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Jobs October 24, 2009

2 Front Ends in LA, and 1 in Vancouver

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Job Title: Napster Front End Developer
Department: Technology
Location: Los Angeles
Posted: Oct 23, 2009

Job Description: Join a team of highly-skilled product/interaction designers, art/visual designers and software engineers to help build and improve on features of the Napster music service. This role will be involved with providing creative solutions primarily through the use of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The successful candidate will exhibit enthusiasm and have a track record of developing satisfying user experiences and genuine passion for being part of a dynamic and highly-skilled development team.

Job Qualifications (primary):

• CS degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• 4+ years industry experience
• Deep knowledge of web standards, CSS driven HTML page layout (table-less) and cross-browser coding techniques
• Familiarity with JavaScript, AJAX and DHTML and cross-browser coding techniques
• Understanding of how to optimize for low page weight and performance
• Familiarity with web programming languages such as Perl or equivalent

Job Qualifications (pluses):

• Experience working on high traffic sites
• Good working knowledge of UNIX or equivalent
• Experience using CVS, SVN or equivalent source control system
• Experience using bug tracking systems such as Bugzilla

DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This job description reflects management’s assignment of the essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Critical features of this job have been described in the narrative. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other reasons.

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Job Title: Napster Senior Front End Developer
Department: Technology
Location: Los Angeles
Posted: Oct 16, 2009

Job Description: Join a team of highly-skilled product/interaction designers, art/visual designers and software engineers to help build and improve on features of the Napster music service. This role will be involved with providing creative solutions primarily through the use of Object Oriented JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries. The successful candidate will exhibit enthusiasm and have a track record of developing satisfying user experiences and genuine passion for being part of a dynamic and highly-skilled development team.
Job Qualifications (primary):

• CS degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• 4+ years industry experience
• Deep knowledge of web standards, JavaScript, AJAX, DHTML and cross-browser coding techniques
• Knowing AS3/Flex and Velocity Templates is a plus.
• Familiarity with CSS driven HTML page layout(table-less) and cross-browser coding techniques
• Understanding of how to optimize for low page weight and performance
• Familiarity with web programming languages such as Perl or equivalent

Job Qualifications (pluses):

• Experience working on high traffic sites
• Good working knowledge of UNIX or equivalent
• Experience using CVS, SVN or equivalent source control system
• Experience using bug tracking systems such as Bugzilla

DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This job description reflects management’s assignment of the essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Critical features of this job have been described in the narrative. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other reasons.

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Job Title: Web Front End Engineer - EASports.com
Location: Vancouver, BC
Posted: Oct 16, 2009

Want to help shape the future of online gaming? Want to create the next Facebook or YouTube experience for sports gamers? Want to be a core part of the team leading EA Sports Online strategy?
EA Sports Online is responsible for http://easports.com and http://easportsfootball.co.uk which bring the emotion of sports and sports gaming to the web. We are both the primary destination for the SPORTS label and a growing social community for sports gamers. Come help us build features that integrate the game console to the web: letting users become the center of their own online sport play experience; participate in challenges; earn rewards; and grow their community while constantly improving their stats.

Position Overview

With a strong software engineering background and proven web development experience, Front End Engineer is expected to work on the http://easports.com and http://easportsfootball.co.uk front end and presentation tiers.

Key Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Development Director of the Sports Online Web team, develop web components and presentation components for http://easports.com and http://easportsfootball.co.uk sites on schedule.
• Apply your knowledge of Web technologies including Javascript, PHP, CSS, HTML, Flash/Flex, graphics, and video to create dynamic and highly interactive Web experience for millions of users worldwide.
• Work in a tight production loop with producers to implement requested product features in specified releases.
• Work closely with the Platform team who provide restful web services for interacting with data features from game consoles.

Required Technical Skills and Experience

• B.Sc. in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent training and professional experience.
• A minimum of 5 years industry technical experience working on consumer facing Web sites. Please provide URLs to sites you have worked on and your role on these sites.
• Strong knowledge of front end Web technologies including HTML, CSS, Javascript, Flash, Flex, graphics, and video.
• Real experience with a modern Javascript library like YUI, jQuery or Dojo is required.
• 2+ years experience with object orientated Javascript and PHP. Knowledge of Java and C/C++ desired; knowledge/experience with Ruby, Python, Erlang, and Scala highly beneficial.
• 2+ years experience working with at least 2 modern Web frameworks like RoR, Django, Symfony, Struts etc.
• 2+ years experience working with databases and good knowledge of SQL. Oracle, MySQL and PostgreSQL experience preferred.
• Knowledge of HTTP and REST are expected.
• Real experience with consuming XML in Javascript is highly desirable
• Real experience with single page web applications – Javascript applications consuming RESTful resources – is highly desirable.
• Real experience with Test Driven Development is required; please explain where you have used TDD before on projects.
• Basic knowledge of security and cryptography, single sign-on and LDAP directory services.
• Knowledge of source code management: CVS, Subversion, Git and/or Perforce.
• Both Windows and Linux experience are required.

Performance Competencies (Non Technical Skills)

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a dynamic and collaborative team environment.
• Excellent detail-oriented, problem solving skills.
• Ability to quickly learn and apply new concepts, principles and solutions.
• Dependability and commitment to projects/tasks.

For additional details, visit http://jobs.ea.com . Submit your resume online to req #23599. We offer a dynamic environment, talented co-workers, career growth and competitive compensation. This position is located at EA’s largest development studio in Vancouver, BC Canada.