Principal Platform Engineer, Jam City
$175-190k
Office located in Culver City, CA
Mobile gaming developer
Be an early applicant
Mobile gaming developer
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$175-190k
Office located in Culver City, CA
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To provide unique and deeply engaging mobile games that are played by tens of millions of people across the globe.
Role
Who you are
- If you have a passion for games and have an awesome engineering background, come join us!
- Ideally 10+ years of professional experience as a software engineer in a fast-paced, small-mid team environment
- Extensive software design experience with knowledge of methodologies
- Extensive experience with Unity3D app development and/or native iOS and/or Android development processes
- Extensive experience and skills in a managed language like C# or Java
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills
- Organized, detail-oriented with a proven track record of delivering projects on time
Desirable
- Experience with GitHub Actions for CI/CD
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP)
What the job involves
- Jam City is seeking a motivated, skilled Principal Platform Engineer to join our Central Technologies team
- We are focused on building high quality technology that can be leveraged across the entire Jam City portfolio of games
- Participate in the design, development, and maintenance of C# mobile client SDKs for Unity games
- Contribute to the development and deployment of Java-based microservices
- Work effectively with a large variety of internal and external customers and game teams around the globe
- Build performant solutions for mobile and web that can scale to millions of users
- Take ownership and responsibility for initiatives and make them happen
- Mentor fellow software engineers on software development best practices
- Participate in planning discussions to advise and influence the product roadmaps
Our take
Jam City is a game development company behind some of the most popular mobile games played today, including Jurassic World Alive, Disney EmoJi Blitz and Cookie Jam. The company differentiates itself from others in this with its focus on licensed properties, holding deals with Disney and Warner Brothers among others to produce games featuring their characters. This instant brand recognition has vaulted it to a strong market position, with billions of games downloaded and over $4 billion in sales to date.
Despite extremely strong investor backing and a solid revenue stream, the company has encountered difficulties in the market. After scrapping plans to go public through a merger in 2021, it reduced its headcount to bring its operations in line with market conditions. Having also reshuffled its leadership team, it is now in a stronger position for sustained growth going forward.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Sep 2021
$175m
LATE VC
Jan 2019
$145m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $477m
Company benefits
- We have several choices of medical plans with a range of coverage levels and costs, including a 100% employer-covered plan
- Healthy teeth and gums are important to your overall wellness. Jam City has 2 PPO plan options
- Your eyes are important to us. We offer vision coverage so you can save money on eligible eye care expenses
- So you can focus on you, we offer access to a free personal health assistant
- Regular, full-time employees are eligible to take up to 12 weeks of paid parental benefit within the one-year period
- Jam City has an online community to meet and exchange stories, tips, and joy with your fellow Jam Citizen Parents
- 5 days for Kin Care for family members including (but not limited to) your grandparents, siblings and pets
- You can purchase supplemental life insurance in addition to the Company-paid Life and Accidental Death (AD&D) insurance provided to you on day one
- Start saving for a financially secure retirement with the Jam City 401(k) savings plan—it has benefits that beat other savings accounts
- Unlimited PTO
- Paid Sick Time
- Wellbeing Programs
- Casual Dress
- Company Events
- Dog-Friendly Offices
Company HQ
Hayden Tract, Culver City, CA
Leadership
Josh Yguado
(CEO)Former Investment Banker at ING. Since then, has been in Strategic Planning at MTV Networks/Nickelodeon, and Strategy & Business Development at Fox Networks Group. Was previously COO of Jam City since its founding but has stepped up to CEO in January 2023.
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