Senior Backend Engineer

Game Closure is on the hunt for Systems Engineers to help us build the social games that guide the development of our mobile game engine. We are a 80 ­strong and growing team with offices in Mountain View, California, Oregon and Tokyo, Japan. If you want to join us to make great games on our cutting­ edge technology and truly make an impact, then we want to talk to you!

As a Systems Engineer at Game Closure, you will play a pivotal role in creating a platform to revolutionize the mobile game development industry. Our engineers are generally amazing at something and great at everything else. We write cross-­compilers, custom browsers, ARM7 assembly, GPU shaders, Node.js & Python back­ends, JavaScript game APIs and tools, and whatever else it takes. No matter what you work on each day, you will work with the best engineers in the world; we have top talent in every part of our stack.

The Role:

• Be a key member of a high performing software engineering team.
• Play a critical role in day-­to-­day coding, performance profiling, optimization, and general troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with design, engineering, and production teams to devise optimal engineering solutions to game requirements.
• Architect and code sophisticated client/server systems for mobile gaming.
• Learn from and mentor other engineers on your team.
• Take ownership of your projects to make them the best they can possibly be.
• Provide valuable input on the company's long-term engineering roadmap and help identify areas of opportunity for improvement.
• Define the cutting edge of social gaming!

Desired Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience writing clean, testable, high­-quality code with a special focus on mobile performance.
• Solid familiarity with 3rd party SDKs, analytics, and A/B testing in mobile games.
• Ability to interact with peers in a constructive and productive style.
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals in object­-oriented design, algorithms, and data structures.
• Familiarity with git, svn, or other VCS.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively on shared projects with designers, artists, testers, product managers, and other developers.
• Strong team player with a positive attitude.

Bonus:

• Canvas animation work
• 2+ years of game development experience with multiple shipped titles
• Both Android and iOS game development experience
• Specialized skills in a particular area of game development (for example: UI, Physics, graphics, multiplayer, game logic, etc.)