Idle Games is the paradigm shift that everyone has been looking for in social games!
We are looking for some crazy good/cool/awesome Python/Django Engineers to join our small and brilliant team of engineers in building the first real-time, synchronous MMO for Social networking platforms. Our technology is years ahead of it's time; featuring a persistent, synchronous massive multi-player environment with hand- drawn fully animated characters. We are making original beautiful soon- to-be-released Blockbuster titles that delight, engage, entertain and monetize very well. Have a look at a video of our game, demo'd by the CTO of Adobe during his keynote at the Adobe Max conference: www.idle-games.com. **Job Description**: Idle Games is looking for Software Developers (Python/Django) for the first and only Real-time Synchronous/Persistent MMO for social games! **Python/Django Software Engineer** Responsibilities: * Manage database for multi-player social games that can support millions of users * Work closely with development team to integrate game simulation server with persistance layer * Help implement build/release process for application * Guarantee high performance of database server for a massively multiplayer casual game **Requirements** Qualifications: * 5+ years professional experience in software development * Advanced MySQL usage (3+ years) * Excellent Python skills with 2+ years of experience * Django or similar ORM framework * Experience distributing traffic across multiple data centers and tiers of systems * Proficient in Linux (Ubuntu) including shell scripting * Experience administering and deploying content management systems (e.g. Django CMS or Drupal) * B.S. degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience Nice to Have: * C/C++ skills highly desireable * Experience integrating Flash or Flex applications with database backends * Web Traffic and High Volume System performance analysis and monitoring * Facebook API * Experience building backends for multiplayer games * Experience building applications on AWS * Data Mining * Localization experience * Avid gamer **About the company** Idle Games is the Social Game Changers! We are using Python on the backend to build the first, real-time, soon to be Blockbuster MMO social game. We are making original beautiful titles that delight, engage, entertain and will monetize very well. Our platform is years ahead of it's time; featuring a persistent, synchronous massive multi- player environment with hand-drawn fully animated characters. Have a look at this demo of our soon-to-be released game presented by the CTO of Adobe during his keynote at Adobe Max: www.idle-games.com. We are executing on the best formula for success starting with our incredible leader/founder, Rick Thompson. Rick is one of the most successful serial entrepreneurs/investors in Silicon Valley, having sold three companies for over $3 billion! Our CEO & Executive Creative Director, Jeff Hyman, spent the last decade running his own highly successful Interactive Advertising Agency. He produced TV shows, commercials, and 35 Flash games, and won 2 CLIOS, 2 Cannes Lions, a One Show Award & 8 National Addy awards! We understand the needs of our employees, so all the infrastructure is in place that will allow you to focus on doing what you do best. You'll make a huge impact while working with brilliant people solving interesting and challenging problems. Your ideas, creativity and input will be encouraged, valued, and directly implemented into our games and corporate culture. There's lots of fun here, with good life work balance, free dinners and a Tiki bar! Come join and let's make history together! **Contact Info:** * **Contact**: Alicia Lin * **E-mail contact**: ali...@idle-games.com * **Other Contact Info**: 415-717-1274 * **Web**: http://idle-games.com/careers_engineering.htm#pse -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
