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Senior Unity Solution Engineer
2 years ago
Job Posting Title
Senior Unity Solution EngineerSummary
BigFish is in search of a Senior Unity Solution Engineer to join our internal engineering team in support of Evermerge, one of our most successful mobile phone games. This is an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment on live ops systems that have a direct impact on the game’s financial success.
In this role, you will act as a technical system developer, integrator, troubleshooter and analyst, and draw on your broad knowledge of software development to assist with a wide variety of technical challenges. A flexible mindset, good communication skills and a willingness to collaborate with other engineers are also important.
You will work with game producers, product managers and the external game development team to help all these groups overcome technical obstacles and drive the game to greater success.
If working with and supporting game teams at the technical intersection of live operations, business, production and game systems intrigues you, then this could be the right job for you.Responsibilities
- Develop internal tools to help power live ops features for Evermerge.
- Integrate, update and leverage the capabilities of 3rd party tools & services that are integral to the game.
- Help our business partners set up and operate complex AB tests to help maximize financial performance.
- Troubleshoot and firefight short term issues as they crop up. Identify, optimize and mitigate long running performance and stability issues.
Additional Responsibilities
- Become an expert on Big Fish Games technical products, services, and best practices so our solutions provide maximal value to our game teams.
- Be flexible in order to adapt to the shifting priorities that come from working with the complexities of live game operations.
- Effectively communicate with technical and non-technical parties to ensure understanding of priorities, services, features and business requirements.
- Become familiar with the game’s codebase in order to implement a game feature, offer technical advice or help troubleshoot issues.
- Proactively find solutions for problems and obstacles. Help improve our processes and documentation.
Qualifications
- Senior level software engineering experience.
- 4+ years of Unity engine experience, including building clients with both Xcode and Android Studio.
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills, both spoken and written.
- Enjoy working with people and collaborating with teammates.
- A passion and ability to understand complex technical systems and be able to navigate them.
- A service oriented attitude and confidence in your skills that allows you to build and maintain trust with our game teams.
- Experience estimating effort and establishing timelines for projects as well as communicating associated risk.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior customer facing or support experience.
- Experience integrating complex third-party SDKs.
- Experience with complex APIs.
- Experience with server side development.
- An understanding of server systems and how they interact with games.
- Experience shipping a game on iOS and Android.
About Big Fish
Celebrating 20 years delighting players worldwide, Big Fish Games is a mobile games category leader in Casual & Social Casino.
Big Fish operates an extensive portfolio of popular games across genres, including EverMerge, Cooking Craze, Gummy Drop, Big Fish Casino, Jackpot Magic Slots, and Fairway Solitaire. Our core values: All about the player, Talent Unleashed, Collective Brilliance and Good Business, Good Citizen.
Why Big Fish?
At Big Fish Games, we make the best games, the best possible way. We show up every day to enchant and delight our players and contribute to building a great company. We think big because that’s what our players demand.
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
Remote, WAJob family
Big Fish GamesContract Type
RegularTime Type
Full timeCompany
Big Fish Games
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