Vonchurch / Silicon Valley, CA

I have 2 opportunities available, both very different in terms of atmosphere, environment, and duties. The first company is more of a junior/mid level guys looking to push their abilities and grow with the company. It is a true startup environment with flat titles and a very young atmosphere (they have a mini arcade/game room in the middle of their office). The second position is for a senior level web dev with strong RoR abilities. The company and culture is still somewhat startup-ish, though it is definitely a mid-sized company with roughly 25 or so employees. The working environment is still young, though not as young as the previously mentioned company.

Both companies are for onsite opportunities. They will assist in relocation. Both will take H-1B transfers as well as TN visas. No H-1B sponsorship or remote, unfortunately.

Please contact Eric, ejoe@vonchurch.com, if interested in the opportunities.

Junior/Mid Level RoR Developer

I’m looking for a junior Ruby on Rails developer to work for a classic Silicon Valley Startup in Mountain View (founders are recent grads from Stanford University). The company is in stealth mode, and as such, there is very little information regarding the actual company and the job specs that I can reveal. Nonetheless, They are, however, already profitable and are lining up some of the biggest names in the games industry on their client list. The project is a cloud-based game server that allows for continuous play across multiple platforms (web, iPhone, Facebook). The company, while less than a year old, is profitable and will probably be purchased within the next 2 years. They are 8 people strong, and as such, are offering 1-2% equity on top of a competitive base. This is the ideal opportunity for entrepreneurial-minded developers who want to be a part of the Silicon Valley start-up craze.

What I need-

• 1.5+ year of RoR experience (professional, internships, or course studies), preferably back end biased
• CS degree
• Entrepreneurial minded

Preferable-

• Recent college grad
• Desire to use agile/esoteric rather than “enterprisey” languages (i.e. Ruby/Python/Erlang/etc. vs. Java)
• Top University

Senior Front End Developer

You will be working in a fast paced environment for one of the premiere iPhone game development studios. You will also have responsibilities managing relationships with our Indie Developer community that uses the proprietary iPhone platform, evangelizing and communication the materials/messages you generate as a Product Manager. You will work closely to with the Engineering team to manage both responsibilities, including working with the VP of Engineering. PMs/DRMs with games experience particularly those focused in the PSN/XBLA or SNS space are strongly encouraged to apply.

Desired Traits:

• Flexible: Our needs change on a daily even hourly basis. Ability to manage multiple projects and deal with ambiguity a must. Grace under pressure is a requirement here.
• A Doer and a Thinker: Ability to roll up your sleeves and contribute to decision making is important. Having just one of these skills is not enough, so come self-motivated and maybe a little stubborn :)
• A Communicator: You are comfortable reaching out and starting conversations, handling multiple threads, and understand the art of selling a product through marketing communication tools.

Job Responsibilities:

• Participate in the architecture, development and usability of the proprietary platform
• Ownership of product schedules, roadmaps, documentation, QA and support execution.
• Manage internal and external tools to support developer relations, sales funnel and web presence.
• Business Development tasks include external communication and marketing with the Developer community.
• Get what needs to get done – we love multiple hat wearers here!

Desired Skills:

• 3-5 years product management experience in the games industry preferably with iPhone or PSN/XBLA
• 3-5 years experience in developer relations/business development for games platform, content aggregator, publisher or developer.
• Strong understanding of the games ecosystem, particularly the Apple App Store, iPhone Game Space, or Social/Platform Games Space.

Big Plus:

• Strong QA background including test planning and/or management in the Games or Game Platform space
• Strong Customer Service background focused in the games or developer relations space.