Lead Frontend Engineer

About the role

The Lead Frontend Engineer will shape the user experience across a gaming company's digital portfolio, working on product development, web platforms, and internal tools. This multi‑surface role blends system functionality with interface design to deliver cohesive, high‑quality web experiences.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee UI implementation for external products, marketing websites, and internal systems.
• Lead frontend technical decisions and contribute to overall technical strategy within a cross‑functional team.
• Develop interfaces that expose backend capabilities as functional product features.
• Collaborate with product and design teams to refine user flows, interactions, and usability.
• Manage the full lifecycle from concept through production support, debugging, and performance optimisation.
• Balance structured project delivery with business‑as‑usual support and identify frontend performance bottlenecks.

Required profile

• 5–10 years of experience building modern, production‑grade web applications.
• Strong proficiency in HTML5, CSS3 and modern JavaScript (ES6+).
• Professional experience with a modern frontend framework such as React or Vue, including UI state management and integration with REST or GraphQL APIs.
• Ability to create reusable UI components and patterns across multiple surfaces.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, responsive design and cross‑browser compatibility.
• Pragmatic engineering mindset, capable of context‑switching between projects and improving legacy codebases.
• Practical knowledge of WordPress theme and plugin development, plus an understanding of web performance, accessibility and SEO best practices.

Required skills

• HTML5
• CSS3
• JavaScript (ES6+)
• React or Vue
• UI state management
• REST and GraphQL APIs
• Reusable component design
• Git
• CI/CD
• Responsive design
• Cross‑browser compatibility
• WordPress (themes & plugins)
• Web performance optimisation
• Accessibility
• SEO best practices

What we offer

• Significant technical ownership and influence without direct management responsibilities.
• Collaborative engineering environment within a flat organisational structure.
• Commitment to equal employment opportunities and diversity.