Lead Frontend Developer

Plan A Technologies; A distancia; MXN 200,000 - 400,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A software development firm is seeking a Senior Lead Frontend Developer to oversee frontend engineering in social gaming experiences. This role requires a hands-on expert with over 10 years of Unity experience and 4 years in leadership. Responsibilities include mentoring developers, setting coding standards, and collaborating with teams to create innovative games. The position offers a flexible work-from-home option and a vibrant team environment along with generous benefits.

Servicios

Generous vacation schedule

Brand new laptop

Supportive work environment

Formación

• At least 10+ years of experience with Unity.
• 4+ years of experience leading teams.
• Strong ownership mindset and ability to make architectural decisions.
• Excellent communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience building real-money casino games or similar.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and mentor a team of Unity frontend developers.
• Establish coding standards and development workflows.
• Drive architectural decisions for game features.
• Review code for quality and maintainability.
• Develop core gameplay features and optimize performance.

Conocimientos

Unity expertise

Leadership

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Game performance optimization

Descripción del empleo

Job Overview

Plan A Technologies is looking for a highly skilled Senior Lead Frontend Developer with strong Unity expertise to guide our team in building engaging high-performance social gaming experiences. This is a hands‑on implementation role and will oversee frontend engineering, mentor developers, and collaborate closely with product, art, and backend teams to create innovative gaming experiences.

The ideal candidate is both a technical expert and a natural leader — someone who enjoys coaching others, setting standards, and ensuring the quality and performance of our games as well as rolling up their sleeves.

Please note: you must have at least 10+ years of experience with Unity to be considered for this role and 4+ years leading teams.

JOB RESPONSIBILITY

• Lead and mentor a team of Unity frontend developers, providing guidance, feedback, and support.
• Establish coding standards, best practices, and development workflows for the Unity team.
• Drive architectural decisions for game features, UI, game flow, and performance optimization.
• Review code and ensure overall code quality and maintainability.
• Develop and maintain core gameplay features, UI components, animations, and interactions using Unity and C#.
• Ensure smooth game performance across devices and platforms.
• Work closely with designers and artists to integrate assets and deliver polished, visually cohesive experiences.
• Optimize games for memory usage, loading times, and frame rate stability.
• Work with the Game Producer to translate requirements into technical plans.
• Partner with QA to guarantee stable releases and high-quality player experiences.
• Coordinate with backend/DevOps teams to ensure seamless integration of game logic, APIs, and services.
• Ensure games comply with any industry standards and certification requirements.

Experience

• Strong expertise in Unity and C#.
• Experience leading teams: ability to guide, motivate, and grow a development team.
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong ownership mindset, with the ability to make architectural decisions and defend them.
• Experience managing priorities, timelines, and delivery expectations.
• Experience building real-money casino games, or similar highly animated interactive games.
• Deep knowledge of game performance optimization, asset management, and UI frameworks.
• Experience integrating games with APIs, backend services, or platform SDKs.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Previous experience working with distributed teams.
• Have solid written and verbal English skills.
• Ability to maintain a positive work attitude.
• Initiative and drive to do great things.

Nice‑to‑Have

• Experience with mobile optimization (iOS/Android).
• Familiarity with shader development, animations, or VFX inside Unity.
• Understanding of build pipelines, CI/CD, and version control best practices.

About The Company/Benefits

Plan A Technologies is an American software development and technology advisory firm that brings top‑tier engineering talent to clients around the world. Our software engineers tackle custom product development projects, staff augmentation, major integrations and upgrades, and much more. The team is far more hands‑on than the giant outsourcing shops, but still big enough to handle major enterprise clients.

Read more about us here: www.PlanAtechnologies.com.

Location

Work From Home 100% of the time, or come in to one of our global offices. Up to you.

Great colleagues and an upbeat work environment

You’ll join an excellent team of supportive engineers and project managers who work hard but don't ever compete with each other.

Benefits

You’ll get a generous vacation schedule, Brand New Laptop, and other goodies.

If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you!