2D JavaScript Game Developer (Kraków, Poland)

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Yggdrasil is a fast paced gaming and platform service provider within the dynamic iGaming industry with offices in Malta and Kraków, Poland.

The Polish Technical organization was established in late July 2014, but has grown to a team of over 40. In the last five months our team has doubled and so have our obligations and support activities. Our pace of growth is projected to be the same for the remainder of 2016 and for 2017.

We are looking for more JavaScript Game Developers to expand our workforce. You will be part of a kick-ass, cross-functional agile team, consisting of Developers, Artists and Testers led by experienced Game Producer. Your task will be to deliver beautiful games with an intuitive and exciting gameplay. Your knowledge and experience will be crucial and you will be able to make a real impact on the final shape of our products. We are already known for our superb quality and focus on detail but we would like to push these qualities even further.
We have developed our own internal platform, iSENSE 2.0. which is one of the most sophisticated Slot Game platforms on the market. We are setting our company up to stay in the industry for the long run and in order to keep up, we need Developers who know how to write clean code and feel comfortable with large codebases (100k+ SLOC).

Key Skills:

• Thorough knowledge of JavaScript
• Knowledge of OOP and Design Patterns
• Ability to write clean code which is easy to maintain
• Have an eye for detail and an intuition for tasteful, elegant, smooth visual effects
• Hands-on experience with any Version Control System (i.e. Git, SVN, Perforce or Mercurial)
• Background in game development, visually rich applications or the advertisement industry

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of any other OO language (especially ActionScript 3)

• Experience with libraries such as: PIXI.js, Easel.js or TweenMax
• Familiarity with Git and feature branching approach
• Knowledge of Canvas or WebGL
• Understanding of Unit Testing and TDD
• At least basic knowledge of modern HTML and CSS

Objectives:

• Write high quality, well optimised, clean JavaScript code
• Actively participate in the Game Development process to the create best games on the market
• Closely cooperate with other team members: Developers, Artists, Testers and Game Producer
• Push visual layers to the limits by creating pleasant looking animations and effects
• Share engineering knowledge across the team and follow engineering good practices
• Maintain and develop and create new unique functionalities of our internal iSENSE 2.0 platform

We offer:

• Stable employment within an international, well-established, yet extremely quickly growing company
• Very friendly and intellectually stimulating work environment
• Competitive salary
• Private healthcare – Luxmed
• Benefit system – Multisport card
• English lessons with an excellent native speaker
• Choose your own gear – you can select your hardware
• Access to the latest mobile devices
• Comfortable office in the outer city centre (Zabłocie)

Please send your CV (GitHub account and portfolio is nice to have) to [email protected].