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  • Senior Platform Programmer, Online Publishing Back
    Division/Studio: Vigil Games (Austin, TX)
    Employment Status: Full Time - Benefits
    Relocation Eligible: Yes
    About Vigil Games:
    Vigil Games was founded in 2005 by world renowned comic artist Joe Madureira and video game industry veteran David Adams. In 2006, we became a member of the THQ family. Vigil's recent release, Darksiders, available on current generation console systems, has achieved both critical acclaim and solid retail sales. The studio facility is located in the beautiful hills of Austin, TX. While always striving to be a world class game development house, Vigil also provides an exciting, fun, and creative work atmosphere.As part of the THQ family of studios, Vigil offers a very competitive compensation package that includes bonuses, stock options, health insurance, 401k, educational assistance, and much more.
    Job Description:
    Vigil Games is looking for a talented and enthusiastic Senior Platform Programmer to join our new Publishing Operations team in Austin, Texas. The Senior Platform Programmer will be a key part of the team that develops and maintains Vigil’s online platform for the Warhammer 40K: Dark Millennium Online MMO. The Publishing Operations platform encompasses the game support services, such as authentication, billing, community, e-store, customer support tools, etc. This position is responsible for building services and APIs and integrating licensed services to create a stable, robust and reliable operating platform. If you have strong programming and troubleshooting skills, like the challenge of solving problems in a live environment, and love games, this is a great opportunity.
    Core Responsibilities

    Design, develop and integrate various online services required for the launch and ongoing operations of Dark Millennium Online. 

    Provide technical design of new features and services as needed.

    Help establish software development and engineering practices for Publishing Operations and ensure that they are consistent with existing practices at Vigil Games.

    Participate in testing process to ensure a stable and bug-free delivery.

    Mentor other engineers and ensure system quality by performing code and design reviews.

    Ensure that systems design and implementation is documented thoroughly.

    Collaborate with project managers by providing reliable and accurate time estimates for task and status updates.

    Work with network operations to integrate all developed services into automated deployment processes.

    Provide ongoing support for existing applications.

    Other responsibilities as needed.

    Skills & Qualifications

    Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer engineering or equivalent

    7+ years of professional experience in software engineering with strong object-oriented programming skills

    Medium to large-scale software application development experience

    SQL development experience (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle)

    NoSQL development experience (e.g., Cassandra, MongoDB, memcached)

    Web services development experience with a proven technology stack (e.g., Ruby on Rails, Java, Django)

     Knowledge of Web services and related technologies such as REST, JSON, and MVC

    UNIX/Linux professional experience

    Agile and DevOps methodologies exposure

    Low-level network knowledge including packet capture, routing, firewalls, and DNS

    Familiar with higher-level network protocols such as HTTP, SNMP, SMTP, and FTP

    Understanding of encryption technologies and security techniques for web-based applications

    General knowledge of micropayment-based and subscription-based online billing systems

    Excellent verbal and written communications skills

    A passion for multiplayer online games


    Respond to the Job post by sending an email to jobs@vigilgames.com to apply for this position!