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Senior Software Engineer (Games)
PlayFirst is a leading publisher focused on creating shared casual game experiences around lasting original brands. Committed to building casual gameplay rich in story and character, PlayFirst works with talented internal and external developers to bring mass market games to multiple platforms, including PC, Mac, mobile, handheld and console. The company's portfolio includes the world-renowned Diner Dash® franchise as well as top-selling games such as Wedding Dash™, Chocolatier™, and Dream Chronicles™. For more information, visit www.playfirst.com and www.dinerdash.com.
Founded in 2004 by veterans of Internet portals, traditional games publishers, entertainment software, and technology firms, PlayFirst is funded by venture capital firms Mayfield Fund, Trinity Ventures and Rustic Canyon Partners.
Job Description:
The Senior Software Engineer works directly with a cross-functional team of engineers, producers, artists, and QA engineers to develop award winning and world class casual games. As the lead engineer on a casual games title, the Senior Software Engineer will design, develop and ship innovative and commercially successful titles that are part of the PlayFirst games portfolio.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the full engineering life-cycle of team based projects, including requirements design, technical design, task estimation, implementation, automated testing, debugging, and deployment
- Use effective communication between project and team members in order to launch award winning games
- Responsible for deploying games against a schedule
Requirements:
- Computer Graphics programming experience (DirectX, OpenGL, or higher-level SDK's)
- Demonstrated ability to adhere to scheduled and team-agreed timelines
- Strong understanding of the end-user experience
- Demonstrated strong knowledge of object-oriented design and implementation
- Must have excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Must be a team player and be responsible for individual assignments within the team
- 3 or more years experience professional software development
- 2 or more years experience C++ development
- Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Computer Science
- Eligibility to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
Preferred:
- Past successes with team projects for which you were responsible for the full engineering life-cycle from requirements gathering through to deployment
- Experience with localized and cross-platform product development
- Previous experience planning, implementing, deploying and evaluating video games
- Experience with embedded scripting languages (lua, ruby, python, perl, etc.)
- Experience developing and deploying networked multiplayer games
Benefits
- Our core benefits include: health, dental, vision, life/disability, Flexible spending accounts, 401(k), and Stock Options.
- In addition to being located in the heart of the financial district (1 block from BART), we also have great fringe benefits which include: generous paid time off, 10 company holidays, yoga, chair massage, snacks, refreshments, "playdates" when we test our games, and great growth opportunities.
To apply for this position, please email your resume in a standard Word or PDF document to jobs@playfirst.com and please include the exact job title in the subject line as above.
