Senior Games Engineer Job Opening at Wireless Generation in Brooklyn, NY

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Position:Senior Games Engineer
Company:Wireless Generation
Job Location(s): Brooklyn, NY
Start Date:As soon as possible
 
Employment Term: Regular
Employment TypeFull Time
Starting Salary Range:
 
Required Education: Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience: 2 to 5 years
Required Security Clearance: None
Related Categories:IT - Software Development

Position Description

Senior Games Engineer
Job Code:2395
Location:Brooklyn, NY
Employment Duration:Regular Full-Time
Relocation Available:
Wireless Generation creates innovative tools, systems and services that help educators teach with excellence. With its solutions, educators can easily apply research-based, proven practices such as frequent progress monitoring and needs diagnosis, data-informed decision-making, differentiated instruction, and professional collaborations across classrooms, grades, and schools. The company has helped educators address and solve some of the most pressing challenges in teaching and learning. Wireless Generation currently serves more than 200,000 educators and three million students.
Title:Senior Games Engineer
Description

As part of a multi-disciplinary team, a Senior Games Engineer will push the envelope to create cutting-edge applications. Seeking a Senior Games Engineer who can take the reins of our existing system and play a key role in delivering new transformative educational games. Join a team of top-notch engineers, game developers, visionary curriculum writers, and education reformers to create mobile games that will effect significant improvement in student performance.

Responsibilities of Senior Games Engineer:

  • As part of a cross-functional software team, you'll be commissioned with delivering new and innovative platforms, products, and/or product functions for schools, districts, and states across the country
  • Develop, test, and maintain robust, scalable, high-quality software for our wireless tablet technology platform and full suite of products
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of software development best practices in the areas of coding tools, languages and APIs, as well as software design and development processes
  • Other specific responsibilities vary by project area and experience, but may include technical leadership of a software project team

Requirements of Senior Games Engineer

  • BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent
  • 7-8 years of professional software development experience
  • 2-5 years of games development experience
  • 1-3 years of mobile gaming experience in tablet and/or other mobile device development - Android and especially IOS, experience with both platforms is a plus
  • Proven technical leadership experience in a professional environment, including ownership and delivery of a sizable product or product component, strong sense of independence and self-direction is essential
  • Strong fundamentals (OO, algorithms, data structures, graphical)
  • Experience with Object Oriented Programming in Java or Objective-C
  • Taste for simplicity and elegance in technical design and implementation as well as an appreciation for test driven development and building software
  • Advanced front-end skills with native tablet applications
  • Experience with large code base and working with external vendors
  • Experience with maximization of system resources to allow applications to run on phones and tablets

This position may be funded, in whole or in part, through American Recovery & Reinvestment Act funds

Wireless Generation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V.
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