Frontend Developer Digital Publishing at Gfinity PLC

Hello! Thank you for looking into our post – if you think that you don’t fit all the criteria, please do still apply. What we are mostly looking for is high degree of curiosity, strong work ethic and a passion for coding!

We are looking for a passionate developer to join our digital media tech team as a frontend developer. We have 8 SEO optimised websites (check out a few of them: gfinityesports.com, epicstream.com, mtgrocks.com, forerunner.gg) and plenty different workstreams for you to get involved.

If you have experience with SEO great, if not a keen interest to learn is enough.

The main frameworks we use is Vue & Nuxt. As a front-end developer, you will play an integral role and have an immediate impact on properties serving over 15M users every month. Along with creating delightful experiences for our end users, you’ll also be developing our custom CMS and empowering our editorial team to create SEO optimized gaming and entertainment content.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Work as part of the development team to produce beautiful experiences using Vue and Nuxt
• Work closely with our product team to translate business requirements into technical specifications and architecture
• Work closely with our design team to translate Figma designs and prototypes into working, production-ready experiences
• Write reusable libraries and modules for use across our digital network

Essential Skills & Requirements

• Experience with Search Engine Optimization (preferably with an online news/digital publishing)
• Having used modern front-end frameworks (Vue, React or Angular), Vue preferred
• Experience with a SSR framework like Nuxt.js or Next.js
• Experience working with Sanity.io or similar headless CMS
• Strong experience with Javascript (ES2015+)
• Strong experience with SASS, BEM, and TailwindCSS
• Familiarity with Webpack and NPM, cross-browser compatibility and with code versioning software such as GIT
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Attention to detail, entrepreneurialism, and excellent planning skills
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to manage multiple projects at once

Bonus Skills:

• 3-5 years of professional front-end development experience within digital publishing/media
• Experience with cloudflare, google cloud platform and typescript
• Frontend performance optimization
• Experience working with advertising technology and AMP
• Working knowledge of web components
• Experience working with Figma, Sketch, or Zeplin
• Wordpress or PHP experience (Symfony 4)
• Experience with BigQuery or similar Data Analysis tools
• Experience contributing to open-source projects, even if they are your own
• A love for gaming and esports!

We are striving to create a diverse and inclusive environment. We encourage all applicants to apply for our roles and not for a moment think that anything will make us discriminate against them. We value and actively seek diverse talent!

Interview stages: 20 minute screening call, Technical Assignment, Technical Interview – Offer – 2 weeks process

Get to know us a bit better: https://www.gfinityplc.com/