LEAD SERVER ENGINEER

We put our players first, and we’re looking for the most talented and creative game developers in the world to help us become the world’s #1 mobile gaming company. Mobile is the future of our industry and the future of our company. Our mobile team is growing fast, with 17 exciting studios around the world and a portfolio of blockbuster titles like FIFA, The Simpsons: Tapped Out, Madden, Real Racing, Plants vs. Zombies, and the Sims.

Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication is what makes us tick as we prepare ourselves for massive amounts of growth and an incredible amount of fun. We want to engage our players and create the most entertaining mobile titles in the world. Come and see for yourself, the future is here.

Responsibilities:

1. Be responsible for the design & development of an ultra fast, massively scalable, highly available game service.
2. Lead a team of engineers to deliver the service design.
3. Implement security best practices and original techniques to keep user data secure and prevent cheating.
4. Work with designers, client engineering, and production teams to achieve gameplay goals and objectives that are supported by the service.
5. Apply and improve server deployment and troubleshooting strategies that maximize uptime.
6. Mentor other developers, review their work, and make recommendations for improvement.

Qualifications:

1. A strong desire to create scalable game servers and services using modern tech for modern mobile games.
2. Deep experience with Cloud services like Amazon Web Services or Google App Engine.
3. Strong working knowledge of mobile live service operation at a large scale.
4. A respect for skilled hackers and a healthy level of paranoia that drive your security-centric approach.
5. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
6. Excellent knowledge of stable change management practices in a live service environment.
7. Experience with technical leadership.
8. Broad experience with supporting technologies for build tools, static analysis, unit testing frameworks, and scripting.

Assets:

1. A love for playing games.
2. Background in game development.
3. Linux systems administration and/or scripting experience.
4. Hobby development projects.
5. 5+ to 7 years experience.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.