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Senior Software Engineer
Makena Technolgies Inc is seeking a senior software engineer or technical
lead to play a major part in imagining, designing, and building Makena's next generation
massively multiplayer social platform. This platform is already serving "There", the
original social virtual world, and Virtual Laguna Beach, the first extension of a broadcast
television show to a virtual world.
Responsibilities:
Day to day responsibilities include defining functionality and designs
to meet customer requirements, hands on coding, testing, debugging,
documenting, delivery and maintenance of deployed applications. You will
be expected to conduct code reviews, mentor developers, participate in
defining the architecture, and work towards a common understanding
across the team.
Required Skills:
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7-15 years experience in software development (preferably C++) |
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Strong experience with networking and distributed systems and/or database
transactions design |
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Expert understanding of C++, including multiple-interface programming,
polymorphism, templates, with a solid understanding of
how such language mechanisms operate at run-time and why they are useful |
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Experience with one or more scripting languages such as Python, Perl, etc |
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Experience with Linux or other UNIX operating systems. |
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Ability to understand and extend the software architecture and interface
design of components that are part of a large code base |
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Strong teamwork and communication skills, including the ability to explain
complex technical subject matter to other engineers and the ability to
communicate effectively with non-technical members of the team |
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Be an advocate of the value of common development practices like unit
testing and code reviews |
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A passion for doing what it takes to build a solid platform and a solid
team |
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Previous experience with shipping successful products |
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Experience with PC/console on-line games, real-time 3D graphics, and tools
are highly desirable |
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Previous technical lead experience would be preferred |
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Previous experience with developing and maintaining SDKs or libraries for 3rd party developers |
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Please send your resume and cover letter to the following email address and
include "Senior Software Engineer" in the subject of your email: careers@thereinc.com |
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