Arkadium

👥 51-100💰 $5,000,000 Series A about 12 years agoInternetContentDigital EntertainmentData Visualization💼 Private Company
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Arkadium is a fun-focused game development company with 20 years of experience, known for creating the world's most-played games, including the classic Solitaire. With a commitment to values like Fierce Drive, Positive Energy, and Living Full Lives, Arkadium fosters a supportive work environment and ranks as a great workplace. The company is privately held and founder-led, emphasizing stability and passion in their craft.

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🔥 Game Designer
Posted 11 days ago

📍 United States

🔍 Gaming

  • 3+ years of experience working on games that have shipped for public consumption.
  • A passion for casual games and a strong understanding of what makes them fun and engaging.
  • Proficiency in game development languages and tools, such as HTML5 and Unity.
  • Strong communication and teamwork skills.
  • Attention to detail and a critical eye for game balance and design.
  • Eagerness to learn and adapt in a dynamic and collaborative environment.
  • Collaborate with the Director of Games to brainstorm and create new and appealing game ideas with engagement, retention, and monetization potential in mind.
  • Review and provide feedback for our slate of first party, second party, and third party published titles alongside development milestones, including art, music, FTUE, level design, animations, scoring, game loading, monetization (hard and soft currency, rewarded video), and retention.
  • Put together concept documents that outline core gameplay mechanics, objectives, and overall vision for the game.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to produce a prototype, a small-scale playable version of the game, to test and refine gameplay concepts.
  • Work on and update the design document to make it ready for internal and external game development and art teams to implement, ensuring it provides clear instructions for QA testing.
  • Prepare basic layouts and mock-ups for simple game screens and pop-ups, focusing on delivering a seamless and enjoyable user experience for players.
  • Create and fine-tune game assets, such as levels, puzzles, and obstacles.
  • Playtest and iterate on game designs to ensure a smooth and enjoyable experience for our players.
  • Analyze player feedback and data to make data-driven design decisions.
  • Stay up-to-date with industry trends, casual (and web) games best practices, and Arkadium’s own standards of excellence (art, animation, design, tech, etc).
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📍 Portugal, Romania

🧭 Full-Time

🔍 Gaming

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • 5+ years experience as a back-end engineer or full-stack engineer.
  • 5+ years working with server-side runtime environments (ex: Node.js).
  • 3+ years working with different JavaScript/TypeScript libraries and frameworks for both frontend (ex: React, Angular, Vue.js, Svelte) and backend (ex: Express.js, NestJS, Next.js, Remix).
  • Experience developing server code in Golang.
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS.
  • Proficiency in designing and implementing RESTful APIs.
  • Ability to work independently and take ownership of projects from start to finish.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor other engineers.
  • Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Lead end-to-end development of scalable and high-performance full-stack applications.
  • Architect and design comprehensive and robust full-stack solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and technical requirements.
  • Integrate back-end solutions with front-end web applications and games.
  • Design, develop, and maintain server-side applications and APIs for live games.
  • Support the needs of internal game teams to scale up their game development, including the creation of new tools.
  • Design and optimize database schemas, ensuring data consistency, integrity, and security.
  • Optimize application performance by identifying and addressing bottlenecks in both front-end and back-end components.
  • Implement and enforce security best practices for data protection and user authentication.
  • Lead code reviews and mentor other engineers to ensure high code quality and adherence to best practices.
  • Create and maintain comprehensive documentation and technical specifications, ensuring ease of understanding and knowledge transfer.
  • Stay up to date with the latest trends and developments in web development and share knowledge with the team.
  • Participate in agile development processes and contribute to team goals and objectives.

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