Platform Engineer
Culver City, CA

Job Description

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 on the hunt for the best and brightest Software Engineers to work on the platform side of our next generation of top-10 cross-platform games. We're looking for a smart, experienced, back-end engineer, with some game development experience, who thrives in an agile environment. Our right fit is someone who enjoys solving problems, thrives when learning new technologies, cares about scalability, interacts effectively in a team environment, and takes ownership and pride in the work that they do.

Our company and culture is geared towards producing the best quality games in the world and having fun while we do it. Jam City has a full team of in-house artists, designers, and game developers. Our core technology allows developers to plug into a scalable backend, flexible game frameworks, analytics and cross-platform methodologies. Jam City is growing, profitable and has offices in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and Argentina.

RESPONSIBILITIES

* Design web-based tools that enables our games to easily and effectively monetize user experiences.
* Design and implement robust, highly-scalable services used by millions of users through web and mobile applications.
* Create extensible APIs and SDKs for web, mobile web and native mobile devices.
* Write both server-side and client-side code for the aforementioned.
* Effectively utilize our NoSQL and relational databases.
* Contribute to developing our analytical data platforms, services, systems and cloud infrastructure.
* Identify problems, investigate new approaches and provide software solutions.
* Test, maintain and monitor computer programs and systems.
* Provide internal operational support within functional areas and collaborate across departments throughout the SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle).

QUALIFICATIONS

* 5-7 years of relevant work experience, including large scale system design experience, with extensive knowledge of UNIX/Linux/CentOS.
* 3-5 years of UX/UI experience with one of the major frameworks (React, Vue, Angular2, etc).
* 3-5 years of programming experience in two or more of the following: Scala, Java, C#, C/C++, Actionscript, Javascript and/or Python with strong OOP skills.
* Strong understanding of Database design (Couchbase, Postgres, Teradata, Redis, and/or MySQL).
* Experience with Akka/Akka HTTP (or other actor-based frameworks).
* Knowledge of technologies such as Spark/Databricks, Kafka, Nifi, Avro, Zookeeper.
* Experience with the AWS ecosystem, EC2, EBS, S3, ALB, CloudFront, DynamoDB.
* Experience with Git, Github, Ansible, Jenkins, Docker, Gradle, Jira.
* Experience with Jetty and/or nginx.
* Strong background in distributed systems: microservice architectures, OS/kernel, network system design, and large-scale storage systems.
* Experience designing APIs.
* Reasonable knowledge of TCP/IP and network programming.
* Solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, computational complexity theory, and test driven development.
* B.S. degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent years of relevant work experience).
* Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
* Proven ability to work collaboratively in a team dynamic.

ABOUT JAM CITY

Jam City is a leader in mobile entertainment, providing unique and deeply engaging games that appeal to broad global audiences.

Jam City was founded in 2009 by MySpace co-founder and CEO Chris DeWolfe and former 20th Century Fox executive Josh Yguado.

Jam City is the creative powerhouse behind some of the highest grossing and most enduring social gaming franchises for mobile, including Cookie Jam (Facebook "Game of the Year" winner) and Panda Pop.

Jam City is the go-to studio for Hollywood, having developed immersive, narrative-rich mobile games around iconic entertainment brands including Harry Potter, Family Guy, and Marvel Avengers. Jam City has eight studios around the globe including Los Angeles (HQ), Burbank, San Francisco, San Diego, Toronto, Bogotá, Berlin, and Buenos Aires.

The Jam City team is known for its creative excellence and technological innovation in key areas including storytelling, data science, and audience insights.