Here at Playco, we make games that bring the world closer together through play! We are a remote-first Series A company who recently raised $100m in series A funding, backed by Sequoia Capital. Our ideal teammates are thoughtful, low ego, and hardworking professionals who can both zoom into the details and zoom out to embrace the big picture. We are passionate makers and tinkerers with a healthy disregard for constraints and a love of experimentation. We hope you'll enrich our team with your enthusiasm and passion, both for games and for life! About this Role Game Engineers on the Web3 team build platforms and tools that enable communities to create, publish and share blockchain powered games. We are excited about the community driven aspect of social games where creators can provide fun experiences with crypto-assets. We are currently looking for a Game Engineer to join our remote first Playco team. We’re seeking people who are proficient with JS and passionate about making games, but it's always a bonus if you know more than JavaScript! We write cross-compilers, NodeJS back­end, JavaScript game APIs and tools, and whatever else it takes. You will work with the best engineers in the world; we have top talent in every part of our stack. If you want to join us to make great games on our ground breaking technology and truly make an impact, then we want to talk to you! Responsibilities • Designing, developing and deploying major game features from end to end. • Be the champion for the user and have real input on the end-user product • Insist on the highest standards and create functional and engaging features that will delight our users. • Be a key member of a high performing software engineering team while collaborating with design, engineering and production teams to devise optimal engineering solutions to game requirements. • Hands­ on architect and coder for sophisticated clientserver systems for web and mobile gaming. • Identify and articulate technical and production risks and obstacles, as well as generate solutions. Requirements • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, working on cross functional teams. • Experience writing clean, testable, high-quality code and designing highly scalable systems in production. • Strong Computer Science fundamentals in object­-oriented design, algorithms, and data structures. • Capable in creating custom, interactive, enjoyable user experiences in JavaScript + HTML5 • Proficiency in script debuggers like Chrome Debugger. • Familiarity with version control using git • Solid familiarity with deployment on AWS cloud environments • Great communication skills, self starter, analytical, creative, and a strong team player. Bonus • High motivation to work in the game industry backed by demonstrable games on which you were a primary contributor (self-produced work is acceptable). • Experience developing and shipping games using game engines such as PixiJS • Experience creating feature rich apps such as audio or video editing, or art and animation tools • Solid familiarity with 3rd party SDKs, analytics and AB testing in web andor mobile games. • Experience working with Web3 technologies • Understanding of the reactive UI paradigm and experience building UIs using reactive UI frameworks (such as React, and state management Utilities like Redux). • Knowledgeable with what NPM components can do, and what functionality you are better off custom coding. EEOC Statement Playco is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital or familial status, disability, genetic information, age, military service, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We believe that our differences are our strength and we know that diversity builds a better team. <p>When applying, mention the word CANDYSHOP when applying to show you read the job post completely. This is a beta feature to avoid spam applicants. Companies can search these words to find applicants that read this and see they're human RMTg1LjEzNS4xMDguMTg4M</p>

Game Engineer (Web3)

Here at Playco, we make games and experiences that bring the world closer together through play. Our ideal teammates are thoughtful, humble, and passionate professionals who can both zoom into the details and zoom out to embrace the big picture. We are inspired by makers and tinkerers, who are unafraid to experiment with a healthy disregard for constraints. We hope you'll enrich our team with your enthusiasm and passion, both for games and for life.About this RoleAs a Marketing Manager you will be responsible for understanding the marketing strategy of web3 products such as the Storyverse, crafting marketing initiatives, and executing campaigns through various mediums to effectively build our brand and user base to achieve short and long term goals.Responsibilities<ul><li>Leverage a strong understanding of consumer behavior and web3 to drive interesting and innovative marketing initiatives to acquire new users.</li><li>Understand funnels, ecosystems, user behaviors, and long-term trends in the adoption of our products to identify opportunities and reduce friction and drive the best possible experience for Users.</li><li>Build connections with the wider web3 community across various social media platforms such as Twitter, Discord and Instagram, as well as mainstream outlets.</li><li>Collaborate with other communities to develop interesting campaigns to both engage our community and widen our audience. </li><li>Work closely with a range of cross-functional teams—product, community, art, and engineering teams—to develop and execute on marketing strategy.</li></ul>Preferred Experience<ul><li>An intimate understanding of the web3 and NFT ecosystem. Further knowledge of social, casual games are a plus. </li><li>3-5 yrs. of established marketing experience (preferably in the video game industry).</li><li>Well-versed in managing and executing multi-channel campaigns. </li><li>Strong interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills.</li><li>Strong organizational, analytical, and presentation skills (prepare reports and analyze customer trends and characteristics).</li><li>An independent, responsible and highly organized way of working, a creative way to engage and solve challenges.</li><li>Confidence in dealing with a heated atmosphere and challenging situations based on your excellent team player qualities. Not taking player complaints personally.</li><li>A desire to always be learning and improving yourself.</li></ul>EEOCPlayco is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital or familial status, disability, genetic information, age, military service, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We believe that our differences are our strength and we know that diversity builds a better team.

Marketing Manager (Web3)

Here at Playco, we make games that bring the world closer together through play! Our ideal teammates are thoughtful, low ego, and hardworking professionals who can both zoom into the details and zoom out to embrace the big picture. We are passionate about makers and tinkerers, who are unafraid to experiment with a healthy disregard for constraints. We hope you'll enrich our team with your enthusiasm and passion, both for games and for life.About this Role:Our engineering teams write scalable backend systems, cross-compilers, JavaScript / TypeScript game APIs and tools, and whatever else it takes to make our game studios efficient at what they do best -- create games. 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. If you thrive in a fast paced and creative environment, this may be the role for you! Responsibilities<ul><li>Be a key member of a high performing software engineering team.</li><li>Architect and code sophisticated client/server systems for instant gaming.</li><li>Play a critical role in day-to-day coding, performance profiling, optimization, and general troubleshooting.</li><li>Collaborate with design, engineering, and production teams to devise optimal engineering solutions to game requirements.</li><li>Learn from and mentor other engineers on your team.</li><li>Take ownership of your projects to make them the best they can possibly be.</li><li>Provide valuable input on the company’s long-term engineering roadmap and help identify areas of opportunity for improvement.</li></ul>Some projects that we work on:<ul><li>Backend as a service platform for game studios that allows game developers to effortlessly add persistence and multiplayer features for their games.</li><li>Synchronous multiplayer game hosting platform that scales horizontally to any load.</li><li>Common analytics layer to that allows to capture data consistently across games.</li><li>Integration with new and exciting platforms that run instant games.</li><li>Custom tooling framework to allow developers to deploy custom-purpose tools that help games with live ops.</li></ul>Requirements<ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.</li><li>3+ years of professional software engineering experience.</li><li>Experience writing clean, testable, high-quality code and designing highly scalable systems in production.</li><li>Solid familiarity with deployment on cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.).</li><li>Strong Computer Science fundamentals in software systems design, algorithms, and data structures.</li><li>Ability to interact with peers in a constructive and productive style.</li><li>Familiarity with git, svn, or other VCS.</li><li>Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively on shared projects with designers, artists, testers, product managers, and other developers.</li><li>Strong team player with a positive attitude.</li></ul>Bonus:<ul><li>Expert knowledge of NodeJS and ES6 / TypeScript.</li><li>DevOps experience -- setting up CI/CD environments, orchestrating deployments, creating monitoring dashboards, anything that makes the development process easier, more enjoyable and more accountable.</li><li>Experience in game development and shipped titles</li></ul>

play.co

play.co jobs for JavaScript developers

play.co

Game Engineer (Web3)

Onsite locations:

Categories

Locations

Collections