Lead Frontend Developer

  • Full-time

Company Description

Authentic Gaming is a supplier of Premium Live Casino software and services. With an established global presence, we offer the players of our B2B clients, premium, interactive, live-streamed games from exotic land-based casinos and live broadcasting studios. Our live casino games can be found on more than 200 websites, many of whom belong to leading Tier 1 online gaming operators. Core to Authentic Gaming’s ongoing success is our technology, a no legacy live gaming platform as well as our talented specialist team. The company employs 200 gaming professionals that are located in offices and studios in Malta, Slovakia and Spain.

Authentic Gaming is a player-centric company with a passion for creating the best mobile and desktop live casino products & experience.

Since November 2021, Authentic is part of Light & Wonder – a global leader in cross-platform games and entertainment. The company brings together 5,000 employees from six continents to connect content between land-based and digital channels with unmatched technology and distribution. Guided by a culture that values daring teamwork and creativity, Light & Wonder builds new worlds of play, developing game experiences loved by players around the globe. The company’s OpenGaming(tm) platform powers the largest digital-gaming network in the industry. Light & Wonder is committed to the highest standards of integrity, from promoting player responsibility to implementing sustainable practices. To learn more, visit lnw.com.

Job Description

Our team is expanding, and we are looking to recruit a Lead Frontend Developer who will play a key role in developing the next generation of our tech. This is a managerial position with responsibility for leading a small, international frontend development team. You will work in close collaboration with the Head of Development to devise and implement the development strategy, being a key ‘middleman’ between the frontend development team and senior management.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Building and leading a strong Front End Devs team
  • Working with the Head of Devs and CTO to develop and implement the development strategy.
  • Communicating with key stakeholders across all levels of the business
  • Liaising with UX/UI team
  • Being interactive and communicative with Back End Developers
  • Developing and setting up automated tests to optimize web designs.
  • Setting and maintaining professional standards of technology content, display and performance.
  • Installing a mobile first approach to development within the team ethos, including mentoring, training and developing more junior team members

Qualifications

SKILLS:

  • Core JavaScript
  • Single Page Apps and front-end frameworks (Angular, React, Vue.js, etc.)
  • HTML5, CSS3 (flexbox, animation, etc)
  • Responsive UI
  • Unit Testing and Mocking frameworks
  • Modern JS tools (babel, typescript, webpack, node.js, etc)
  • Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills
  • Self-motivated with strong capability of fast learning
  • Technical understanding of web technologies
  • Experience with versioning systems
  • Worked with Jira / Slack

REQUIREMENTS:

  • Strong leadership capability and the ability to communicate with stakeholders across all levels
  • Proven FrontEnd Developer with a minimum of 5 years’ experience
  • Solid understanding of Javascript, Node/NPM or Yarn, and React
  • Have used build tools such as Webpack, Gulp, or Grunt
  • Experience working with Rest APIs and Socket services
  • Ability to build responsive designs with great UI
  • Experienced in working with dockerised pipelines

Additional Information

Why would you enjoy working with us at Light & Wonder?

  • Competitive benefits, an open and supportive environment as well as a modern and exciting workplace.

  • The opportunity to interact with global teams on a regular basis and the possibility to switch teams and projects as you and our business continues to develop and grow.

  • Exciting projects with opportunities for creating positive change to our game engineering ecosystem.

And if that is not enough; you will get to enjoy a stunning work location and flexible working whilst we provide you with the guidance and development skills you need to progress quickly and enhance your career.

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