Web Project Manager
Run your own show and build the coolest, most effective online gaming websites possible! The Web Project Manager reports to the General Manager of Slipgate Ironwork’s Publishing business and will manage the scheduling and coordination of multiple consumer-facing gaming websites. This is a mid-level position of significant autonomy and independence. You will be working with some high budget PC MMO games, and some genre-defining social networking features to tie together gaming communities. Success will come by careful planning, experienced judgment, thoughtful coordination between multiple internal and external parties, and the ability to keep the train on the tracks.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate schedules, policies, resources, timelines, assets, test plans, QA processes, and anything else needed to launch the most innovative and successful online gaming websites possible
- Keep multiple projects on track and on budget
- Coordinate closely with marketing teams, game developer teams, web production teams, producers, legal compliance people, writers, graphic designers, and programmers to make it all happen
Requirements:
- 3-5 years of work-related experience in Product Management, including building and running customer-facing websites
- Strong oral and written communication skills, along with the ability to work with internal and external partners
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects
- Must have the ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Marketing or customer service experience with online gaming a plus
- Bachelors degree in related field required
- Passion for online gaming, and the communities that form around games, is a must!
Senior Web Application Engineer
Slipgate Ironworks seeks seasoned web engineers with a deep understanding of design & implementation processes required for building high-volume web applications. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, agile-minded, self-correcting, takes initiative, and communicates clearly. Slipgate Ironworks offers exciting opportunities to collaborate with likeminded problem solvers, lucid communicators, and proactive "can-do" achievers. Be part of the team that defines world-class MMO web integration!
Responsibilities:
- Seamlessly integrate web application with multiple real-time game worlds.
- Design & develop robust, scalable, and maintainable code at all 3 MVC tiers - From database schema design to front-end views.
- Develop comprehensive unit test harnesses for all code developed.
- Document & diagram all code developed.
Qualifications:
- 6+ years of web application engineering experience
- Demonstrated ability building highly scalable and maintainable web applications
- A thorough understanding of OOP principles
- Passion for developing well-architected, robust, maintainable, and clean code
- Experience with multiple web programming languages such as Java., Ruby, .net, or PHP
- Strong SQL skills, ideally with large MySQL 5.x environments
- Experience with multiple MVC frameworks (Rails, Struts, Django, etc.)
- Strong LAMP experience
- Experience integrating large dynamic SQL DB source feeds
- Experience with AJAX, DHTML, and JavaScript
- General front end development skills: HTML/XHTML/JavaScript/CSS/etc. (Graphic design skills are not required)
- Great communication skills
Extra Credit:
- Test driven development experience
- Real world AJAX experience
- Startup experience
- Role-based security implementation experience
- Experience developing SOA and writing/consuming web services
- A genuine passion for videogames
Web Application Engineer
Slipgate Ironworks seeks web engineers with high-volume web application development experience. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, agile-minded, takes direction, and communicates clearly. Slipgate Ironworks offers exciting opportunities to collaborate with outstanding problem solvers, lucid communicators, and proactive "can-do" achievers. Be part of the team that defines world-class MMO web integration!
Responsibilities:
- Design & develop robust, scalable, and maintainable code.
- Develop comprehensive unit test harnesses for all code developed.
- Document & diagram all code developed.
Qualifications:
- 2+ years of web application engineering experience
- Experience with at least one object-oriented web programming languages such as Java., Ruby, or .net
- A basic understanding of OOP principles
- Strong SQL skills, ideally with large MySQL 5.x environments
- Passion for developing well-architected, robust, maintainable, and clean code
- Basic front end development skills: HTML/XHTML/JavaScript/CSS/etc. (Graphic design skills are not required)
- Experience with 1 MVC frameworks (Rails, Struts, etc.)
- Strong LAMP experience
- Experience with AJAX, DHTML, and JavaScript
- Great communication skills
Extra Credit:
- Test driven development experience
- Real world AJAX experience
- Startup experience
- Experience developing SOA and writing/consuming web services
- A genuine passion for videogames
Senior Web UI Designer
Slipgate Ironworks seeks seasoned interface designers with a flair for designing intuitive and functional web interfaces. The ideal candidate is creative, detail-oriented, agile-minded, and can transition fluidly between design ideas. Be part of the team that defines seamless and beautifully compelling MMO web immersion!
Responsibilities:
- Create visually-pleasing & intuitive web interfaces for rich MMO game worlds.
- Document & diagram all stages of UI design: wireframes, UI flows, screenshots, etc.
- Provide feedback on different design approaches.
- Prototype, implement, and debug design changes based on iterative feedback.
- Design modular UIs that can be easily skinned across multiple sites.
Qualifications:
- 6+ years of web interface design experience
- Photoshop-to-web design experience
- Deep HTML/XHTML/JavaScript/CSS skills
- Experience designing AJAX, DHTML, and/or JavaScript interactive modules
- Familiarity with MVC concepts
Extra Credit:
- Game UI design experience
- Startup experience
- Experience with source control
- A genuine passion for videogames
ActionScript Engineer
Slipgate Ironworks is looking for a few highly skilled Flash/ActionScript Developers to join our team. You’ll be part of the team that takes creates jaw-droppingly awesome interactive experiences. As the ideal candidate, you work well in a creative environment with colleagues who are as passionate about crafing compelling interactive experiences as you are. Your drive to develop robust, well architected code produces ActionScript that more closely resembles Java or C++ than our meager AS 1.0 forefathers thought possible. Your engineering skills set you above the flash developer/designers that didn't make it past the 'attacked by ninjas' portion of our screening process.
Responsibilities:
- Work with the Lead Programmer and Producer to create technical design documents and define your schedule.
- Help our team continue to push the boundaries of what is thought to be possible with ActionScript.
- Collaborate with engineers and designers to drive and implement the technology for the game.
- Write, document, and test efficient, well-architected, robust code.
Qualifications:
- 3+ years Flash Development
- 2+ years ActionScript 2.0 experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Previous development experience in languages other than Actionscript
- A thorough understanding of OOP principles and how they apply to ActionScript as a language
- Passion for developing well architected, robust, maintainable, clean code
- Must be a team player, capable of working closely with people from many disciplines
- Able to work with a team of ActionScript engineers on a single codebase
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to quality.
- Great communication skills
Extra Credit:
- ActionScript 3.0
- Flex experience
- Clear understanding of software engineering design patterns
- Experience with source control
- Familiar with unit testing
- Python or C++
- A genuine passion for gaming