ENTERTAINING IS OUR PASSION
EA was founded 25 years ago by individuals with a deep passion for making games. Many things have changed over the years as the gaming industry—and the company—has expanded immensely, but we are still driven by the same passion for developing, publishing, and distributing the world’s best games. Our history has been one of great success, and our future looks even brighter. Gaming has come a long way from Pac-Man & Space Invaders to modern EA Favourites like Burnout, Battlefield, Mercenaries, Dead Space, Spore, FIFA, Madden, Need for Speed and the world’s most successful game franchise, The Sims. Fuelled by our talented staff at locations right across the Globe we are united in our passion to continue shaping the future of interactive entertainment. Together we can make a difference.
Position Summary:
The Sims is one of the most successful PC games in the world selling over 90 million units in 22 different languages. Our games include The Sims 2, SimCity, MySims and our games are enjoyed on the PC, Nintendo DS and Wii, Sony PS/2 and others. Many of our games have a strong online community like TheSims2.com and we are creating new and innovative standalone online communities like TheSimsOnStage.com and TheSimsCarnival.com. These online services are developed by the Sims Internet Group.
The Sims Internet Group is looking to hire a Lead Software Engineer to its team in India. This individual will work closely with the development team in the US to support existing online services and to help in creating new services that will grow our online services portfolio.
Job Description: The Lead Software Engineer is responsible for leading a group of software engineers to successfully develop scalable and reliable web applications. The successful candidate will be:
-Very organized and execute the projects responsibly and to the schedule agreed by the senior leadership team in India and the US.
-Manage coding standards, testing guidelines to develop software that is maintainable and reliable .
-Support a collaborative environment with open communication among team members in India and the US
-Willing to learn new web technologies and help train the team to excel in its implementation.
-Must be technically astute to provide guidance to make good judgment to manage the schedule and commitments.
Skill Requirements:
•Minimum of an Engineering Degree, preferably in computer science or related experience in software engineering required.
•Must have 5+ years experience in Java web application development. Must be proficient in either
•J2EE and/or Spring, MySQL and/or Oracle with excellent knowledge of DB query tuning and caching methodologies
•JSP, HTML, AJAX, Javascript, tiles or other UI technologies
•Must have 1+ years experience with writing unit tests.
•Must have excellent technical communication skill.
•Knowledge of web technologies like RSS, Atom, Facebook platform, OpenSocial are a huge plus
•Must be familiar with and be willing to learn about Linux system.
•Excellent verbal and written communications skills and organizational skills.
•Prior experience of managing a team of 3-6+ engineers as direct reports.
Responsibilities:
•Manages a team of software engineers, including task planning and code reviews.
•Ability to form strong cross-functional relationships to provide the ability to lead a sizable project team, taking the project from start to finish |
