jam City’s global franchise Cookie Jam has generated more than half a billion dollars, and Panda Pop has more than 120 million downloads to date.

The company also is the go-to studio for Hollywood, having developed immersive, narrative-rich mobile games around iconic entertainment brands. The company’s popular RPG game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery was the #1 game in more than 40 countries at its launch in April 2018.

Jam City has nine studios located in Los Angeles (HQ), Berlin, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Burbank, Cedar Falls, San Diego, San Francisco, and Toronto.