Software Engineer

COMPANY: Mind Candy

TITLE: Software Engineer

• Scaling the Moshi Monsters game to meet increase in user demand
• Learning new technologies that help to improve efficiency/build new features
• Building software components that meet the highest quality standards
• Help improve the team, product and processes! 

RELATED DEGREE:

Computer Science BSc Hons, Queen Mary, University of London

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Information Analyst at EDS
• Developer at Talis Information Ltd
• Senior Software Engineer at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Passion for online gaming and programming
• Understanding of design patterns and anti-patterns related to software development
• Familiar with use of REST and XML for back-end communications
• Confident working in Eclipse with SVN or similar version control systems
• Confident working in a variety of languages and open source software systems
• Confident developing in languages across the whole software stack
• Shares our Mind Candy values!

BENEFITS OF THE JOB:

• A fun working environment
• Free breakfast
• Share options
• Games nights once a month
• Casual dress code

CAREER GOALS:

• To further my experience of building quality software products and improve
• Continue to contribute to a brand like Moshi Monsters and be part of the success
• Eventually move into a Technical Architectural role although this already forms a significant part of my current job.