Frontend Architecture Lead — High-Performance, Remote-First

Ancient Gaming; United States; À distance; USD 180 000 - 250 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Ancient Gaming is seeking a Head of Frontend Engineering to own the frontend strategy across our products. You will lead a talented team, set architectural direction, and stay hands-on to tackle critical performance and architecture challenges.

With deep expertise in Qwik, TypeScript, GraphQL, and modern frontend tech, you will drive scalable, fast, and reliable experiences. This is a remote-first role with a focus on high-velocity, high-impact delivery.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of Qwik, TypeScript, modern JavaScript, CSS/SASS, GraphQL, and frontend architecture.
• Experience building complex, high-traffic frontend applications at scale.
• Deep knowledge of browser performance, rendering, networking, caching, real-time apps and frontend optimization.
• Experience leading frontend engineers while remaining technically hands-on.
• Experience with WebGL technologies such as PixiJS, Babylon.js, Three.js, or similar is a strong plus.
• Experience in iGaming, gaming, betting, casino, or similar high-traffic real-time products is a significant advantage.
• The ability to thrive in a remote-first environment with strong communication, discipline, and accountability.

Responsabilités

• Lead and develop the frontend engineering team, creating a culture of ownership, accountability, and technical excellence.
• Own the frontend technical vision and architecture across our products.
• Stay hands-on and close to the code, especially around critical architecture, performance, and complex technical problems.
• Build and evolve our frontend applications using Qwik and TypeScript . Set an exceptionally high bar for performance, responsiveness, stability, and perceived speed.
• Make pragmatic technical decisions that balance delivery speed, simplicity, scalability, and long-term maintainability.
• Take end-to-end ownership of technical initiatives from architecture and implementation through production and continuous improvement.
• Work closely with Product, Design, Backend, and QA to solve problems rather than simply implement requirements.
• Improve our tooling, reusable components, engineering practices, and developer experience so the team can ship faster without sacrificing quality.
• Challenge assumptions and push for simpler and better solutions.
• Evaluate new technologies based on the actual value they can bring to our products and engineering teams.
• Mentor engineers and raise the technical standard of the wider organization.

Connaissances

Qwik

TypeScript

JavaScript

CSS/SASS

GraphQL

Frontend architecture

WebGL

PixiJS

Babylon.js

Three.js

Leadership

Hands-on coding

Description du poste

Ancient Gaming is seeking a Head of Frontend Engineering to own the frontend strategy across our products. You will lead a talented team, set architectural direction, and stay hands-on to tackle critical performance and architecture challenges.

With deep expertise in Qwik, TypeScript, GraphQL, and modern frontend tech, you will drive scalable, fast, and reliable experiences. This is a remote-first role with a focus on high-velocity, high-impact delivery.