As a  PHP Back End Developer you will have experience with the full system development life cycle and have a good understanding of modern development methodologies. You will have experience working in a team environment as well as experience leading development initiatives and managing releases.

General Job description

• Web development including web 2.0 style applications with a focus on back-end systems
• Drive the development & support strategy for maintaining and enhancing existing web applications & products
• The applicant is familiar with or has experience of Agile development methods like Scrum, Unit Testing and Pair programming. The applicant is motivated by delivering next generation web services with a strong back-end core with focus on scalability and communities.
• Responsible for primarily PHP application development supporting business objectives while providing expertise in software development lifecycle phases from concept and design to testing
• Work in parallel on new and existing applications
• Perform hands-on coding, mentor junior developers and assist in architecting scalable and peformant web solutions
• Strong desire to deliver towards agreed targets
• Interest and willingness to teach and mentor others to improve in own area

Experience/Background

Required:

• Experienced Senior PHP Developer with a minimum of 3 years of PHP related experience in application design, software development, maintenance and delivery
• Strong experience developing and implementing highly complex and scalable technical solutions in a PHP web environment
• Strong experience with web service architecture, web design, and web development tools and languages
• Strong experience in object-oriented design and implementation
• Strong relational database experience (MySQL)
• Strong background working in Linux environments
• Experience with architectural design, participation in requirements and code design reviews, core functionality development and unit testing
• Experience with agile development lifecycles such as Scrum
• Strong communication skills for working closely with other Software Engineers and game designers
• Ability to analyze and understand how other games in the genre has solved problems related to your work tasks
• Strong language skills – excellent spoken and written English is a must, preferably Swedish as well

Bonus:

• Experience with other languages such as Java, C#, Python and associated libraries/frameworks
• To have a great interest in games
• Working experience from the video games industry preferable

 Please send your application to ctamleht@ea.com

Easy Studios is looking for a talented Sound Designer to work on multiple projects. The Sound Designer will be responsible for the creating and implementing audio assets and optimizing performance, while maintaining great quality. Creativity, self-motivation, outstanding people skills, and a passion for video games are a must.

As a Sound Designer you will work closely with the animators on the game team and the game producer, you have an excellent artistic ability and you are driven to find the right audio feeling and quality in your  work. You are also goal- oriented and like having the responsibility for a timely delivery as well as the quality of that delivery.

Required Qualifications

• Have fundamental knowledge of sound design and sound editing
• Documented skills in creating best-in-class sounds for shooters & FPS
• A strong sense of asset ownership though the sound pipeline, taking full responsibility for assets, from initial creation to implementation in the final product.
• Two years or more of professional game development experience is advantageous, but not required.
• Excellent English skills (knowing Swedish is not required but an advantage)
• The applicant should have a strong interest in computer games

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The Operations Engineer is expected to provide the following for multiple game and central teams within the Easy Studio:

• Linux system administration.
• Infrastructure documentation and tracking.
• Alert response.
• Other duties as deemed necessary from time to time.
• Build system 

The Operations Engineer is expected to be a Subject Matter Expert for the operations team.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Technical Director, Operations Director, as well as the game teams, to identify, initiate, and/or manage change requests for online infrastructure.
• Partner with internal departments and external vendors/hosting providers to manage server infrastructure.
• Plan and execute migrations of environments.
• Create and update standardized system documentation, runbooks (break-fix procedures), diagrams, etc.
• Apply knowledge of industry best practices and trends/developments to improve infrastructure and processes.
• Recognize system deficiencies, and manage implementation of solutions.
• Providing task dependencies, priorities, and time estimates.
• Coordinating work effectively with other team members

Technical Skills and Experience

• Required technical skills:
  • Very strong Linux experience.
  • Experience with:
    • Configuration Management tools such as Puppet, or Chef.
    • Apache administration.
    • Build and deployment automation.
• Networking.
• High availability solutions.
• Automation and scripting of day to day administration tasks.
• JAVA/PHP service/web/application architecture.
• Required documentation skills:
  • System tracking and auditing.
  • Run-books (break-fix procedures).
  • System architecture diagrams.
  • Nice to have technical skills:
    • Architecture/solution implementation with cloud hosting solutions (such as Amazon Web Services).
    • Experience with:
      • Source control management tools (such as Perforce).
• Database administration experience, MySQL.
• Storage systems (SAN, DAS).
• Windows Server (2008/2008 R2) system administration experience.
• .NET service/application architecture.
• Required professional experience:
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience with system administration / management in an enterprise environment.
  • Demonstrated experience in a rapidly changing environment with high expectations for execution.
  • Proven experience and desire to take on challenges outside of the normal “comfort zone” with learning and implementation of new technologies, processes, etc.

Professional Qualities

• Always learning:
  • Opportunities for cross-training will be identified, and a desire to expand knowledge as well as learn multiple technologies is required.
  • Communication:
    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
    • Serves as a key participant in team meetings.
    • Confronts issues openly and quickly.
    • Communicates tactfully and effectively with other EA teams and external stakeholders.
    • Professionalism:
      • Detail-oriented.
      • Capable of identifying, and proposing mitigation options for risks.
      • Pursues excellence in all aspects of the business.
      • Possesses the requisite expert knowledge to identify opportunities for change.
      • Problem solving skills.
      • Able to adapt to constrained schedules and perform under pressure.
      • Able to quickly identify issues/concerns, and know when to escalate them.

On-Call Expectations

The Operations Engineer will be required to participate in on-call rotations for system support. On-call rotations may include combinations of evenings and weekends. Please send your application to Carl Tamleht, ctamleht@ea.com.

Push the Button Initiative

The Internship is a non-paid and temporarily employment over 3 – 6 months time. The Internship needs to be associated with a University education or any other type of education that has an internship period planned into the education plan. Please consider this before applying and potentially move to Stockholm, Sweden

So, what´s YOUR next challenge?

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