Playfish

There is a real buzz surrounding Social Gaming, not just about its tremendous growth and success to date but also about its bright future, rich with lots of unrealised potential....and this means shed loads of fun for games players across the world. The adrenaline is really flowing at Playfish as we unleash our creative talent and our employees do what they are best at....creating fun for all

Playfish is a special and in many ways unique company. That’s what makes working here so exciting. Imagine the vibe & excitement of a cutting edge start-up company backed by the largest videogames company in the world and you have Playfish. Playfish really is a play hard, work hard culture (in that order!), and we’re focused on helping Playfishers achieve their best by maintaining a fun environment for them to create in. It’s evident in the way the office is made as comfortable for staff as possible – simple things like our Monday Brekkies where everyone has breakfast together the first morning back to the office to catch up after the weekend, to those monthly video diaries I mentioned earlier, where we all get together toward the end of every month and enjoy a party with everyone in the office for no reason other than to have fun and enjoy each other’s company! That’s the focus of our day: to create games that our players can enjoy, and to have as much fun as possible doing it! You could say that we hold ‘creativity’ and ‘fun’ as sacred at Playfish.

**Our People

• Will, Software Developer: “The key difference here is the ability to be creative. You can come up with a really cool feature for a game and then take ownership of it, rather than just working off someone else’s requirements. This is a weekly occurrence! Technically our roles here are very challenging and varied. Scalability is a constant driver in what we do, knowing that what you write has to be used millions of daily users. This can take the form of really complex mathematical problems, including complex optimization algorithms."
• Kim, Software Developer: "I love the fact that I work with truly smart people. It’s a really collaborative culture, compared to some of the cutthroat cultures I have worked in. I constantly have new and interesting problems to solve. The server side focus really allows us to focus on the technical challenges rather than repetitive form fields!”
• Helen, Software Developer: "I love the fact that input and opinion is highly valued and acted on. It’s a real team problem-solving environment. The culture is really key to me, coupled with the fact that my role is extremely varied, not just a plain straight- forward java role. Coming from a B2B enterprise role prior to Playfish, I completely underestimated the scale of the technical challenges behind the games."