Big Viking Games is Canada’s leading social & mobile game development studio. Based in London, Ontario with a second studio in Toronto our team of developers, artists and game designers are industry specialists who embrace the challenges of HTML5 mobile & social game development.
The primary responsibility of a full-time Software Developer is to collaborate on building efficient and scalable code. The successful candidate will expertly utilize HTML5, JavaScript, and Node.js.
Responsibilities include:
- Working on our titles and related engine
- Implementing web interfaces using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript
- Writing server code using Node.js & PHP
- Working closely with our design & art team to define future specifications
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
- Ability to write robust, efficient and maintainable code
- Familiarity with HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, and NoSQL preferred
- Solid understanding of AJAX, web sockets and client-server development
- 5+ years of programming experience working with web technologies and/or game development
- Mobile application development or experience with game projects and asset
- Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
Besides having the opportunity to work for a leading game development company, we also offer:
- Competitive salaries with full health, dental & vision benefits
- Stock options at an innovative & growing company
- Comfortable workstations with top-of-the-line Aeron chairs
- MacBook Pro’s (or PCs as desired) with as many monitors as you’d like
- Free breakfast, lunch and dinner along with unlimited snacks
- Fully stocked fridge with soda, juices, and daily fresh cut fruits
- Opportunity to work with and learn from awesome co-workers that are hyper-smart and passionate about games
- Competition grade foosball & Street Fighter 2 Classic Arcade Machine