Please direct your responses to: richardphillips123@comcast.net
JOB DESCRIPTION
Your primary responsibility is the development and architecture of new and rapidly scaling software applications, as well as integrating new technology and social gaming mechanisms with our existing platform. You will be involved in every aspect of development from design to architecture to implementation as we expand our user base and platforms to mobile devices, new social networks, and new proprietary web platforms.
You'll be working on a J2EE web application that utilizes Tapestry/Hivemind, Hibernate, and the Spring Framework. You'll also be working with a large-scale, open source billing engine and ActiveMQ messaging middleware. You'll be working with Java Enterprise and Rails, as well as JQuery and CSS front-end technology.
You will work with an agile, collaborative, and collegial team of accomplished software engineers, designers, marketers and business owners to develop and evolve our platform and applications.
If you are passionate about designing and coding well crafted, high performance software that touches millions of people, enjoy working with a small dedicated team, and relish the immediate feedback of your work's impact, this may be an ideal opportunity for you.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Design and implement software that is high-quality, high-performance, extremely scalable and easy to evolve
• Play a technology leadership role on our collaborative team to deliver on rapidly evolving business needs in regards to system performance, game engagement, and adoption of new technologies/opportunities
• Play a lead engineering role in the creation of new viral Facebook apps (it can be done!) that drive customer acquisition
• Play a lead engineering role in integrating social media mechanisms into our poker room and across our game environment
• Define and implement the design and architecture of new sub-systems utilizing noSQL solutions, Ruby on Rails, message queues
• Assist in task decomposition and dispersal to accomplish key goals rapidly and soundly across a small, capable team of engineers
• Assist in development of test/QA strategies to maximize QA impact in a fast paced environment
• Work in an agile environment where quick iterations and good feedback are a way of life
• Continually look for opportunities to improve our platform, process and business
REQUIREMENTS
• 5 to 10 years professional experience building highly scalable, high-performance distributed systems as a code warrior
• Hands on experience actively writing/architecting objected-oriented Java or PHP code
• Expert knowledge of scaling web applications using open source frameworks for MVC, caching, ORM, and persistence
• Strong understanding of databases and how to scale them for the web
• Interest and experience in designing and coding high performance applications on social media and mobile platforms
• Extensive experience integrating open-source software and a variety of third-party products
• Versatility and ability to thrive on a collaborative, collegial team
• A good sense of humor
DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED
• Strong Java Enterprise experience
• Experience with Rails, or desire to break into Rails
• Proven experience in adopting new technologies, platforms and devices
ABOUT PUREPLAY
PurePlay is alone in providing legal online poker to U.S. based customers for cash prizes. PurePlay's business model was awarded a U.S. patent in 2007, and was awarded the EGaming prize for Innovation of the Year in 2008. We've developed and operationalized a successful and legal online social gaming platform that has served millions of customers, we've made it profitable, and after recently adding many new casino style games we're looking to scale our business significantly. We're out to own U.S. based online poker and casino gaming, and we're looking to build our team to help us get there. PurePlay is not a gambling site, but a 100% legal social gaming platform.
The company is funded by some of the most successful investors in Silicon Valley, has an experienced management team, and consists of a small, talented group of bright, motivated, hard working individuals who share its vision.
You will work with an agile, collaborative, and collegial team of accomplished software engineers, designers, marketers and business owners. We're a socially casual but professionally driven team, focused on results.
If this looks like a match with your background, please send me a resume
Thank you -
Richard Phillips
Richard Phillips Recruiting
San Rafael, CA
Headhunter for technology startups
RichardPhillips123@comcast.net
415-721-7569
About me:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardphillips
(click on "View Full Profile" at bottom to see my references)
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