Online Game Programmer for Social Gaming Start up in San Francisco

About the Company

Well funded start up with headquarters and studio located in San Francisco (SOMA) , and R&D facility in Israel. As social game developer and publisher, the company has a mix of proprietary technologies and top talent from both the video games and social arenas, and is expanding rapidly.

Online Game Programmer (Action Script and Flash)

As an Online Game Programmer, you'll be working as a core-contributor on a small team of like-minded engineers collaborating to build the future of social gaming. You are a self-starter and understand how small, lean organizations function, and you are committed to keeping the code quality high while maintaining team velocity.

The ideal candidate understands client/server game coding, and is enthusiastic about both asynchronous and synchronous social network game creation for both 2D and 3D Flash clients.

Major Responsibilities:

* Have impact creating top-quality multi-player online games, from concept through implementation.

* Develop challenging, complex software to make the game-play more engaging, using less memory, better frame rates, etc

* Collaborate with design, the client programming team and management.

* Communicate openly and strive to improve.

* Work in a fast-paced yet smart environment.

Requirements

* Experience with client/server game programming

* Skill with ActionScript 2/3 (not just Flash).

* Experience with game architectures, web services, optimization, networking.

* Experience with some server language (Java preferred, Python, Ruby, and PHP accepted);

 Preferred skills

* GIT for version control

* Experience using Flash Builder

* Experience with RobotLegs, Signals

* MMO coding experience and/or 3D experience

* Familiar with Facebook API and other social network APIs

* Basic understanding of relational databases & SQL

If you are considered a top engineer everywhere you have ever worked and you have outgrown your current job, come join us and help build social games that you (and all of your friends) would actually want to play.

This position is full-time w/full benefits, competitive salary and equity. Located in the South Park section of San Francisco, we're within walking distance of Muni, CalTrain and BART. 

Contact: Vivian@KeystoChinaJobs.com