Web Application Framework Developer – Gaming

Island Recruiting is proud to welcome a new client! Working with this development and gaming company we are seeking a Web Application Framework Developer for gaming platforms.  Reporting to the Lead Developer the select candidate will have a minimum of 2 years ‘real world experience’ developing web based software applications.

The ideal candidate for this role will have a knack for application framework development and a keen interest in incorporating software development knowledge to the video game industry.

To be considered for this exciting opportunity you must have:

-          Programming experience with server-side languages: Ruby, Java, Python, PHP, or C#

-          Experience with database design: Relational (MySQL) or Non-Relational (mongoDB)

-          Experience writing queries for data insertion, modification, and return.

-          Experience implementing systems following the MVC paradigm.

-          Experience leveraging external APIs for social media connection (Facebook Graph API or other).

-          Familiar with reading, writing, and serializing XML data.

-          Familiar with reading, writing, and serializing JSON data.

-          Version control software experience, with preference given to Git.

-          Experience using bug tracking systems, with preference given to JIRA.

-          Strong mathematics and statistics.

Experience in any of the following would be considered a strong asset:

-          Experience with server-side frameworks:  Rails, Django, Spring, etc.

-          Web development skills:  HTML, XML, CSS, Javascript

-          Web infrastructure knowledge:  server configuration, firewalls, load balancing, etc.

-          Familiarity with *nix environments.

Our client a leader in the video game industry is developing unique product, has unique IPs and offers a creative working environment, very competitive salary and excellent comprehensive benefits package.  If you are seeking a challenging, fast paced opportunity where you can stay up-to-date with the most current products and developments please contact Ashlee at HIRE@islandrecruiting.com.