Team Lead, Frontend Game Development – Pixi.js

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ukraine.

📋 Description

• Leading the frontend team: task assignment, performance monitoring, and workload distribution.

• Mentoring and developing developers through regular 1:1 meetings, feedback sessions, and growth plan creation.

• Participating in recruitment: conducting technical interviews and evaluating candidates.

• Fostering a healthy team culture.

• Defining technical strategy, architectural solutions, and frontend development standards.

• Conducting code reviews, developing technical guidelines, and documentation.

• Assessing technical risks, decomposing tasks, and planning sprints.

• Assembling gameplay using Pixi.js (spins, bonus rounds, animations, UI/UX elements).

• Implementing visual effects, transitions, and interactive elements.

• Setting up event systems, states (state machine), and configurations.

• Working with graphics, animations, and sound.

• Optimizing sprites, atlases, and resource loading.

• Profiling, reducing draw calls, and managing memory.

• Creating modular, easily maintainable code.

• Designing scalable solutions for the game engine.

• Integrating APIs (bets, RNG, bonus features, transactions).

• Coordinating with the backend team regarding API contracts and RGS protocols.

• Writing unit/integration tests and promoting a culture of quality code within the team.

• Debugging issues and providing post-release support.

• Collaborating with game designers, technical artists, animators, and mathematicians.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 4 years of experience in JavaScript/TypeScript development.

• Experience managing a development team of 4 or more members.

• Background in iGaming with an understanding of gaming mechanics (RNG, RTP, bonus features).

• In-depth knowledge of PixiJS: working with rendering, sprites, containers, and textures.

• Ability to set tasks, provide constructive feedback, and develop the team.

• Skills in resource planning, estimating timelines, and managing risks.

• Proficiency in optimizing graphics, animations, and asset loading.

• Experience integrating with REST/WebSocket APIs.

• Understanding of game cycle construction principles, event systems, and state management.

• Familiarity with version control systems (Git), including branching strategies and code reviews.

• Basic knowledge of CI/CD, build tools (Webpack, Vite).

• Ability to write clean, testable, and maintainable code.

🏝️ Benefits

• 20 working days of paid vacation, public holidays, and sick leave – we support work-life balance.

• Medical insurance at top clinics and coverage for psychological support on the Pleso platform.

• Benefit cafe – monthly budget to spend on preferences, hobbies, sports, etc.

• Events – participate in workshops, attend team-building activities, and corporate events.

• Training tailored to any request – individual budget for courses, corporate English, workshops, and online library access.