Web/Mobile Game Developer - Coding Ninja

3 Months ago • All levels • Game Programmer

Job Summary

Job Description

FanCandy is seeking a talented software engineer to join their team. This role focuses on developing the platform's APIs and technologies. The engineer will collaborate with a strong development group, working with sports figures and stakeholders. Responsibilities include building new web and mobile experiences, setting technical direction, managing and contributing through programming, evaluating and mentoring engineers, and gathering requirements from external teams. The ideal candidate is a coding ninja with strong communication and organizational skills, capable of handling pressure professionally. The company is a virtual organization, with team members located globally.
Must have:
  • .NET platform, architecture, and fundamentals experience
  • Distributed systems experience
  • Security considerations (encryption, denial of service, online payment) experience
  • Architecture (cloud, client / server) experience
  • Knowledge of network and server security issues
  • A passion for games, sports, or gambling
  • Strong communication and documentation skills
  • Self-starter who can take direction
Good to have:
  • Experience building web or mobile products
  • 5+ years of experience with C# or equivalent web-based development
  • Experience with Python, Javascript, XML, JSON, CSS, Ajax, HTML5, jQuery or jQTouch
  • Experience building, debugging, and maintaining large scale distributed web applications
  • Database development experience (MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL)
  • Leadership potential or previous leadership experience
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills
  • Agile development exposure
  • UML diagramming experience (class, sequence)
  • Familiar with higher-level network protocols such as HTTP, SNMP, SMTP, FTP
  • Active user of Twitter/Facebook
  • Previous startup experience
  • Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent experience

Job Details

FanCandy is looking for a talented and enthusiastic software engineer to join our team for a great, ground floor opportunity.

Our product is aiming to deliver the ultimate social and competitive experience for gambling and sports fans everywhere. This position within the team is focused on the development of the platform which provides APIs and Technologies that underpin the features being developed for the service. We will leverage your knowledge of and interest in design patterns and frameworks to directly shape and influence system architectural choices. You will be part of a strong and tightly-knit development group collaborating, influencing, and growing your technical and domain expertise working with sports luminaries and key business stakeholders.

We are headquartered everywhere and nowhere. FanCandy is a virtual organization, with members of the team scattered across the globe. If the sound of eliminating your daily commute appeals to you, please read on.  

Our ideal candidate is a coding ninja with a positive outlook, superb communication, organization and management skills and the creative and technical prowess to handle whatever crazy ideas we can throw at you. 

 

Responsibilities

  • Build exciting new experiences on Fancandy’s web and mobile websites
  • Work with other leads and production staff to establish engineering tasks and schedules.
  • Contribute to setting the technical direction for the team.
  • Balance time between managing and contributing through programming.
  • Evaluate and mentor engineers on the team.
  • Serve as a partner in the team's leadership.
  • Interface with external teams to gather requirements, assist with integration, and provide visibility into the platform development roadmap.

Requirements

  • .NET platform, architecture and fundamentals experience
  • Distributed systems experience
  • Security considerations (encryption, denial of service, online payment) experience
  • Architecture (cloud, client / server) experience
  • Knowledge of network and server security issues
  • A passion for games, sports, or gambling (all three a huge plus)
  • Strong communication and documentation skills
  • self-starter who can take direction, but more importantly figures out what to do without being told
  • Can handle pressure professionally and can become more engaged as situations get tighter.

Desired

  • Experience building web or mobile products for a wide range of platforms
  • 5+ years of experience with C# or equivalent web-based development
  • Experience with Python, Javascript, XML, JSON, CSS, Ajax, HTML5, jQuery or jQTouch
  • Experience building, debugging, and maintaining large scale distributed web applications
  • Database development experience (MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL)
  • Leadership potential or previous leadership experience
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills
  • Agile development exposure
  • UML diagramming experience (class, sequence)
  • Familiar with higher-level network protocols such as HTTP, SNMP, SMTP, FTP
  • Active user of Twitter/Facebook
  • Previous startup experience
  • Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent experience

FanCandy is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

 

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