KingsIsle Entertainment, established in 2005, is a proven MMO hit-maker with 50+ million registered users across both of our MMO games with vibrant and strong communities.? Our award-winning game Wizard101 is currently in its 13th year and Pirate101 is in its 9th.? We attribute our success to great people, and we recognize the value of every team member. We work hard and have fun, whether with lunchtime gaming sessions or office outings to the movies. The working environment, friendly teammates, and support for growing careers contribute to the long tenures many enjoy at KingsIsle.
The KingsIsle Web Team is a friendly and motivated?group of builders, testers, and managers who put the quality of what we produce above all else. Experience taught us that high standards are better achieved through effective collaboration, knowledge duplication, and personal development. We make time for each team member to take courses and work on interest projects. The team reserves regular time slots to discuss successes and failures after each Sprint. The senior members are encouraged and empowered to mentor so our junior members often experience tremendous growth. We build enterprise web applications with proven success serving millions, and our continued quest for improvement drives increasing sophistication in test automation, performance/security monitoring, and agile product delivery.
What you'll do...
You will work with a team of front/back-end developers and QA engineers on our application tech stack consisting of MySQL, Java, Hibernate, and JavaScript, and help to create a new, modern front-end stack. Understanding existing business requirements and maintaining the codebase is a major part of the job, yet innovating better ways of doing things and introducing new ideas is where you'll shine. Modernizing the web front-end experience and technology is vital to the company's strategic goal for the foreseeable future. You will partner with your team and business stakeholders to write, refine, plan, and implement stories and deliver production-ready features. You'll provide expert opinions, perform code reviews, and help foster collaboration, growth, and creativity.
We are the creators of the popular and critically acclaimed Wizard101 and Pirate101, which together have garnered over 50 Million registered players to date.
Founded in 2005, with operations in the Dallas area and Austin, KingsIsle is creating MMO entertainment offerings that are innovative, compelling, uncommon and of high quality. We have brought together a team of highly creative, energetic, accomplished and skilled professionals to develop these projects. The team consists of individuals with unique and in-depth experience in the development of video games, online environments, communications and commercial software.
KingsIsle is currently hiring at all levels and areas. Please check out our openings at https://kingsisle.catsone.com/careers/.