Frontend Developer

Darwin Recruitment; Los Altos (CA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI-first gaming startup is seeking a Frontend Developer to create immersive, player-driven experiences. You will build responsive interfaces using React and collaborate with a creative team to push the boundaries of interactive entertainment. This role offers a remote-first culture and equity in a well-funded startup.

Benefits

Remote-first culture

Equity in a well-funded startup

Flexible time off

Support for professional growth

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience building interactive web applications with React.
• Strong understanding of JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Passion for games, creative tools, or AI-powered applications.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain core UI components using React, TypeScript, and modern frontend tooling.
• Collaborate with game designers, AI engineers, and artists to bring generative features to life.
• Optimize performance for real-time interactions, rendering, and state management.

Skills

React

JavaScript

TypeScript

HTML

CSS

State management

Tools

WebGL

Three.js

Job description

About the Company:
We’re an AI-first gaming startup building the future of interactive entertainment. Our platform merges generative AI with game design to create immersive, player-driven experiences where narrative, visuals, and mechanics evolve in real time. Backed by top-tier investors and led by veterans in gaming and AI, we’re reimagining what games can be-and how players can shape them.

The Role:
We’re looking for a Frontend Developer with strong skills in React and a passion for games and generative AI. You’ll be at the heart of building a responsive, intuitive interface for our platform-empowering players, creators, and AI to collaborate in new kinds of game worlds. From real-time story editors to dynamic character tools, your work will shape the future of AI-driven gameplay.

What You’ll Do:

• Build and maintain core UI components using React, TypeScript, and modern frontend tooling.

• Collaborate with game designers, AI engineers, and artists to bring generative features to life-text, image, and interaction.

• Design and implement creative tools that allow users to shape stories, characters, and environments in real time.

• Optimize performance for real-time interactions, rendering, and state management across platforms.

• Push the boundaries of what’s possible at the intersection of web, games, and generative AI.

What You’ll Bring:

• 3+ years of experience building interactive web applications with React.

• Strong understanding of JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS (Bonus: Tailwind, Framer Motion, Zustand, or similar).

• Passion for games, creative tools, or AI-powered applications.

• Experience with state management, real-time data flows, and user-centered design.

• Collaborative mindset and excitement for working on experimental, fast-moving products.

Bonus Points For:

• Experience with WebGL, Three.js, or other browser-based graphics tools.

• Familiarity with generative AI APIs (OpenAI, Stability, etc.) or text-to-image/video tools.

• Background in building game UIs or creative platforms.

• Understanding of game development workflows (Unity, Unreal, Godot, etc.)-even if not your main stack.

What We Offer:

• A chance to help define the UI/UX of the next generation of interactive, AI-driven games.

• Remote-first culture with a tight-knit, creative, and ambitious team.

• Equity in a well-funded startup redefining how humans and machines create together.

• Flexible time off, support for professional growth, and the opportunity to work on something truly original.

Darwin Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

George Wiles