BioWare, a member of the incredible family of EA studios, has created some of the world's best-selling titles including the award-winning Baldur's Gate, the Neverwinter Nights series, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Original BioWare-created IPs include the critically acclaimed Mass Effect, the epic fantasy RPG Dragon Age, Jade Empire, and Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood. BioWare Austin is hard at work on the massively multiplayer online game, Star Wars: The Old Republic.
BioWare Austin is seeking candidates for a Drupal Developer position to help maintain the official website for Star Wars: The Old Republic at http://www.swtor.com/.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Work as part of the web team to help plan and design web pages, services, and applications for delivery on a community-facing website
• Create technical design documentation to guide development efforts for new web features by reading functional specifications and working with the web design group to understand business requirements
• Develop high-performing web applications within a heavily customized implementation of the Drupal CMS solution in a LAMP environment. Select and customize—or create—Drupal modules as needed to support your development
• Work with production and project management resources to provide accurate time estimates for development tasks that will drive project/release schedules
• Transform static/flat HTML implementations into template/theme implementations for Drupal
• Develop web pages to support feature requirements using recognized best practices in such a way as to ensure maximum performance and cross-browser compatibility
REQUIREMENTS:
• 3-5 years experience developing consumer-facing websites in a professional production environment
• Solid experience with PHP, MySQL and SQL programming
• Demonstrated expertise with HTML, CSS, AJAX, JavaScript and jQuery
• Previous experience working with Drupal or other open source CMS solutions. Experience developing custom Drupal modules a plus.
• The ability to configure and maintain development environments and experience with source control tools—specifically Perforce—in a multi-developer environment
• Experience with high-traffic sites and an understanding of high-traffic site architecture including multiple web/database servers, load balancers, and caching layers a plus
• Knowledge of browser-specific rendering idiosyncrasies and a keen understanding of best practices relevant to ensuring cross-browser compatibility
• Familiarity with Agile/SCRUM project development concepts and methodologies
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team, understanding problems from another team member’s perspective
• Familiarity with video games, the gaming industry in general and massively-multiplayer games in particular a plus
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