Hiring: Lead iOS Game Developer
Use your incredible iOS development skills to build the game suite that will transform learning and inspire kids around the world. As a founding member of the development team, your decisions, energy, and ability to master new technologies will greatly impact the future of Motion Math. If you want to work extremely hard, make learning more effective and more joyous, and are ready to have the best time of your professional career, keep reading.
Requirements
| • | Master of iOS. | |
| • | Experience building complex published apps with dynamic interactive user experiences. | |
| • | Use of numerous iOS frameworks beyond UIKit (MapKit, Core Animation, MediaPlayer, Core Data, Core Graphics, AddressBook, Calendar Kit). | |
| • | Thorough understanding of the intricacies of core animation across different iOS devices. (We will ask you lots of questions about memory management!). | |
| • | Experience with physics or gaming engines on iOS (Box2D, Corona, etc.) | |
| • | Insatiable curiosity about designs across all categories of the App Store and new Apple frameworks as they come out. | |
| • | Experience with and commitment to modern development techniques (TDD, scrum, pair programming, performance testing and tuning, etc). | |
| • | Ability to quickly prototype and then return to the code to refactor, and build something very solid and modular. | |
| • | Demonstrable initiative, leadership, and communication skills. | |
| • | Degree in Computer Science or related field from a top school. | |
Bonus points
• Expertise in OpenGL
• Experience with mobile gaming and/or education.
• Participation with the larger professional Apple/Cocoa/Mac community
• Experience with other mobile platforms (Android, Symbian, etc)
About us
Motion Math creates intuitive, physical gameplay for math’s most difficult fundamentals. In new mobile and game technologies we see a huge, international opportunity to transform how children learn. Our first product, a fractions number line game – conceived at Stanford’s School of Education – launched on the App Store to critical acclaim. We’ve just raised seed funding from a world-class group of investors and are now rapidly completing our first game suite and data platform.
We’ve just moved to an office in downtown San Francisco. Competitive pay, great equity, health insurance, a professional development budget, and the opportunity of a lifetime. Qualified candidates should contact us at careers@motionmathgames.com
