New York, NY – Senior Software Technology Lead

COMPANY PROFILE:

Live Gamer is a total commerce solution for global micro-transaction-based businesses. Spanning online games, digital entertainment and social networks. Live Gamer's technology has been adopted by leading publishers in gaming, social and entertainment including Electronic Arts, Sony Online Entertainment, Namco, CCR, THQ and Real Networks, supporting nearly 100 million users in 23 countries.

Our advertising network of 230+ sites reaches hard core PC & Console gamers. The 5th largest gamer-focused ad network in the US, according to comScore. In addition, Live Gamer's Ad Elements social media platform takes video engagement to a new level by creating a mutually rewarding relationship between people and brands. We are partnered with the largest and most reputable social game publishers and have created a one of kind social media games and entertainment network.

Headquartered in New York, NY our rapidly growing company also has its engineering hub in Palo Alto, California and offices in Seoul, Korea. To find out more about Live Gamer please visit our website www.livegamer.com

DESCRIPTION:

Live Gamer is looking for an energetic and organized candidate to fill a long-term contract opportunity for a Senior Software Technology Lead in our New York office. In this position, you’ll work as a key member of our Engineering team to design, code and test a groundbreaking product for our client – a premier global financial institution.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the development of a SOA / WebServices platform that integrates with 3rd party financial and gaming systems.
• Be a core contributor to the development and implementation of a robust platform for a premier global financial institution.
• Participate in architecture planning and review meetings with our VP of Technology and Product Manager.
• Lead technical discussions and implementation meetings with in-house and 3rd party developers.

REQUIREMENTS:

• BS/BA Degree in Computer Science or Engineering
• 7+ years developing and coding web applications, with a strong focus on web based APIs.
• Excellent coding and OOP design skills.
• Demonstrated coding experience in two, or more, of the following: Java, C/C++, Ruby, Python, PHP, Javascript, AJAX.
• 5+ years developing web applications with industry app server platforms and frameworks: J2EE, JBoss, Spring, Tomcat, .NET, Rails.
• 5+ years developing web apis: ReST, Soap, XMLRPC.
• Demonstrated experience with messaging protocols and systems (JMS, AMQP, XMPP, MSMQ, WebSphere MQ, RabbitMQ, SwiftMQ).
• Proficiency in SQL (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL) database systems. NoSQL experience helpful.
• Scaling and security experience with Cloud based and Virtualization infrastructures.
• Working knowledge of user, content and site security.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Familiarity working in lean / Agile development processes.
• Understanding of and demonstrated experience in the full software development lifecycle, including functional and technical specifications, implementation, QA, deployment and maintenance.
• In –depth understanding of services-based software design as it relates to: scaling, security, 3rd party integration, API exposure.
• Ability to work daily in our New York City office.

COMPENSATION:

This is a full-time contract position compensated at hourly rate.

HOW TO APPLY:

Qualified applicants should do the following: Send your resume and a cover letter summarizing how your background matches the requirements to jobs@livegamer.com.

Thank you for your interest in Live Gamer Inc.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer.
No agency solicitations please.