Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer – San Francisco, CA, USA
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Author and publish technical design documents for the team which specify what will be developed and how.
- Fight for the right balance between features and infrastructure work
- Provide time estimates and development plans for feature development.
- Implement, test, debug and maintain source code.
- Track your development progress and keep production management well-informed.
- Think creatively and work proactively to solve any blocking issues for yourself and your teammates.
- Review the work of other engineers and provide constructive guidance in a highly collaborative environment.
- Keep abreast of technological advances in the game industry and within your field(s) of specialty.
QUALIFICATIONS SOUGHT:
- Significant Rails experience
- Membership on at least one project team from concept through ship
- BS or higher in Computer Science or similar discipline (EE, Math, Physics, etc.)
- Able to dive into large codebases, debug problems, and implement minimally invasive solutions
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Strong knowledge of good software engineering practices
- Possesses a clear understanding of network architectures and protocol design Comfortable working in PC, Linux and Cygwin environments
- Experience developing using agile methodologies
- Task tracking & collaboration in Jira, Confluence
- Has a passion for games and plays them regularly
- Must be eligible to work in the United Stat