- Company
- Linden Labs
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Added on
- 11/02/2010
- Keywords
- python c javascript
About the Company:
Linden Lab was founded in 1999 by Philip Rosedale to create a revolutionary new form of shared experience, where individuals jointly inhabit a 3D landscape and build the world around them. Today this experience, known as the Second Life® world, has a rapidly growing population of Residents from around the globe, who are creating and inhabiting a virtual world of their own design.
Founder Philip Rosedale is the former CTO of RealNetworks, where he pioneered the development and deployment of streaming media technologies. Linden Lab is funded by a group of notable investors including Mitch Kapor, Catamount Ventures, Benchmark Capital, Ray Ozzie, Omidyar Network, Globespan Capital Partners, and Bezos Expeditions.
Linden Lab has a distributed network of offices with over 300 employees worldwide. The senior management team brings together expertise in physics, 3D graphics, and networking. Team members have previously worked at Electronic Arts, Apple, Midway, Disney, THQ, Acclaim, Hasbro, Mattel, as well as many Web 2.0 companies.
The ideal candidate:
Qualifications:
- Expert knowledge of C++ required.
- Working knowledge of Python, Javascript and SQL desired.
- Expertise in data structures, algorithms, and complexity analysis.
- Knowledge in the following areas desired: networking, databases, compiler and VM design, user interfaces and systems architecture.
- Experience with Agile development methodologies desirable.
- Proficiency with cross platform development.
- Exceptional problem solving and communication skills.
- Strong customer requirement gathering and execution skills.
- Desire to work in a collaborative environment on really interesting problems.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, or equivalent.
Job Description and responsibilities:
Linden Lab is looking for a Senior Software Developer to architect and implement tools and application features to support future generations of the Second Life client. We're looking for an experienced developer generalist, ready to tackle a variety of new problems. We'd like to see candidates with strong skills in architecture and design for building networked applications. The ideal candidate should also have an understanding of and desire to improve large team development efforts. Valued experience includes cross platform (Windows, Mac and Linux), web and user interface development.
Responsibilities:
- Design and build tools to improve the development efforts of the Second Life client.
- Work in collaboration with the product development and programming staff to deliver software design in different areas with the utmost passion for creativity and quality.
- Contribute innovative, original, and effective ideas towards all aspects of production and development.
- Implement networked, distributed systems, interfacing with all project subsystems including user interaction and avatar control, simulation and user interfaces.
- Document processes for teams and individuals.
To apply:
Please email your resume in PDF, RTF, HTML, or ASCII text format to the address below. If you wish to enclose a cover letter, please include it in the body of your email message.
44638-CJB-0@lindenlab.hrmdirect.com