Senior Frontend Engineer (Gamedev)

TL;DR

Senior Frontend Engineer (Gamedev): Designing and implementing engaging user interfaces for a gamified developer platform with an accent on captivating developers and interactive coding challenges. Focus on architecting scalable frontend solutions and optimizing user experiences based on data-driven insights.

Location: Onsite in San Francisco

Company

hirify.global is building a gamified developer platform empowering tens of thousands of coders to compete in exciting software engineering challenges.

What you will do

• Design and implement intuitive, attractive, and engaging user interfaces that captivate developers
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to build seamless gamified experiences and interactive coding challenges
• Architect scalable frontend solutions, ensuring maintainability, performance, and reliability as the platform rapidly grows
• Drive frontend best practices, code quality, and mentorship within the engineering team
• Continuously experiment, iterate, and optimize user experiences based on data-driven insights and user feedback

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience building scalable, performant frontend applications using React and TypeScript
• Strong proficiency in styling responsive, attractive user interfaces with Tailwind CSS
• Solid understanding of data fetching, state management, and API integration using GraphQL
• Proven ability to architect maintainable, modular frontend codebases and establish best practices
• Experience building and maintaining reusable component libraries and frontend design systems
• Familiarity with frontend testing frameworks and best practices (e.g., Vitest, React Testing Library, MSW)

Nice to have

• Experience with Relay for efficient GraphQL data management and client-side caching
• Familiarity with frontend code generation tools and workflows (e.g., Plop)
• Knowledge of modern CI/CD practices, including automated testing, linting, and deployment pipelines
• Interest in developer tooling and improving engineering productivity

Culture & Benefits

• Part of a passionate, fast moving team dedicated to solving challenging technical problems
• Shaping the foundations to support the collective effort of developers worldwide