As a leading mobile games developer, Jam City is looking to “level up” our talent. We’re searching for innovators who consider themselves dynamic, collaborative, and thrive in a fast-paced environment. 

PERKS & BENEFITS

Unlimited Vacation, Paid Sick Days & Holidays

100% Employee Covered Medical, Dental, Vision Plan Base Plan

Life Insurance, 401k, Flexible Spending Accounts, Commuter Benefits & More

Catered Lunches & Well-stocked Kitchens

Yoga & Wellness Activities

Happy Hours

Company Events

Jam City is seeking a motivated, skilled Senior Software Engineer to join one of our hit game studios in Burbank! We are focused on building awesome casual mobile games based on classic Disney franchises. If you have a passion for games and have an awesome engineering background, come join us!

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Client-related game software development to build fun, high-quality gameplay features to specification
• Work closely with tech leads to architect and build apps on mobile (iOS Android) platforms that can scale to millions of players
• Solve challenging and complex problems around cross-platform app development
• Create flexible code that can be easily updated as product needs change
• Drive the creation of scripts / tools to help streamline the development process
• Optimize in various areas including performance, memory usage and file size
• Contribute ideas in a collaborative, supportive team environment
• Work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, artists, designers, producers and QA on mobile games.
• Participate in an agile environment, keeping the team updated with your progress

• 5 years of professional experience in a fast-paced team environment
• Expertise with Unity / C#
• Strong understanding of design patterns and modern, highly scalable application development
• Demonstrated knowledge of software design practices including modularity, event-driven architecture, object-oriented design, graphics and animation techniques, extensibility and testability
• Experience with iOS and/or Android development processes
• Bonus points for ability to write native code in Swift/Objective-C and Java
• Passionate about games and game programming
• Experience shipping commercially successful products in Unity
• Experience operating a live mobile game
• Organized, detail-oriented and able to deliver projects on time
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Highly motivated, self-starting individual
• Open to fully remote candidates willing to work PDT hours.
• BS in Computer Science (or equivalent)

OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION

We believe in creating games that unite people across the world and that showcase our commitment to providing an environment that is both inclusive and diverse for our players and employees. We strive to create a workforce that is reflective of our global player community as we know that we are stronger and better when we play together. To help promote an inclusive culture, we celebrate the visible and invisible diversity of our Jam Citizens through initiatives including Employee Resource Groups, cultural events, trainings, speaker series, and more. 

Jam City is an equal opportunity employer. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, religion, ethnicity, marital, or domestic partnerships status, disability, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, veteran status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expressions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws. Our management is committed to following this policy with respect to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruiting, pay, and other forms of compensation, training, and general treatment during employment.

ABOUT JAM CITY

Jam City is an award-winning mobile entertainment studio providing unique and deeply engaging games that appeal to a broad, global audience.

Led by CEO Josh Yguado, former 20th Century Fox executive, Jam City is the creative powerhouse behind some of the highest-grossing and most enduring mobile games. Jam City’s global franchise Cookie Jam has generated more than half a billion dollars, and Panda Pop has more than 120 million downloads to date.

The company also is the go-to studio for Hollywood, having developed immersive, narrative-rich mobile games around iconic entertainment brands. The company’s popular RPG game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery was the #1 game in more than 40 countries at its launch in April 2018.

Jam City has nine studios located in Los Angeles (HQ), Berlin, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Burbank, Cedar Falls, San Diego, San Francisco, and Toronto.