Frontend Software Engineer

LAI Games is an arcade experience company that connects people with games. Our vision is to reinvent the arcade industry by creating an arcade experience ecosystem that consists of physical arcade games and location-based VR games and experiences, and other exciting arcade-based titles. Our team members contribute across a broad range of unique and innovative projects that connect, engage, and excite players across physical and virtual worlds.

LAI Games is growing, and we want to expand our support to our customers by offering remote software management of our games, and we want to provide our customers with comprehensive use-data of our games.

We want to expand our software team for this, and we’re looking for an experienced software engineering manager to realize this ambition.

Key Responsibilities:

As a Software Engineer (Frontend), your list of responsibilities includes:

• Write efficient, maintainable, and clean code following best practices.
• Develop and maintain unit tests for own code to ensure reliability and maintainability.
• Actively participate in code reviews, standups, and other team meetings to ensure code quality and alignment with project goals.
• Study, evaluate, understand, and provide feedback on functional specifications.
• Identify areas for improvements to improve solution quality and development efficiency.
• Conduct research and prototyping of software and protocols to inform technical decisions and drive innovation.
• Discussion and brainstorming on innovative solutions

Required Skills and Experience:

The ideal candidate would have

• Minimum of three years of professional experience as a Full Stack Engineer or a Frontend Engineer.
• Proficiency in React/NextJS (Typescript) and libraries including Zustand, Axios, etc.
• Familiarity with using version control tools such as GitHub.
• Experience with UI/UX design principles and tools (e.g., Adobe XD, Sketch, Figma)
• Solid understanding of state management.
• Strong foundation in understand the Document Object Model.
• Working experience with at least one CSS framework (Tailwind, Bootstrap, MaterialUI).
• Strong familiarity with performance optimisation and security best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to effectively communicate ideas and solutions.

Additional Attributes:

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of agile methodologies and experience working in agile development teams.

Qualifications/Education:

• Bachelor’s degree level in Computer Science or related fields, attained either by education or by experience

Special Requirements:

• A proactive individual with a strong ability to initiate tasks and drive projects independently.
• Seeking a candidate who is articulate and possesses excellent communication skill.