Full-stack Typescript Software Engineer

CrazyGames, a fast-growing browser games platform, is looking for a remote Full-stack Typescript Software Engineer. 

You will be the main full-stack developer working on a complex responsive server-side rendered React application. The application has built-in internationalisation and high performance requirements. It is made with Typescript, Node.js, Next.js, and GraphQL. You will be working with our tech lead and front-end engineer on code used by up to 1 million people every day.

In a typical day you might:

• Improve our performance by running testing tools, experimenting, and diving into browser rendering specifics.
• Build a complete new feature based on a 1 page specification (all the way from the database migration to the react component).
• Propose and implement improvements to our build system and testing framework.

Key outcomes for the role:

Within 2 weeks you pick up and close your first issues independently.

Within 1 month, you can fully understand and give valuable feedback on complex Pull Requests.

Within 2 months, you achieve a development speed similar to the rest of our team.

Within 3 months, you execute an investigation task and have made a 1 page proposal on how to solve a complex technical problem.

Within 4 months you fully understand the codebase of the main project that you will be working on. The project is a complex responsive server-side rendered React application, with built-in internationalisation and high performance requirements.

Within 6 months, you fully understand the codebase of a secondary project.

Within 12 months, you re-organize and improve critical pieces of code.

What we offer:

5 talented, skilled, and motivated colleagues

A modern tech stack: Node.js, React, TypeScript, GraphQL. Terraform infrastructure on AWS.

A lot of responsibility and freedom. We hire only experts and trust them to deliver excellent results.

Flexible working hours and location. The results are what count!

Visits to Leuven: you will visit our office in Leuven (the world’s capital of beer) a few times per year. We pay for flights and accommodation so you can have fun with the team.

The opportunity to play games and claim it's work.

Reach out if:

You are intelligent, efficient, and organized. You have an attention to detail.

You like open, efficient, and to-the-point communication and you have experience in working remotely.

You have a strong understanding of a wide range of technical topics (ranging from databases and UNIX to software engineering patterns and browser rendering).

You have experience with server-side rendered React applications and with Typescript.

You like diving into new things, open-source libraries, browser APIs, and more.

About Crazy Games

The browser is becoming a powerful gaming platform. With recent technologies such as WebGL and WebAssembly amazing 3D graphics and near-native level performance are becoming possible without the need for downloads, apps, or platform-specific development. We are at the forefront of this market and will be the first to offer game developers the tools to fully use it.

CrazyGames is already reaching more than 10 million people per month. In just a few years, we’ve grown from a hobby project to a company with a few million € in annual revenues and a team of 5 smart, talented, and motivated people. We are self-funded, profitable, and fast-growing. And we're just getting started!

Benefits

• A small team with talented, skilled, and motivated colleagues.
• A lot of responsibility and freedom.
• Flexible working hours and location. The results are what count!
• Generous vacation policy.
• Visits to Leuven: we pay to visit our office in Belgium regularly.
• The opportunity to play games and claim it's work.