Backend Engineer
What we are looking for:
We are currently looking for a Backend Engineer to join our talented team to design and develop code for a variety of cross-platform social games. A keen eye for detail and strong problem solving skills are a must. Be prepared for collaboration across art, design, and product development, while engaging in problem solving/scalability development strategies.
What you need:
- 3+ years in LAMP stack development
- Self-starter personality; can work independently
- Knowledge of server administration within AWS, Pagoda Box, or a similar PAAS provider
- Familiarity with standard web development technologies (PHP, HTML, Javascript, CSS). Bonus points for jQuery and Backbone.js experience
- Experience with optimizing infrastructure and scaling beyond a single server. Ideal candidate should be familiar with load balancing strategies, memcache, and splitting database traffic across a cluster of servers
- Facebook API experience
- Experience in game and feature development cycles are big bonuses
- Previous experience using GitHub and SCRUM development cycles are strongly preferred
- Knowledge of Unity, iOS, and Android platforms are a major plus
