GarageGames Job Listings
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We are seeking a Program Manager to lead ongoing projects for our www.InstantAction.com platform. Ideal
candidate will be able to handle tactical issues on a weekly basis as well align work towards larger strategic
objectives. Open communication and daily interaction with customers, Development, Operations, Quality
Assurance, Support, and executive management is expected to engender a congenial work environment in
which all participants are set up for success.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain product roadmap and project schedules. Communicate task ownership to stakeholders. Coordinate weekly deployments, making sure that all teams are aligned, including Support, Development, Operations, Marketing, and Quality Assurance.
- Work with Product Management to define features and enhancements. Communicate changes to stakeholders, ensuring that all members of team are aware of changes, and impact to cost, schedule, and scope accordingly.
- Communicate regularly to stakeholders current release deadlines, upcoming milestones. When key milestones are met. Provide periodic reports to executive team on project progress.
- Ideal candidate will demonstrate personal accountability, the ability to manage and delegate work, attention to detail, and strong personal organization ability.
- At least three years of experience in project management of software teams, preferably related to web development or game development.
- Strong communication skills, including ability to document, track, and report progress using tools such as MS Office and MS Project.
- A Bachelors degree is preferred.
- Ability to work in a dynamic, start-up entrepreneurial environment.
- Ability to work full-time and on-site at the GarageGames office in Eugene, Oregon.
- PMI PMP certification strongly preferred.
- Experience using web-based project management tools, such as Jira.
GarageGames is looking for a Sr. Web Developer to join our entrepreneurial and creative team. The developer
will be working on our web portal, http://www.instantaction.com. The ideal candidate is innovative, creative,
highly energetic, and has experience with the technology behind great web sites. A passion for development
and providing the best experience to a wide and varied audience is a must-have for this role!
Responsibilities:
- Work in a team building scalable web applications
- Use test-driven development practices to ensure code correctness
- Document code, track and fix bugs, respond rapidly to emergencies in production environment
- Work with product group throughout development cycle to ensure quality of end product
- Experience with PHP5
- Thorough knowledge of and experience using MVC frameworks
- A passion for web development that goes beyond working hours
- Experience with SVN, CVS or other version control system
- Experience with Apache and Linux
- Understanding of web caching techniques
- A passion for games and game technology
- Expert-level knowledge of PHP, Javascript, AJAX, and relational databases
- Bachelors in Computer Science or related field of study
- Ability to work on-site at the GarageGames office in Eugene, Oregon
GarageGames is looking for a Publishing SDK Developer to join our entrepreneurial and creative team. The developer will be working on the SDK used to integrate game executables with our web portal, http://www.instantaction.com. The developer will be the technical maintainer of an existing SDK, and will work closely with game and infrastructure teams to draft and develop new features that will be rolled into future versions of the SDK. The developer will also be responsible for maintaining documentation of the SDK, and for developing annotated examples of using the SDK with various languages and game engines.
Candidates must have several years of professional experience and a solid understanding of C++. Initial development will focus on Windows, however Mac and Linux support will follow.
The ideal candidate will be very customer oriented, passionate about supplying a well-documented,
easy-to-integrate SDK to third-party and internal game developers. Candidate would also be place a strong
emphasis on problem-solving, and willing to work with game developers in addressing any integration issues
which occur. Strong English writing skills are also required, and will be utilized writing developer-centric
technical documentation for the SDK.
In addition, the following are major pluses, but are not required:
- Previous experience maintaining an SDK.
- Cross-language bindings (e.g. SWIG, JNI, Python/C, etc.)
- Game development experience.
- Inter-process communication.
- Javascript and DHTML
- ActiveX/Mozilla Plugin development.
- A Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field is preferred.
- Ability to work in a dynamic, start-up entrepreneurial environment.
- Ability to work full-time and on-site at the GarageGames office in Eugene, Oregon.
We are seeking experienced Quality Assurance professionals to provide an exceptional experience for users of
our InstantAction platform (http://www.instantaction.com). Open communication and daily interaction with
Development, Operations, and Project Management is expected to engender a congenial work environment in
which all participants are set up for success. The ideal candidate has a background in testing for web
applications and testing video games.
Responsibilities:
- Execute testing on a daily basis across multiple components and features. Document test plans. Prepare manual and automated test scripts. Testing includes functional, compatibility, and regression testing on multiple web sites and games.
- Report progress of testing through timely issue reporting, summary reports, and escalating issues when appropriate.
- Document steps to reproduce, work with Development to resolve, and verify fixes. Determine cause based on the tools available.
- Reproduce user issues which impact the success of products and work collaboratively with other departments to remove those impediments.
- Attention to detail, intellectual curiosity, and personal organization skills. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Ideal candidate demonstrates personal accountability and pride in quality of work.
- A Bachelors degree in Computer Science or similar technical field preferred, or equivalent work experience. Ideally work experience related to software testing.
- Ability to work full-time and on-site at the GarageGames office in Eugene, Oregon.
- Experience with test automation tools and load/performance testing tools preferred.
- Experience with programming languages such as C++, C#, PHP, JavaScript, Python, Ruby.
- Experience with configuring Linux/Unix web servers preferred.
- ASQ certification a strong plus.
Are you passionate about the latest and greatest ventures on the web? Want to be a part of something
no other online gaming company has ever done? Looking for a job where you can make a big impact while
having a blast? Join InstantAction and help take gaming on the web to the next level. Our high energy team
is looking for a talented marketer to help build a great brand, align product design with marketing vision, and
get InstantAction, a 3D online gaming site, into the hands of millions.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate with the marketing and web development teams to build a massive online community
- Manage master promotional and email marketing schedule
- Plan and implement all email campaigns
- Optimize emails and landing pages to create a better user experience on the web site
- Manage paid keyword program
- Copy writing or managing a Copywriter, on needed pieces of business
- Optimizing paid search campaigns utilizing key performance indicators
- Managing search engine vendor
- Overseeing organic search engine optimization implementations
- Working with tech team to implement organic changes
- Understand and evangelize user-centered design and product development processes
- Experience working with branding and marketing user experiences and experience recognizing developing trends as they relate to online applications - both from the design and technology side
- 4+ years expertise with email, SEM and SEO marketing
- Ability to collaborate across multiple disciplines: design, development, marketing, and community
- Able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and troubleshoot
- Impeccable project management and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Able to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment
- Able to work under tight deadlines with minimal supervision
- Passion for gaming or the gaming industry.
- Able to work in a team environment under tight deadlines.
- Positive attitude, sense of humor, easy going
- Accountability
