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Senior Database Programmer

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BioWare Austin is seeking a qualified Senior Database Programmer for our platform group to help make and maintain MMO platform systems. Platform systems include ecommerce, subscriptions, business intelligence, global game systems (like chat or event logging), metrics, customer service tools, and other game systems global to the game service. The successful candidate will have expert knowledge of and experience in the design, implementation and continuing support of client/server database applications using both C++ and Java in either Oracle or Postgres/Enterprise-DB. Extensive experience and knowledge of database procedural programming and the internals of database engines is required.

Required Skills

Core
- A Bachelor's degree in computer science or computer engineering
- Minimum of 5 to 10 years professional software development experience writing client / server database applications in C++
- Architectural expertise in designing both the application and database side of a software solution as a unit. This includes a strong understanding of the interdependencies between application server and database architectures
- Expertise in both application based replication and/messaging systems and database based systems
- Expertise in programming/operating within distributed enterprise database environments
- Expertise in Unix/Linux/Win32 Operating systems
- Passion for playing video games
- Able to relocate to Austin, Texas
Programming
- Expertise in building multithreaded connection pooling database server applications in C++ and Java
- C++ native database API expertise for Oracle, Postgres, Enterprise-DB
- Java native database API expertise for Oracle, Postgres, Enterprise-DB
- Applicant must or have the ability to design and implement custom database adapter layer based on native APIs
Database
- Expertise in database schema design & architecture in Oracle, Postgres, Enterprise-DB
- Expertise in database procedural language programming (PL/SQL)
- Expertise in SQL tuning
- Extensive DBA level knowledge of the internal working of database engines for Oracle, Postgres, Enterprise-DB
- Experience in converting from one DB to another on both the application and database sides

Recommended Skills

Expertise with multiples of the following DB APIs ODBC, ADO, OLEDB, OCI, OCCI, OTL, ProC, Libpqxx, Perl DBD, JDBC
Apache, Tomcat, J2EE, JMS
Perl, Python, Bash
sockets programming
DBA experience
Game industry experience
Platform system experience

How to Apply

Please quote the following competition number in the subject line of your electronic application, or include in the cover letter of your mailed application:

06-Prog-DBP-BWA 42

To apply by email, send your resume and demo submission to:

ProgrammerJobsAustin@bioware.com

Along with your submission, you MUST include a signed product submission agreement. You can fax it to: 780-439-6374

Due to the volume of applications we receive for our job postings, we are unable to respond personally to telephone inquiries regarding the status of an application. Only candidates being considered for interview will be contacted at this time.

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