Senior Software Engineer, Jam City
Unity
$140-170k
More information about location
Mobile gaming developer
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Mobile gaming developer
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$140-170k
More information about location
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
- We’re searching for innovators who consider themselves dynamic, collaborative, and thrive in a fast-paced environment
- If you have a passion for games and have an awesome engineering background, come join us!
- 8+ years of professional experience in a fast-paced team environment
- Expertise with Unity / C#
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, memory management, design patterns, and modern/highly scalable application development
- Demonstrated knowledge of software design practices including modularity, event-driven architecture, object-oriented design, graphics and animation techniques, extensibility and testability
- Proven problem solving skills and the ability to learn new systems and identify flaws and solutions quickly
- Proven expertise in producing high-performance products, with focus on performance tuning and optimal resource utilization
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to identify and articulate goals and risks to management
- Demonstrated competency in several of the following specialties, with an expertise in more than one: gameplay, physics, 3D graphics/rendering, game logic, networking, optimization, analytics
- Experience with iOS and Android development processes and the ability to write native code in Swift/Objective-C and Java
- Experience with full stack development
- Passionate about games and game programming
- Proven track record of the full development lifecycle and shipping commercially successful products in Unity
- Experience operating a live mobile game
- Organized, detail-oriented and able to deliver projects on time
- Highly motivated, analytical, creative and self-starting individual
- BS in Computer Science (or equivalent)
What the job involves
- Jam City is seeking a motivated, skilled Senior Software Engineer to join one of our hit game studios in Burbank!
- We are focused on building awesome casual mobile games based on classic Disney franchises
- Client-related game software development to build fun, high-quality gameplay features to specification
- Work closely with tech leads to architect and build games on mobile (iOS + Android) platforms that can scale to millions of players
- Own deliverables and ensure everything has been thoroughly tested from concept to release
- Architect and implement core game systems and content pipelines
- Drive the creation of scripts / tools to help streamline the development process
- Collaborate with other project stakeholders to provide critical technical information for design and product consideration
- Create flexible code that can be easily updated as product needs change
- Solve challenging and complex problems around cross-platform app development
- Optimize in various areas including performance, memory usage and file size Identify opportunities for improvement and contribute to the long term engineering roadmap
- Lead by example and provide mentorship to other team members
- Contribute ideas in a collaborative, supportive team environment
- Work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, artists, designers, producers and QA on mobile games
- Participate in an agile environment, keeping the team updated with your progress
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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