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Senior J2EE Web Developer

PlayFirst is a leading publisher focused on creating shared casual game experiences around lasting original brands. Committed to building casual gameplay rich in story and character, PlayFirst works with talented internal and external developers to bring mass market games to multiple platforms, including PC, Mac, mobile, handheld and console. The company's portfolio includes the world-renowned Diner Dash® franchise as well as top-selling games such as Wedding Dash™, Chocolatier®, and Dream Chronicles™.

Founded in 2004 by veterans of Internet portals, traditional games publishers, entertainment software, and technology firms, PlayFirst is funded by Mayfield Fund, Trinity Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners and DCM. PlayFirst, Inc is headquartered in downtown San Francisco. For more information, visit www.playfirst.com.

Job Description:

Our ideal candidate will have solid experience developing consumer facing web applications using Java frameworks and Web 2.0 technologies. You will be a core member of a focused team of experts in J2EE middleware and game development technologies. You will have broad responsibilities that affect the future direction of www.playfirst.com.

Responsibilities:

  • Work directly with a cross-functional team of engineers, producers, graphic designers, and QA to to design and innovate cutting-edge features for casual games and e-commerce.
  • Design and implement features from concept to completion, driving UI design and usability while addressing performance and scalability challenges.
  • Be responsible for the full life-cycle of projects, including requirements design, technical design, task estimation, implementation, automated testing, debugging, and deployment.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Computer Science
  • Enthusiam about casual games and computer gaming
  • 4 or more years' experience developing Java software applications
  • Experience designing and building database intensive applications
  • Successful previous experience delivering consumer facing scalable web applications
  • Strong background in modern J2EE development, including JSP/JSTL, MVC frameworks (e.g., Struts, Spring, Tapestry), ORM technologies (e.g., Hibernate), SQL, automated unit testing
  • Familiarity with industry standard open source Java technologies such as Ant, JUnit, Lucene, Velocity, etc.
  • Familiarity with web browser technologies, especially DHTML, JavaScript, AJAX, and CSS
  • Passion for community-driven Web 2.0 user experiences
  • Comfortable with software development on Linux/BSD
  • Experience developing applications in a startup environment emphasizing collaborative design and individual responsibility
  • Excellent written and verbal communications skills
  • Eligibility to work in the U.S. without sponsorship

Preferred:

  • Comfortable writing presentation-quality front-end HTML, DHTML, Javascript, and AJAX
  • Experience with Struts
  • Experience with Hibernate
  • Experience with Postgresql
  • Experience with scripting languages (at least one of perl, python, ruby, php, or lua) and an understanding of their application to web development
  • Experience developing and deploying networked multiplayer games

Benefits:

Core benefits include: health, dental, vision, life/disability, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) and stock options. PlayFirst is located downtown in SOMA right by the financial district (2 blocks from BART) and offers great fringe benefits, including generous paid time off, 10 company holidays, yoga, chair massage, snacks, refreshments, and company-wide "playdates" to test each of our games during the development process.

Salary and level to be determined by experience and education

To apply for this position, please email your resume in a standard Word or PDF document to jobs@playfirst.com and please include the exact job title in the subject line as above.