Jackbox Games (jackboxgames.com) is best known for its rapidly expanding catalog of critically acclaimed party games including Quiplash, Drawful, Fibbage, The Jackbox Party Pack, The Jackbox Party Pack 2, The Jackbox Party Pack 3, and the recently released (and unsurprisingly named) The Jackbox Party Pack 4. 

We make party games where players interact with a game being displayed on a big screen using their phones or tablets as controllers. While our games are often played at home in small groups of 2-8 people, we also support large-scale games at conferences or via Twitch streaming where thousands of users can connect and interact.

We’re a small group (~25 people) of very talented, funny, supportive and creative individuals and we are looking for a Summer Frontend Software Engineering Intern for 2018.

The Job

As a frontend software engineering intern, you will join other interns to help us develop the new games we are working on this year, but this role is specifically focused on developing and improving the web-based controller application for those games. 

You will join the engineering team for meetings, receive tasks, complete those tasks, get more tasks, do those too, repeat.

This is not a game design internship. We will not consider applicants who don't have solid programming skills.

Requirements

Applicants should be either rising seniors or recently graduated from a software engineering or computer science program. We also accept applicants who have recently graduated from accelerated development programs.

You should have the following:

• Skill with Javascript. You should be comfortable writing and organizing javascript code and understand the nuances of the language.
• The ability to style a website with CSS, including concepts like flexbox and selectors.
• Experience working in a Javascript framework like Backbone, React, Angular, etc. 

We also expect you to have a good working knowledge of

• Software engineering techniques
• Data structures and algorithms
• Version control systems like git

It would be nice if you also were familiar with

• Node.js and backend development

Finally, we’re looking for someone who is comfortable being part of a supportive and casual, but hard-working team and is willing to ride the roller coaster that comes along with video game development.

Nuts and Bolts

This is a full-time (40 hours/week) paid internship that lasts from Early June to Late August. We are flexible as far as the schedule is concerned, but the position will be 10-12 weeks long. Pay will be based on experience and fit (between $12-16/hour.) Interns will be working on-site in our Chicago office. We will not consider remote employees for this position.

With this position you will have access to all of our office facilities including the game room, kitchen (stocked with food, especially in the first 3-6 minutes after the weekly delivery), and our luxurious bathroom complete with toilet AND sink.

How to Apply

Apply via our jobs portal (https://jackbox-games.breezy.h...) and make sure to include both a resume and cover letter. 

If you don't include a resume and a cover letter, you won't be considered for the position. 

Besides, the cover letter is a great opportunity to tell us a little bit about yourself. What do you like outside of programming computers? Why would you be a good fit at Jackbox Games? What is your high score on Q*Bert?

Please also include any relevant links to github, bitbucket, stackoverflow or personal project websites.