Senior Front-End Engineer - remote

Jam.gg
Posted 1 year ago
Jam.gg is a social and low tech-friendly cloud gaming platform. It has been designed to be accessible to everyone: available directly from a web browser, it does not require a high-speed internet connection to provide a seamless multiplayer game experience. Jam.gg is all about bringing people together through games, with a touch of childhood playfulness and creativity. 

We are led by an experienced team of ex Google, Twitter, Amazon, Docker, EA, King and other top tech companies. Jam.gg is a YCombinator company and backed by top VC firms and LEGO Ventures and has already established itself as a new go-to platform for cloud gaming in some countries.

We’re at the stage where we’re scaling our Engineering Department as one of our key units. This is an incredible opportunity to join a booming company. Driven by a strong inclusive culture, we welcome self-starting, fast learning, talented people wishing to start and manage unique, and challenging projects where collaboration (internal and external) is everything.

We are looking for a talented Senior Front-End Engineer to join our growing Engineering team.

Location: Entirely remote. The candidate must be based in Europe within +/- 2 hours of CET time zone.
Start date: As soon as possible
 
What you will be doing:
  • The role involves interfacing with design, implementing features, and being a strong advocate for the user.
  • You will be working with a Lead Front-End Engineer and reporting to him.

What we are looking for:
  • 5 years experience as a Front-End Engineer
  • Strong interest for gaming and retro gaming
  • Obsession for building and shipping amazing user experiences 
  • Experience feature development in close collaboration with design 
  • Familiarity with React and Redux
  • Familiarity with NodeJS
  • Solid understanding of the TypeScript and web application ecosystem 
  • Familiarity with Git and GitHub
  • Passion for shaping and scaling an early stage, user-first application
  • Self-motivation: highly autonomous &working capabilities.
  • Communication &Teamwork: excellent communication and organization skills, team spirit, proactivity.
  • Good spoken and written communication skills (English)

Experience that would be great for you to have (or you'd be excited about acquiring)
  • Working knowledge of Storybook
  • Working knowledge of Three.js
  • Previous remote-work experience
  • Previous startup/growth-stage experience
  • Google's Firebase, particularly Firestore, NoSQL
  • Google's GCP Suite including Google Endpoints

Benefits:
  • Unlimited holiday leave (minimum 5 weeks)
  • Monthly well-being allowance (mental well-being, sports, massage, etc.).
  • Home office allowance.
  • Fully remote &flexible working hours.
  • Equal pay policy.
  • Equal maternity and paternity leave (18 weeks) after 1 year of seniority.
  • Maternity/Paternity subsidy of 3k euros after 1 year of seniority. 
  • Stock option plan.
  • Health insurance compensation on a one-to-one basis, depending on geographical location &company's policy.
  • Additional benefits depending on the geographical location.