PopCap Games is looking for a Sr. Software Developer passionate about creating fun and enduring games using iterative development and other best practices, from feature inception through deployment. The Senior Developer has a clear vision of software quality and the ability to lead peers to share this vision.
Responsibilities:
- Working collaboratively with producers, artists, business operations teams, analysts and other developers to achieve development milestones and product features
- Effectively using unit testing and other development best practices embraced by the team
- Writing clean, clear and maintainable code
- Lead investigations into new technologies to further enrich gaming experiences
- Building tools and extending tool chains to facilitate improved integration of resource assets
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship for other team members
Required Skills/Personal Requirements:
- 5 or more years of professional software development experience
- 2 or more years developing native apps for iOS
- 2 or more years developing native apps for android
- Strong understanding of Object Oriented Programming and fluency with C , Java, Objective-C or similar compiled object oriented language
- A demonstrated passion for improving your craft and
- Has delivered several products as a member of an Agile team
- Proficiency debugging with XCode and optimizing application performance with Instruments
- Enthusiasm for solving challenging problems
- Commitment to shared ownership of the code base
Preferred:
- Game development experience
- Test driven development experience
Education and/or Certifications:
BS in Computer Science/Engineering or related field and/or equivalent work experience
PopCap Games (www.popcap.com) is the worldwide leader in casual video games: fun, easy-to-learn, captivating games that appeal to everyone from age 6 to 106 and are available anytime, anywhere. Based in Seattle, Washington, PopCap was founded in 2000 and has a worldwide staff of more than 525 people in Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, Vancouver, B.C., Dublin, Seoul, and Shanghai. Its games have been downloaded over 1.5 billion times by consumers worldwide, and its flagship title, Bejeweled, has sold more than 50 million units across all platforms. Constantly acclaimed by consumers and critics, PopCap's games are played on the Web, social platforms, desktop computers, myriad mobile devices (cell phones, smartphones, PDAs, Pocket PCs, iPod, iPhone, iPad and more), popular game consoles (such as Xbox and DS), and in-flight entertainment systems. PopCap has been one of the most innovative companies in the video game industry since its inception a decade ago. Pioneering new game mechanics, sales models, and platforms ranging from mobile devices to online and location-based games of chance, PopCap is the only video game provider in the world with leading market share across the entire spectrum.