Remote HTML5 Game Developer
Join a pure mobile gaming company as a remote mobile slot game software engineer and ride the global game playing wave with a team of talented game developers building games for global distribution. Responsibilities: This is a front-end development role, with the main workflow being to create Slot Game front-end client software using our internal game engine. The software engineer will act in both a project owner and project support role from a developer perspective, working across multiple projects within a single year. This is not a leadership position, but an active developer role working with other engineers. • Design, code and debug core platform components • Work at all stages of the product lifecycle from requirements capture, through design and implementation to system testing and integration • Increase efficiency through automation, workflow streamlining, and system optimization • Keeping current with new technologies and making recommendations to the team • Collaborate with members of the QA and delivery teams to ensure products are tested, installed and maintained to a high standard • Promote high code standards within the team • Maintain and enhance existing product code • Active participation in agile scrum process • Facilitate and support the agile development process • Set-up, configure and maintain development, testing and staging environments • Detect and resolve performance issues • Excellent Communication Skills Required Qualifications: • Bachelor's Degree in Software Development or related field • Commercial experience creating slot games • Comprehensive knowledge of the game development process • Portfolio of previous work that displays an ability to turn ideas into compelling games • Strong communication skills Required Skills & Experience • 3+ years of experience in developing component-based web apps and UIs • 5+ years of OO software engineering • Expert in all aspects of browser-based JavaScript (ES5) - must be able to speak intelligently about concepts such as "this", closures, lexical scoping, callbacks, XHR, DOM, global pollution, design patterns • Appreciation of modern ES6 approaches - classes, modules, arrow functions, template literals etc. • Appreciation of TypeScript • Expert in at least one modern front-end platform (e.g. Angular, React) • Node/NPM as part of dev workflow • Build tools (webpack, gulp etc.) • Version control Desired Skills & Experience • 5+ years of experience in developing component-based web apps and UIs • ASP.NET MVC • AngularJS 1.5+ • CSS pre-processors (LESS, SASS) • Canvas / FabricJS • Agile / Scrum Professional Traits: • Determined, proactive and confident personality • Willingness and hunger to learn and develop • Excellent communication and problem-solving skills • Ability to adapt to change in a dynamic environment Benefits: • Medical, dental, vision 100% coverage for employee • Generous vacation • 401k • Employee incentive plan under development Location: • You may live anywhere in Texas or Nevada (the states where this company is a registered employer) • Relocation expenses are paid - to anywhere in those states you want to live. • Remote work from home About the Company: In 2019 this company inked a deal with the world's largest game distributor and has funding and runway to build innovative slot games they would want to play. With two games in the market they are ready to expand the team. They are founded on Player Focused Fun! Get the benefits of a small self-directed game studio with no bureaucracy and none of the start-up downsides. About QDStaff QDStaff is North America's leading talent source for award-winning video game companies. We rotate job postings on platforms which sometimes causes jobs to appear closed when they are removed. Consult our careers page at to get access to this role and similar great opportunities. Follow us on LinkedIn Visit us at Apply tot his job