Senior React Developer

About this company

Playstudios is an industry leader in social gaming, established in 2011 by experienced entrepreneurs with exceptional expertise in gaming, graphic development, and social networking.

The company is developing a social gaming platform geared toward revolutionizing how people from all segments participate in online gaming. The company's gaming apps consistently rank among the Top 20 Grossing apps at the Apple and Google Play Store!

Today, Playstudios has over 600 employees working around the world, with  R&D teams and game studios in the US, Israel, Asia, and Serbia. Company headquarters are located in Las Vegas, USA. 

Selection process 

• FatCat Select Tech Screening Questionnaire: 30 min

• FatCat Select HR Video Screening: 20 min

• Client-side CTO interview: 1h - 1h 30m

• Client-side interview with a Senior Engineer: 1h - 1h 30m

• Interview with HR at the Belgrade office and a chance to meet some of the team members: 1h - 1h 30m

Position details

Playstudios is looking for a Front-End Software Engineer to join their playAWARDS development team. As part of the role, you will provide support to the existing Web Applications and develop new features for the playAWARDS loyalty platform.

This is an excellent opportunity to work with a strong team of developers in an international setting. You will have the chance to work with the CTO of the company, as well as with the design team. 

Project details

With playAWARDS, clients from travel and leisure industries will be able to integrate their offers into beautifully designed casual games as an integral part of the players' total experience. Their products and services are exposed frequently and over a prolonged period of time to a large number of extremely receptive consumers, ensuring that their brand is always top-of-mind. Nearly five million Playstudios’ users receive their first in-app awards during their first play sessions. 

Key responsibilities 

• Work with the Team Lead to design and implement production-ready components and deliver high-quality products

• Collaborate with the Product Owner and Project Manager to break down high-level goals into tasks and timelines, and resolve issues

• Review code with peers and share knowledge and best practices

Requirements

• 5+ years of industry experience

• A deep understanding of HTML/CSS/SaaS, and best practices for web development

• Experience with MaterialUI, Webpack, and Babel

• Experience in responsive web design and cross-browser compatibility issues

• Familiarity with Agile methodologies  (Scrum & Kanban) 

• Strong debugging, profiling, and analytical skills

• Experience writing and maintaining automated unit test cases with Jest

• Proven ability to build high-quality products

• Communication skills in English at a high level, in both writing and speaking

• Knowledge of CI/CD processes is a plus

• Node.js experience is a plus

Mandatory requirements

• Strong knowledge of JavaScript and React.js

• Experience implementing Webpack

Team 

There are multiple departments in the company, each with its own team. Games, Live, Meta, Platform, and DevOps would be the main teams. C++, C#, Lua, and Java are the most common languages used by developers, with React and Node being in the web domain and Python and R in data roles.

Currently, there are four Engineers on the PlayAWARDS team, and they are all Mid to Senior level.

Working conditions

• Salaries are paid by the fifth day of the month

• Open to flexible working hours. General working hours are 09 AM - 05 PM, and for playAWARDS team 11 AM - 7 PM

• Remote setup for the PlayAWARDS team (but employees are welcome to work from the office if that’s their preference)

• 25 vacation days

• Pre-defined Mac equipment with all necessary additions (monitors, headphones, mouse)

Benefits

• Company shares

• Private health insurance

• Referral program

• Lunch provided on-site