FireForge Pte Ltd – Senior Web Game Developer (Front End, User Interface, Gamification)

FireForge is looking for Web Game Developers to join our team and help grow our company.

Web Game Development in FireForge is a new department envisioned to spearhead our move into the gamification industry. This role will be responsible for the development & maintenance of our inaugural game system developed for the web. You will architect & implement various subsystems integral to the game. You will work closely with our game publishing platform development team based in Boston, Massachusetts and with our game design & development team based in Mission Viejo, California. You will acquire world-standard hands-on experience and knowledge about many of the skills and procedures that make up the development cycle of online games.

Roles & Responsibilities – What Will I Be Doing?

As a FireForge Developer, specializing in both web development & games development, you are required to be technically brilliant, be creative, be organised, have a good attitude and possess professional work ethics.

You will be required to:

Primary Role: Game-Related Web Development

• Work with a game designer or clients to implement a web-based game or gamified system. You will architect & advocate a system that is robust & extensible.
• Work with a graphics designer or UI designer to code interface design and influence usability. You will advocate for best practices, great usability and exceptional quality on our web user interfaces.
• Create clean, standards-compliant, accessible maintainable code using primarily XHTML, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript and AJAX.
• Ensure the compatibility of the game with a wide variety of most commonly used browsers & browser versions.
• Work with the Analytics team to develop game-related measurement metrics.
• Have a strong attention to detail and a feeling of pride and ownership over the quality of the product.
• Work with our platform developers to implement & integrate the publishing platform with the front-end game system.

Secondary Role: Non-Game-Related Web Development

• Work with other web developers to create product website systems for each of the games developed by FireForge.
• Ensure the compatibility of all of FireForge’s web presence with a wide variety of devices such as mobile, desktop and other HTML5 browsers.
• Contribute to the design, development and implementation of web apps for mobile devices.
• Work with the Localisation team to translate webpages into regionalised languages to reach to a worldwide customer base.
• Perform web security activities and participate in security planning.

Requirements – What Skills Do I Need?

Basic

• Degree or Diploma preferred.
• Good experience with designing web-based user interfaces.
• Good experience of Web Development technologies – e.g. HTML, XML, xHTML, JavaScript, CSS, Ajax.
• Good experience with LAMP stack.
• Experience with game development & the game development process.
• Experience with a JavaScript framework (jQuery a plus).
• Experience with a server-side web framework (JSP, Rails, etc).
• Proficiency with Fireworks, Photoshop or related tools.
• Understanding of Object Oriented Programming in MVC/PAC framework.
• Ability to work across timezones.
• Ability to multitask and work under pressure.
• Good problem solving skills.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.

Plusses

• Understanding of cross-browser compatibility.
• Passion for gaming.
• Familiar with mobile app development.

Outperformance – What Would My Teammate See if I’m Very Successful?

A number of immediate benefits arise when you excel in in your primary role:

• FireForge will establish a good case precedent & a solid foundation for building a good reputation as a gamification consultant and developer. This then enables FireForge to build an entirely new business line.
A number of immediate benefits arise when you excel in in your secondary role:
• FireForge will have a strong and consistent web presence across all platforms and devices.
• Our gamers will appreciate the ability to connect to our website through any convenient means available, leading to high customer retention, a robust customer base and high potential revenue.
• Our gamers will be effectively engaged through various channels of localised social and communication media, hence allowing FireForge to reach to a wider audience from various age and ethnic groups.
• The design of a flexible and scalable e-commerce architecture allows FireForge to use a variety of monetization models and to work with a variety of industry partners to implement innovative marketing solutions that improve gameplay quality and customer acquisition and retention.