Senior Frontend Engineer (Typescript)

At AccelByte, our mission is to empower game creators by providing them with the backend platform and tools required to make scalable, reliable AAA-quality games. The company was founded in 2016 by industry veterans who have engineered online systems for some of the largest game and distribution platforms in the world including Fortnite, Epic Store, Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and EA Origin. We are backed by top investors including Softbank, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Galaxy Interactive, NetEase, and Krafton. Our latest Series B funding has firmly solidified our place as a top player in the gaming industry. AccelByte’s talent has decades of experience building and shipping some of the largest game and distribution platforms in the world.

We believe that the best companies empower employees to make decisions, obsess about the best user experience, and are not afraid to make and learn from their mistakes. Our culture is based on humility, openness to feedback, drive, and collaboration, which we feel results in the best performing teams. As a company that values diversity, inclusion, and employee growth, our employees have opportunities to work with and learn from teams all over the world. We offer competitive salaries, a full range of health benefits, social activities, career growth opportunities, and an amazing team. Come join us!

Position Summary

As a Senior Frontend Engineer (Typescript), you design, implement, and maintain software systems that accomplish a given goal. You discover requirements and guide other engineers collaborating in an area and do exemplary work on complicated problems.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

The Senior Frontend Engineer (Typescript) is accountable for the following functions and responsibilities:

• Perform interviews for Software Engineer candidates
• Contributing to architectural decision-making for the Frontend, ensuring its scalability and alignment with the company's technical vision and strategy
• Design testing approaches that validate complicated systems
• The ability to train and mentor less experienced engineers and set the direction for other engineers.
• Discover requirements by working with PMs and stakeholders
• Break ground on new projects
• Model standards for engineering excellence
• Proficiency in investigating complicated issues to root causes and designing better solutions, as well as learning from operational incidents and making long-term mitigations.
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Strong experience in designing and developing software systems to accomplish a given goal while also writing code comments, change descriptions, and documentation so others can maintain their work.
• Review and provide feedback on your coworker’s changes

Qualifications/Experience Required

• Professional experience at a AAA game studio or a mature software product company preferred
• Specializes in user interfaces, experience with technologies like JavaScript, React, and HTML
• Professional experience creating cloud platforms or web products preferred
• Proficiency in written and verbal English language to succeed in a remote work environment
• Expertise in applying algorithms, data structures and network protocols
• Flexibility to adjust to work routines/schedules, as required, to meet the needs of the company and expectations of customers
• Experience with multiple software product life cycles
• At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience
• Expertise with multiple languages and technologies
• Experience working in a multinational technology startup is a big plus

AccelByte Inc is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, all qualified candidates and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, age, or disability. Our culture is innovative and inclusive, and we value our people the highest.

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