About the Company

We build and deliver endless games powered by AI – blending creativity, interactivity, and cutting-edge technology to let people create, play, and share in entirely new ways. We are looking for passionate engineers who love game-oriented web experiences, performance, and clean, scalable code.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain web-based frontends with React and Next.js, delivering high-performance, responsive, and interactive user experiences.

• Collaborate with backend/Node.js teams to integrate APIs, WebSockets, real-time updates, etc.

• Ensure high code quality, maintainable architecture, modular components, and reusable UI libraries.

• Optimise for speed, accessibility, and cross-browser/device compatibility.

• Work closely with UX/UI designers to translate wireframes, mockups and prototypes into polished, usable interfaces.

• Participate in code reviews, pair programming, and continuous improvement of our development process.

• Debug, fix bugs, and refactor legacy code, pushing for test coverage, tooling, and best practices.

• Stay current with frontend technologies, performance optimisation, and emerging trends in web development and gaming UIs.

What We’re Looking For

Must-haves:

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript / TypeScript.

• Deep experience with React, building component-driven UIs.

• Experience using Next.js, including server-side rendering (SSR), static site generation (SSG), routing, performance optimisations etc.

• Familiarity with backend / full stack work using Node.js (building or integrating with APIs, working with server-side logic).

• Solid understanding of HTML5, CSS3 (or preprocessed CSS: SASS, LESS, styled-components, etc.), responsive design.

• Good understanding of browser internals (rendering, performance, security), and web performance optimisation.

• Experience with version control (Git), CI/CD pipelines, testing (unit/integration), and modern build tools (Webpack, Vite, etc).

• Computer Science Degree.

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience in game frontends or interactive graphics / canvas / WebGL or similar.

• Experience with real-time features: sockets, live updates.

• Familiarity with cloud hosting, serverless functions, or edge functions.

• Knowledge of accessibility (a11y) standards.

• Experience with monitoring / error tracking / analytics in production.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong problem-solving mindset, pragmatic but with high standards for code quality.

• Ability to work collaboratively across design, backend and product teams.

• Passion for building fun, interactive experiences, and empathy for end users.

• Good communication skills; able to explain trade-offs and suggest improvements.

• Proactive attitude: identifying issues, making suggestions, taking ownership of features.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary + equity

• Budget for professional development (conferences, courses, tools).

• A creative, motivated team working at the intersection of AI, games, and interactive experiences.

• Cutting-edge tech stack, opportunity to make meaningful impact.

Darwin Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

George Wiles