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Manager, Platform Engineering
4 years ago
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
This person will be a Hands-On Tech Lead and Manager on our Game Services Platform team.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Build and lead a team of engineers through hiring, coaching, mentoring, feedback, and hands-on career development.
- Stay hands-on in the code and contribute to the on-going development efforts.
- Support timely delivery of technical solutions to address business needs.
- Advocate and advance modern, agile software development practices and help develop and evangelize great engineering and organizational practices.
- Grow a healthy, collaborative engineer culture in line with the company values.
- Be an active participant in the engineering leadership team and collaborate with other leaders across the organization.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years managing teams of 5 or more developers.
- 5+ years of relevant development experience, including:
- Design and implementation of large scale system.
- Expert-level experience in two or more of the following: Scala, Java, C#, C/C++, Actionscript, Javascript and/or Python with strong OOP skills.
- Experience with the AWS ecosystem.
- Strong background in distributed systems and microservice architectures.
- Experience working in a Scrum/Agile environment.
- B.S. degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent years of relevant work experience).
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively in a geographically distributed team dynamic.
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.
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