Monday, April 22, 2013

( Digital Designer, Creative Services Team ) ( creative design manager, CPG Activation ) ( VARIOUS POSITIONS ) ( Financial Analyst (100-777) ) ( Corporate Compliance Officer / VP (3436) ) ( Distribution Specialist - Health Network (306737-797) ) ( Part Time Delivery Driver-NAPA Chester (M-F 2p to 8p and Rotating Weekends) Job ) ( SALES PROFESSIONAL ) ( Sales Consultant - Seattle (1777) ) ( Process Engineer I ) ( Software Engineer (Mobile) ) ( Software Engineer (Web) ) ( Senior Client Engineer ) ( Complex Maintenance Center Cloud Engineer I (1775) ) ( Dev Ops Engineer ) ( Senior Software Engineer ) ( Software Engineer (Online / Network) ) ( New Grad: Software Engineer )


Digital Designer, Creative Services Team

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Digital Designer, Creative Services Team

People want to be treated like individuals. At Cigna, we get that. That’s why we embrace and encourage peoples’ uniqueness, helping to give them the strength and confidence to show the world who they really are. The coverage, expertise and services we provide are at the very core of how we help people achieve their full potential – and ultimately, improve their health, well-being and sense of security.

But before we can accomplish any of that, we have to have the right people in place. People like you.

Skills, experience, talent and creativity like yours enables us to develop the meaningful, innovative solutions our customers value and expect. That’s why we’re committed to recruiting, motivating and nurturing the best and the brightest, whether you have industry experience or not. We’re growing a workforce as unique and diverse as the millions of customers we proudly serve around the world – one individual at a time.

THE TEAM

In support of CIGNA's goals to increase the health, well-being, and security of the individuals we serve, CIGNA sells a comprehensive suite of medical insurance, health advocacy solutions and group insurance products, that address the unique health and financial security needs of individuals. These products/solutions are sold to employers, government institutions and individuals either directly or through partnerships with Brokers and Consultants.

The CIGNA Marketing organization partners with Business Units, Sales Organizations and other functional support groups to build the CIGNA brand, products and programs to make CIGNA the preferred brand in the marketplace. This is accomplished by translating business objectives into effective programs and initiatives, through a combination of applying broad marketing expertise, supported by a robust Business Intelligence competency. Within Marketing, the Marketing Communications organization is responsible for developing and executing Business and Segment specific Marketing Communications Plans which help retain and grow CIGNA's diverse customer base.

POSITION SUMMARY

You combine a solid design background with a passion for technology. Responsible for the conception, design, and execution of visual experiences for interactive initiatives including websites, microsites, email marketing, mobile, applications, epublications, infographics, banner ads, social and other technologies.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Effectively interprets a client’s needs as outlined in creative briefs and translate them into compelling interactive designs
  • Applies design theory and takes into consideration content, navigational structure and usability
  • Partners well with copywriter to concept creative, on-strategy ideas
  • Applies a strong understanding of interactive knowledge, including visual design, front-end development, usability and technology standards
  • Capable of working to deadlines on multiple projects concurrently.
  • Contributes to the development of digital standards and procedures for creative team
  • Learns about and understands Cigna’s businesses
  • Maintains stewardship of Cigna’s brand


creative design manager, CPG Activation

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Job Summary and Mission

This job contributes to Starbucks success by managing in-house graphic design services and external agencies in support of the objectives of the Starbucks Design Studio. Responsible for development, execution and evolution of the Brand Expression through our channel development business. Collaborates with business managers requesting design services to formulate design objectives and coordinate delivery of design solutions. Provides a leadership role in the development and implementation of the vision for Starbucks brand, creative objectives and design process.

Models and acts in accordance with Starbucks guiding principles. 

Summary of Key Responsibilities

Responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:
Leadership - Setting goals for the work group, developing organizational capability, and modeling how we work together:

  • Identifies and communicates key responsibilities and practices to ensure the immediate team of direct reports promotes a successful attitude, confidence in leadership, and teamwork to achieve business results
  • Supports the implementation of company programs to ensure the success of the Company
  • Setting goals for the work group, developing organizational capability, and modeling how we work together

Planning and Execution - Developing strategic and operational plans for the work group, managing execution, and measuring results:Collaborates with management team to evolve overall visual strategy.

  • Prepares, communicates and educates client groups and team on changes in policies and practices within the organization
  • Plans and manages business unit and department processes and practices to ensure that programs are aligned with company business goals and objectives
  • Collaborates with management team to evolve overall visual strategy
  • Consults with cross-functional teams on cost-saving opportunities, executes department plans to meet company targets for budgets, project schedules and deadlines
  • Prioritizes and communicates department objectives to team
  • Sets and maintains the professional standards required to meet business unit/department and Company objectives

Business Requirements - Providing functional expertise and executing functional responsibilities:

  • Formulates and implements creative and design objectives that meet company and business unit strategy
  • Provides creative guidance and leadership for all design projects for assigned clients
  • Guides internal and external design teams in developing initial concepts and participates in design work when appropriate
  • Contributes to the strategic discussion with clients based on an understanding of their business

Partner Development & Team Building - Providing partners with coaching, feedback, and developmental opportunities and building effective teams:

  • Challenges and inspires partners to achieve business results
  • Conducts and ensures the completion of performance reviews
  • Ensures partners adhere to legal and operational compliance requirements
  • Oversees training and development of partners directly and indirectly managed and makes effective staffing decisions
  • Provides coaching, direction and leadership support to team members in order to achieve partner, business and customer results

VARIOUS POSITIONS

Details: EDUCATION Athletic Director & Associate Dean Dean-Planning, Research & Resource Development Executive Secretary FT Business Accounting Instructor FT Communication Studies Instructor FT Fire Technology Instructor FT Fire Technology Coordinator FT Photography Instructor Multiple PT Faculty Positions Sierra College Human Resources Dept. 5000 Rocklin Rd Rocklin, CA 95677 Information and required applications available at www.sierracollege.edu 916/660-7106 EEO Employer Source - The Sacramento Bee

Financial Analyst (100-777)

Details: AVI-SPL designs, installs and supports technological solutions that help organizations of all types collaborate and communicate effectively -- from video control centers to hospital paging systems to conference rooms equipped for real-time video communications. Headquartered in the U.S., we have a global reach through our alliance with partners around the world. With each project, our goal is making complex, advanced communication solutions that are easy to use by our clients, so that they can focus on the task at hand. PURPOSESupport the AVI-SPL financial reporting process to ensure accurate and timely reporting to all stakeholders. ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: Assist and support the corporate planning, analysis, forecasting and reporting processes. Determine financial status and financial progress of company and business units by comparing and analyzing plans, forecasts, actual results and trends. Provide information to management by assembling and summarizing data; preparing reports; making presentations of findings and analysis. Analyzes financial information to determine present and future financial performance. Identifies trends and recommends improvements accordingly. Prepare weekly Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reporting and Dashboard reporting to all interested stakeholders. Ensure timeliness, accuracy and completeness of reports. Prepare Monthly Financial Statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow) in conjunction with the Accounting Department month-end close process; upon final review, issue statements to Executive Management, Banking Institutions and Board of Directors. Produce annual budget for entire company; process includes forecasting revenue, COGS, SG&A expenses. Provide miscellaneous ad-hoc analysis based on requests from company-wide management team; Analysis may include monitoring revenue and expense trends and anomalies. Assist Accounting Department with data analysis and schedule preparation in conjunction with external audit requirements. Provide quarterly calculation of the Sales Commission Pay Plan for eligible employees.

Corporate Compliance Officer / VP (3436)

Details: Avalon Health Care is the premier provider of healthcare services in the West. Our high standard of care and value driven business have changed the way people think about senior care. Each part of care is customized, with an acknowledgment of unique needs. We are very proud of what we do! We are looking for people who embrace a reverence for life and a heart for healing to be a part of our valued team. We provide competitive pay, excellent benefits, and a supportive work environment. This is a very rewarding and great place to work! Avalon Health Care is seeking a Corporate Compliance Officer / VP to join our team at our corporate offices in Salt Lake City, Utah!The Corporate Compliance Officer is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Avalon Health Care, Inc. corporate compliance and ethics program, as well as designing, implementing, and executing the corporate risk assessment as related to policies, procedures and systems; and designing and monitoring processes and policies related to regulatory compliance. This position directs and provides guidance and support to all Avalon business lines in developing, implementing and maintaining effective compliance programs. The Corporate Compliance Officer (COO) also formulates compliance examination plans and schedules for respective departments and branch offices, including Avalon joint-ventures entities and Avalon management agreement related entities based on internal reviews and external examination by regulatory bodies and external auditors.The CCO serves as the focal point for compliance activities. The CCO needs to be a person of high integrity, and any other duties the CCO has should not be in conflict with the compliance goals. Coordination and communication are the key functions of the CCO with regard to planning, implementing, and monitoring the compliance program.The CCO is highly placed in the health system so that he or she can exercise independent judgment without fear of reprisal, and so that employees will know that bringing a problem to that person's attention is not a wasted exercise.

Distribution Specialist - Health Network (306737-797)

Details: Medline Industries, Inc. is the largest privately held manufacturer and distributor of health care supplies and services in the country and one of the fastest growing companies in the industry. We have been honored as one of the "100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare" and is listed among Forbes Magazine's 100 Largest Private Companies with more than $5 billion in sales in 2012. Medline is a stable, entrepreneurial organization that owes its success to its diverse, dedicated, extraordinary people.Medline has an immediate opening for an energetic Distribution Spcialist to assist in the management of our medical supplies business within a large hospital in the Albany, NY area. We are seeking a dynamic, hard working, individual capable of working within a large medical facility. You must be people-oriented with strong inter-personal skills and the ability to work independently. If you possess an entrepreneurial spirit; have excellent organization and communication skills; and enjoy reaping the rewards of your efforts, we encourage you to apply.In return, Medline offers a very attractive compensation package including base salary, comprehensive benefits package, and 401(k) with company match! Responsibilities include: Monitors multiple projects’ progress Create and run monthly/quarterly reports to help the system and region better manage their respective tier levels Run and work weekly/daily reports to maintain price parity between the system's price files and Medline’s price files. Manage all system wide contracts; working with both vendors, Medline Distribution division, group purchasing organization and the customers Handle all non-Medline price related issues which include maintaining price integrity on all new items and existing items for the system Establishes and maintains customer relationships; includes conducting weekly team meetings with the state of business with both the customer and the sales reps Support and work with all dedicated service managers for your areas Handles new item set up and updating of price file, including sending out price change notices and releasing pricing blocks Communication and follow up of issues with resolution on a timely basis

Part Time Delivery Driver-NAPA Chester (M-F 2p to 8p and Rotating Weekends) Job

Details: Job Id: 175947Nearest Major Market: VA - Richmond Job Description NAPA Auto Parts is seeking a skilled, enthusiastic and hard working Delivery Driver to join our growing team of auto parts professionals. As a  Delivery Driver  your primarily focus is on getting the right parts to the right people at the right time, and engaging with customers as the face of NAPA throughout the day. Other responsibilities for the Delivery Driver will include: - Building long-term relationships with the customers you deliver to - Driving throughout the metropolitan area using maps and directions - Utilizing both manual and automatic transmission vehicles - Handling cash charge transactions correctly and core/part returns appropriately - Maintaining a distribution log or tracking system to record all deliveries/pickups made - Lifting merchandise up to 60 lbs for deliveries - Inspecting, protecting and maintaining company assets, merchandise, vehicles, building and people Qualifications The ideal NAPA Delivery Driver will have a passion for delivering customer care on an everyday basis, and must also have excellent driving aptitude for both manual and automatic vehicles. Other requirements for the Delivery Driver include: - Agility to bend to floor-level shelves and reach to upper shelves (eight feet) with use of stool or ladder when necessary - Stamina to stand and walk for entire work shift - Strength to lift 60 lbs of merchandise - Clear speaking and attentive listening skills - Motivated to train and learn - Flexibility in schedule including evenings, weekends and holidays - Valid drivers license with: - No DWI convictions within the past four years - No more than one moving violation AND/OR fault accident in the last three years - Minimum 18 years of age - Pre-Employment drug screen and background check

SALES PROFESSIONAL

Details: Business Unit: CMH Retail
Location: Clayton Homes
Address: 6021 Blanding Blvd
Shift: All

As a New Home Sales Professional with Clayton Homes, you will create a world class home buying experience by assisting prospects to identify a floor plan, select options, obtain financing and coordinate the construction process. 
To be successful in this role, New Home Sales Professionals must possess an ability to create an initial rapport, establish trusting relationships and provide a high degree of leadership that allows prospects to have the confidence to select Clayton Homes as their housing solution.
Our commitment to creating a World Class Customer Experience is unparalleled in the housing industry; we take pride in ensuring that all Clayton homeowners receive a high level of customer service from the time they visit one of our Home Centers all the way through to the time they take ownership of their new home.

Job Responsibilities:
 

  • Clayton Ambassador– protect the Clayton Homes branding and assets by maintaining a high level of integrity throughout the sales process;
  • Constant Learner– develop expertise in areas such as finance, product, sales acumen, sales presentation skills and your local market; 
  • Customer Follow-up– maintain customer files and provide timely follow-up with prospective buyers via the company’s CRM system;
  • Merchandising– assist manager by helping select inventory, decorate models and maintain appearance of the homes;
  • Personal Prospecting– develop, refine and execute a strategic sales and marketing plan to increase home center traffic;
  • Product Demonstration– show prospects display homes, demonstrate features and benefits to create added value;
  • Set Appointments– set home center visits utilizing prospect database and by converting ad calls and web leads;
  • Sales– facilitate the buying process by building trust, meeting needs and converting prospects to satisfied homeowners;
  • Team Contributor– be a positive team member and assist in the development of other Clayton Homes Team Members;
  • Training– participates in all sales meetings, training opportunities and other company sponsored functions;
  • World Class Customer Service– provide a great home buying experience by exceeding the customer expectations and honoring commitments.

 
Benefits:
 
 

  • A Berkshire Hathaway Company- an integrity based organization offering unlimited career growth;
  • Comprehensive Benefit Package- Medical, Dental, Life, Vision and 401k with aggressive employer match;
  • Fitness Reimbursement and Wellness Program– we want our employees to maintain a healthy lifestyle;
  • Model Home Centers are closed on Sundays– we believe in offering a balanced working environment;  
  • Performance Perks– we offer incredible rewards for our top performers – Cruises, Resort Trips, etc;
  • Training and Professional Development– we offer online educational opportunities and training seminars.

 
 
Compensation:
 
 

  • As a Sales Professional with Clayton Homes, you will receive a $24k base salary plus a lucrative commission plan

                ($45k average and top performers up to $80k+)
 

  • We offer a paid training program and a progressive New Hire sales incentive to help you build your business
  • Unlimited career and earning potential! 


Sales Consultant - Seattle (1777)

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Cbeyond delivers integrated packages of communications and IT services to over 61,000 small businesses throughout the United States. We lead the industry in customer retention and we've built a reputation as one of the fastest-growing providers in the nation.

  • Present and sell Cbeyond BeyondVoice services and applications to small business customers generating new sales revenue.
  • Drive revenue by selling applications to meet or exceed monthly revenue and sales quota.
  • Adhere to the Cbeyond Sales Activity Model.
  • Attend all required Cbeyond trainings and sales functions.
  • Accurately enter all sales activity into the sales force automation system on a daily basis.
  • Assist (if requested) in settlement of disputed accounts on behalf of Cbeyond.
  • Work with Branch Management Team, Customer Service and Operations to ensure customer satisfaction, as needed.
  • Complete and turn in all required reports and presentations
  • Increase sales funnel by cold calling, tele-marketing, lead groups, chamber meetings, agents, etc.
  • Work with the back office to ensure customer paperwork is complete and clean so the order flow process runs smoothly and the customer is installed in a timely manner.
  • Follow all Cbeyond standards and formats in presentations, proposals, and in professionalism.

Process Engineer I

Details: Genzyme has pioneered the development and delivery of transformative therapies for patients affected by rare and debilitating diseases for over 30 years. We accomplish our goals through world-class research, collaboration with the global patient community, and with the compassion and commitment of our employees.  With a focus on rare diseases and multiple sclerosis, we are dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of the patients and families we serve.  Genzyme's portfolio of transformative therapies, which are marketed in countries around the world, represent groundbreaking and life-saving advances in medicine. As a Sanofi company, Genzyme benefits from the reach and resources of one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, with a shared commitment to improving the lives of patients.  Learn more at www.genzyme.com.  Manufacturing Technical Support (MTS) is the keeper of the body of manufacturing processknowledge, supports the creation of the instruction set and ensures manufacturing operationsstay aligned with the registered process. MTS is responsible for: Providing daily on-the-floor technical support Providing technical leadership in process-related investigations Overseeing and leading data management & monitoring/SPC review processes Leading process validation Maintaining the Process Control Strategy and Operating Control Strategy Identifying and implementing commercial process/product life cycle improvements Defining relevant operational/technical standards and practices for the site Identifying and driving implementation of improvements to maximize throughput andcapacity utilization Utilizing and maintaining robust scale down models to support manufacturing operationsThe primary objective is to ensure manufacturing processes are capable, compliant, in controland continuously improved. The Process Engineer I: Supports technology transfers between groups/organizations Reviews existing manufacturing processes and/or development and production data Designs and conducts necessary experiments; interprets results Recommends changes or additional experiments to improve quality, productivity,recovery and overall efficiency Trains manufacturing staff on new or changed processes and the use of equipment May provide technical guidance to less experienced staff

Software Engineer (Mobile)

Details: We are looking for a dynamic and committed individuals who enjoy architecting, designing, and developing solutions for mobile platforms.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Work in a collaborative, team environment with a focus on designing and developing enterprise grade, native applications running on the iOS and Android platforms.
  • Responsibilities ranging from user interfaces, to integrating with web services, to writing backend code.
  • Maintains and improves existing features and implements new and innovative solutions for future projects and releases.



Software Engineer (Web)

Details: The web developers are responsible for developing and maintaining web-based software used to support business processes throughout the company. The web developers will be involved in all aspects of the website development including meeting with end users to gather requirements, translating requirements into a technical specification and coding. Responsible for design, code and test features, as well as work jointly with other team members to deliver software on time. They will have experience in supporting, modifying and maintaining systems and code developed by 3rd parties for testing, documenting, end users training, maintenance and enhancements.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Design and develop websites ensuring strong optimization and functionality
  • Code web pages utilizing ASP.NET/VB.Net CSS, XHTML, JavaScript, AJAX and SQL
  • Analyze, review and modify web systems by designing, maintaining, documenting, testing, developing and monitoring
  • Assist in the planning of overall company policy regarding search engine optimization and web development
  • Monitor site technical performance and web server
  • Work on projects including web layout enhancements, website enhancements, web-based applications, and database-backed websites
  • Work closely with, and incorporate feedback from, product management, designers and back-end engineers
  • Rapidly fix bugs and solve problems and efficiently maintain web services
  • Identify potential areas of risk and suggest mitigating actions
  • Involved in the planning and estimation of the team’s work
  • Knowledge of benchmarked best industry practices and market trends
  • Keep abreast of new and existing technologies and be able to apply these to a variety of projects as applicable
  • Drive the development and adoption of new standards and guidelines around browser compatibility, reliability, maintainability, performance
  • Ability to take ownership of complete software development lifecycle, including analysis, design, configuring, programming and testing for Microsoft technology based applications
  • Work with users and executives to expand the use of SharePoint to address business issues



Senior Client Engineer

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Senior Client Engineer

As EA’s first label dedicated to purely digital games, EA All Play creates games for mobile devices, social networks and online environments that deliver seamless play anytime, anywhere, on any device. Connecting a market of more than one billion core and mass-casual gamers worldwide, EA All Play delivers engaging, accessible, high quality games to people of all skill levels and interests.

The EA All Play portfolio encompasses some of the most recognizable entertainment brands in the world, including original EA and partner franchises like The Simpsons, Tetris, SCRABBLE, MONOPOLY, World Series of Poker, Real Racing, Ultima, as well as online games destination Pogo.com.

This position is the technical client lead on a small-to-medium sized game team. You will be the central point of engineering knowledge and architecture on the client side of our game projects.

You will be architecting systems, writing code, and performing code reviews. You will lead other engineers on the game team to improve code quality, improve game performance, and increase development speed. Your broad knowledge of software engineering, deep knowledge of game architecture, and excellent communication skills will allow you to level up other engineers in our studio through formal and informal methods. You are capable of being both self-directed (keeping abreast of industry trends and researching new technology) and service-oriented (focusing on the immediate needs of the game team). Above all, your passion is developing games and you have a proven track record of shipping game titles.

Complex Maintenance Center Cloud Engineer I (1775)

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Monitor and support the advanced Cloud application and Network environments of Cbeyond’s complex and large revenue customer base. Provide fanatical support to our customers through your innovative solutions as an individual contributor to quickly respond to escalations (troubleshoot), review overall architecture, test and certify solutions, and collaborate with multiple groups. Perform network and cloud surveillance to maintain integrity of Cbeyond’s production environment. Maintain proper change and technical documentation practices as it relates to the individual customer profiles. Works cross-functionally with internal resources, equipment vendors, and facility providers to resolve issues in our deployed infrastructure. Provide mentorship and best practices knowledge to lower tiered groups.


Responsibilities:


  • Creates an excellent customer experience for all accounts, by anticipating and resolving customer issues in a manner that exceeds the customer expectations.
  • Final level of complex cloud, application, voice & data network troubleshooting in the Complex Maintenance Center (CMC)
  • Monitor Cbeyond applications and environments for alerts, errors and other signs of trouble
  • Create, maintain and disseminate operational tools including NOC/dashboard, analytic readouts, and automation tools
  • Work closely with systems engineers, developers and other personnel to quickly troubleshoot, triage and resolve issues.
  • Review anomalies that are broad and potentially service impacting
  • Research, evaluate and recommend hardware and software solutions
  • Investigate recent troubles, defects, events and trends; may make recommendations to management post mortem format on desirable additions and developments
  • Maintain accurate and up to date known network and application issues and approved resolutions
  • Resolve customer network and application outage escalations in a timely fashion. Work issues through to resolution and provide analysis
  • Respond quickly and correctly to customer NMS notifications
  • Continuously improve the CMC’s proactive monitoring and instrumentation capabilities
  • Make recommendations for adjustments to client network and application environments
  • Perform routine checks of client server infrastructure using monitoring tools and reports
  • Perform core and application related project tasks as needed
  • Accurately log incidents within Cbeyond’s ticketing system, documenting symptoms and steps taken to resolve
  • Operate in a 24 x 7 Operations Center, this include shiftwork and off peak coverage

Dev Ops Engineer

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Dev Ops Engineer

EA was founded over 30 years ago by individuals with a deep passion for making games. Many things have changed over the years as the gaming industry—and the company—has expanded immensely, but we are still driven by the same passion for developing, publishing, and distributing the world’s best games. Our history has been one of great success, and our future looks even brighter. Gaming has come a long way from Pac-Man & Space Invaders to modern EA favorites like Burnout, Battlefield, Madden, Mass Effect, Dead Space, FIFA, Need for Speed and the world’s most successful game franchise, The Sims. Fueled by our talented staff at locations right across the Globe we are united in our passion to continue shaping the future of interactive entertainment. Together we can make a difference. More information about EA is available at http://info.ea.com

Responsibilities: :

  • Develop and maintain build and deploy scripts/infrastructure
  • Maintain project websites and forums. Partner with 3rd party teams to integrate external web content
  • Design, develop and maintain business intelligence tools
  • Develop and maintain operation control panels/monitoring
  • Lead on-call live service support rotation
  • Develop and maintain load/stress testing scripts and infrastructure
  • Collaborate with network engineering team on game features

Senior Software Engineer

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Senior Software Engineer

PopCap Games is the leading global developer, publisher and operator of casual video games: fun, easy-to-learn, captivating games that appeal to all ages across PC, mobile, social and other platforms. Based in Seattle, Washington, PopCap was founded in 2000, was acquired by Electronic Arts in 2011, and has a worldwide staff of more than 600 people in Seattle, San Francisco, Vancouver, B.C., Dublin, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo. PopCap's games have been downloaded over 1.5 billion times by consumers worldwide, and its flagship franchise, Bejeweled®, has sold more than 50 million units.

The Software Engineer will be a key member of a team working on an upcoming release of Bejeweled, for which the primary target platforms are mobile devices. The Engineer will be responsible for game architecture and technology, understanding of the full technology stack and tool chain, and game feature work.

Responsibilities:


  • Help build a rock solid infrastructure for enabling downloadable content and updates for a live game.
  • Identify weaknesses in the current code architecture and design and implement improved technology
  • Contribute to the integration of improvements in PopCap’s core technology’s shared frameworks
  • Contribute to game development by creating code across multiple platforms
  • Carry forward our vision for “write once run anywhere" game development
  • Provide leadership and mentoring for more junior members of the team. Opportuinities for more formal leadership roles are available depending on the condidate

Software Engineer (Online / Network)

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Software Engineer (Online/Network)

For over 30 years, Maxis games have been known for their deep simulation, creativity, imagination, and unique style of gameplay. Maxis has created some of the world's most popular franchises, including SimCity, Spore, and The Sims—the best-selling PC franchise in history. Playfish, also a part of the Maxis family, leads the social gaming industry in innovation and creativity with award-winning, category-defining games across a number of platforms and networks. Playfish games are amongst the most acclaimed and popular online, including The Sims Social, Pet Society, Restaurant City, Hotel City and Country Story.

Here at Maxis, we foster a fun and creative environment, filled with people who have a strong passion to make great games. Maxis, a division of Electronic Arts, operates in Emeryville (California), Redwood Shores (California), Salt Lake City (Utah) with international sites in the UK, India, China and Finland.

The Server Online Engineer builds software to host an online experience. A Server Online Engineer works with databases and moves around data that allows for chat rooms, client/server games, player matching, and player stats. They also provide solutions to deal with network latency, de-synchronization of data between networked machines/players, packet compression, cheating, and interrupted connections.

Server Engineers also implement and integrate core online components on multiple hardware platforms.

What skills does EA look for?

A Server Online Engineer must have strong skills in C++, encryption, TCP/IP (BSD sockets, Winsock), UNIX, and multithreading/multiprocessor, as well as some experience with web development and networking.

Role Overview:

The Online Engineer writes code that allows players to compete against each other (or play together) via a LAN or the Internet. Online Programmers must know their field solidly as it can be a very difficult type of programming due to the number of unforeseen problems. Most PC games are now released with a multiplayer component and consoles are quickly becoming network compatible as well. Therefore, an Online Engineer must understand how to set up a client and server architecture, develop security, and write code using basic network protocols (e.g., TCP/IP or UDP). They should also be familiar with concurrency, multi-threaded code, synchronization, DirectPlay (the Direct X interface to networking), and possibly Winsock. An Online Engineer must have an understanding of Database management and administration.

New Grad: Software Engineer

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New Grad: Software Engineer



EA was founded 25 years ago by individuals with a deep passion for making games. Many things have changed over the years as the gaming industry—and the company—has expanded immensely, but we are still driven by the same passion for developing, publishing, and distributing the world’s best games. Our history has been one of great success, and our future looks even brighter. Gaming has come a long way from Pac-Man & Space Invaders to modern EA Favorites like Burnout, Battlefield, Mercenaries, Dead Space, Spore, FIFA, Madden, Need for Speed and the world’s most successful game franchise, The Sims. Fueled by our talented staff at locations right across the Globe we are united in our passion to continue shaping the future of interactive entertainment. Together we can make a difference.

The commerce team is tasked to develop one of the largest Digital eCommerce Platforms to power hundreds of games played by hundreds of millions of gamers. The digital commerce platform is responsible for providing foundation services to game studios including identity management, account, subscription, billing, payment , virtual currency, provisioning, entitlement, risk and fraud at 24x7 with 99.99% reliability.

Role overview :

The successful candidate for this position will serve as a Software Engineer on the Commerce Platform team and will be responsible for the design and implementation of our subscription management system and platform development.

Key Responsibilities :

  • Work with program manager to understand business requirement and translate that into technical design which is reviewed and signed off by stake holder,
  • Responsible for Architecture of Subscription Components
  • Lead technical design and implementation of a feature
  • Design underlying database schema and interface,
  • Implement high quality code with comprehensive unit testing,
  • Be subject matter expert in the area.
  • Fix bugs raised from stabilization, integration and production.
  • Work on migrating legacy systems to the new platform.
  • Troubleshoot issues raised from production and resolve customer problems.
  • Evaluate and adopt technologies which improve the team efficiency and platform capability
  • Code review peer developer’s code and provide constructive feedbacks to ensure consistency and quality of code
  • Mentor junior engineers, new hires and interns.
  • Participate in hiring process.