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Engineer II, Game
2 years ago
Job Posting Title
Engineer II, GameSummary
Big Fish Games is a player-centric game publisher that has been influential to the game development world over the last 20 years. Distinguished by its value-driven, collaborative, and inclusive culture, Big Fish continues to innovate the game experience, build community and connections through games, and craft meaningful games played by millions.
Big Fish has an extensive portfolio of popular casual games across genres including EverMerge, Big Fish Casino, JMS, Gummy Drop, Cooking Craze, Fairway Solitaire. Big Fish is dedicated to delivering amazing experiences for players to connect, compete and discover play, anywhere and on any device.
Big Fish is part of Aristocrat Leisure Limited.
We are looking for a Game Engineer to join our Casino slots team. Design, build and release robust new gameplay features that take player experiences to the next level. You will use a combination of JavaScript running on top of our game engine and PHP for 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.
We are looking to hire the best candidates nationwide and offer flexible remote opportunities.Responsibilities
- Collaborate with teams of engineers, designers and QA to create high quality features in our best-in-class social casino apps
- Drive slots framework enhancements that improve engineering, art and QA team workflows
- Provide architecture and development guidance on future slots content
- Launch new slot content live to our players
- We are looking to hire the best candidates nationwide and offer flexible remote opportunities.
Qualifications
- B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent
- 3+ years professional experience in software development
- 2+ years of proficiency in JavaScript
- Experience with the entire development life-cycle from gathering requirements to launching
- Ability to learn, understand, and extend existing systems
- Experience estimating effort and establishing timelines for projects
- Excellent critical thinking, problem solving, and analytical skills
- Detail-oriented, motivated, self-starter
Bonus Points
- 1+ years of working with PHP
- Working knowledge of Cocos2d
- Experience programming for mobile devices on iOS and/or Android
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 Values
- All about the Player
- Talent Unleashed
- Collective Brilliance
- Good Business Good Citizen
The US based roles may require registration with the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) and/or other gaming jurisdictions in which we operate.
Location
USA - RemoteJob family
Big Fish GamesContract Type
RegularTime Type
Full timeCompany
Big Fish Games
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