PlayGen ltd. Shoreditch London, UK
We are currently looking to hire a Junior Software Developer and a Mid-Senior Software Developer for our office in Shoreditch London.
PlayGen develop playful solutions to engage, influence, measure and inspire.
Do you like startups but are not sure about the risks associated? Join the most awesome digital R&amp;D studio working with games, gamification and simulations.
Existing clients include global leaders in health, defense, education, finance and research institutions. Imagine being given the opportunity to work in a startup environment, but with the backing of a organisations like Unilever, Samsung, European Union, BBC, NHS, HSBC, McKinsey and many more.
Here is a little overview of what kind of person we're looking for:
Desired Skills and Expertise
Essential :
- 4 years+ of development experience (for mid-senior role)
- If it’s Frontend you might like Javascript / HTML5/ XSLT/ CSS – Backbone, Angular, WebGL, D3.Js
- If backend is your thing then you’ll have experience of Web or apps and know your way around one or more of these: Visual Studio, C#, Objective C or C++, PHP, Ruby, Python and some experience of SQL or NoSQL Databases
Of course you might like both :) but you would be well versed in OO and software architecture. - Naturally a desire to be a part of the next big thing and make some awesome interactivity stuff used by the world’s greatest is a super plus!
Highly desirable :
- True GEEK (i.e. you want to spend time with people who love making stuff)
- If focusing on backend then interest in machine learning, functional programming &amp; peer to peer
- Web services, APIs and Extensible architectures - Cloud based application development including Hadoop, Cassandra and elasticity
In order to apply please visit the following:
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- <a href=" for the junior role
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