Senior Fullstack Engineer - remote

Jam.gg
Posted 2 years ago
We Work Remotely
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 Facebook, 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.

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 in its growth phase. 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 Fullstack Engineer  to join our growing Engineering team.

Start date: As soon as possible
Location: Full remote. The candidate must be in Europe for time zone reasons.
Type of contract : Fixed term or non-fixed term depending on the candidate

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 an engineering manager and reporting to him.

What we are looking for:
Requirements for the role include:
  • Minimum of 4 years experience as a Fullstack Software Engineer
  • Obsession for building and shipping amazing user experiences
  • Experience feature development in close collaboration with design
  • Expert knowledge of JavaScript Proficiency with React and Redux 
  • Solid understanding of the JavaScript/TypeScript and web application ecosystem
  • Working knowledge of TypeScript
  • Working knowledge of Storybook
  • Working knowledge of Golang (this is what we use in the backend)
  • Familiarity with test-driven development (Jest, Cypress, etc)
  • 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):
  • Previous remote-work experience
  • Previous startup/growth-stage experience
  • Prior experience building web services using NodeJS
  • Google's Firebase, particularly Firestore, NoSQL
  • General AWS and GCP experience

Benefits:
For International and French permanent contracts:
  • 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).
  • Maternity/Paternity subsidy of 3k euros.
  • 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.

For international and French fixed-term contracts :
  • 5 weeks of holiday per year (2.08 days per month) 
  • Monthly well-being allowance (mental well-being, sports, massage, etc.).
  • Home office allowance. 
  • Fully remote &flexible working hours.
  • Equal pay policy.
  • Health insurance compensation on a one-to-one basis, depending on geographical location &company's policy.
  • Additional benefits depending on the geographical location