Design and maintain web applications for a global gaming community using modern technologies, optimize API performance, and contribute to code reviews.
Are you passionate about crafting exceptional user experiences and building scalable web applications? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where you can make a real impact on a global community? If so, YGG is looking for you!
A Day in the Life- Design, develop, and maintain our web platform infrastructure, powering our global gaming community.
- Collaborate closely with designers, product managers, and community members to create intuitive and engaging user experiences.
- Implement new features, optimize existing ones, and ensure high performance, reliability and fault tolerance.
- Collaborate with frontend engineers, data scientists, and product managers to deliver innovative features and solutions.
- Participate in technical planning, architecture discussions, and code reviews.
- Monitor and troubleshoot production systems, ensuring high availability and performance.
- Help shape the future of Web3 Game Publishing
As a Full Stack Engineer at YGG, you'll be a key player in building and maintaining our web applications, which serve as the digital home for our global community. You'll work alongside a talented team of engineers, designers, and product managers to create seamless experiences for our guild members, gaming partners, and the broader web3 ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities- Develop and maintain full-stack web applications using React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, and other modern technologies.
- Build and optimize RESTful APIs to power our web applications and integrations.
- Implement responsive and efficient user interfaces that are accessible and user-friendly.
- Ensure application security and performance, adhering to industry best practices.
- Write clean, well-documented, and testable code.
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to the improvement of our codebase.
- Collaborate with the team to design and implement scalable and maintainable solutions.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest web development technologies and trends.
- Integrate web3 libraries (e.g., ethers.js, web3.js) to interact with blockchain networks.
- Develop and maintain components for connecting to and interacting with user wallets (e.g., MetaMask, WalletConnect).
- Design and implement user interfaces for displaying on-chain data and interacting with blockchain-based features.
- Develop and maintain decentralized applications (dApps) that leverage blockchain technology to enhance the YGG platform.
- 3-5+ years of professional full-stack development experience.
- Strong proficiency in React.js, Next.js, and TypeScript.
- Solid experience with Node.js and API development (REST, GraphQL).
- Knowledge of database design and management (SQL, NoSQL).
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure).
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- A passion for blockchain gaming and the YGG mission.
- Excellent reading and writing comprehension skills in English
- Experience with web3 technologies and blockchain concepts.
- Familiarity with NFT marketplaces and decentralized applications (dApps).
- Experience with state management libraries like Redux or Zustand.
- Experience with testing frameworks like Jest or Cypress.
- Contributions to open-source projects.
- Experience working in an agile development environment.
- Frontend: React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, Chakra UI (depending on the project)
- Backend: Node.js, TypeScript, Cloud Run,
- Blockchain: ethers.js, Web3.js, Thirdweb
- Infrastructure: Vercel, Google Cloud Platform, Cloudflare,
- Telemetry: Posthog
- Other: Storybook
- Competitive salary (mix of USDC and token grant).
- Remote work flexibility – work from anywhere in the world.
- Flexible schedule.
- Opportunity to shape the future of blockchain gaming and make a real impact on the lives of players/questers worldwide.
Top Skills
AWS
Azure
Chakra Ui
Cloud Run
Cloudflare
Cypress
Ethers.Js
Google Cloud Platform
GraphQL
Jest
Next.Js
Node.js
NoSQL
Posthog
React
Redux
Rest
SQL
Thirdweb
Typescript
Vercel
Web3.Js
Zustand
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