Senior Frontend Engineer
Curio Research
Posted 1 year ago
About us
At Curio, we’re building the next-generation of games, starting with our first on-chain 4x strategy game. Imagine a virtual world where large-scale battles take place, where players compose smart contracts and invent unseen policy systems over the virtual world's political landscape, and where you may launch economies of your own backed by real currencies, for the empires you lead.
We’re all-in on composability — the ability to let players contribute in-game content in an open manner, through code as well as low-code tools. We are scaffolding the foundation of these future games to come, such as our in-house fully on-chain game engine on the EVM. Thousands of players have already experienced our demo built on top of it. These advancements radically shift the way players interact with the virtual worlds that they hold dear.
We’re backed by the best in the space, including Bain Crypto, TCG Crypto, Robot Ventures, and a team of amazing angels who hail from Niantic, Coinbase, and more. We work in-person in an office in San Francisco. We prefer candidates located in or willing to relocate to the Bay Area, but we also welcome remote candidates with strong fit to what we're building. Join us!
About the role
We are looking for a strong frontend engineer to build and improve our game client. This role is a variant of the Full-Stack posting with an emphasis on frontend. Possible tasks include game UI and animations and dashboard for in-game social contracts. Knowledge of the blockchain is useful but NOT required by any means.
Qualifications
- 4+ years of software engineering experience, especially with web technologies (React)
- Proficiency with React, react hooks, functional based web programming
- Proficiency with Typescript and Javascript
- Prior experience working with component libraries or design teams in user-facing applications
- Proficiency with frontend workflow (publishing, frontend hosting)
Bonus if ...
- Experience with Phaser.JS / PIXI.JS
- Experience with browser web-graphics related things (webGL, openGL)
- Prior experience creating a design system or component library
- Familiarity with the web3 frontend stack (ethers.js/web3.js, EIP-1193, client-side private key management, etc.)
Why join us?
- As an early team member, you will receive highly competitive cash and equity compensations.
- Opportunity to take great ownership and shape the next decade of gaming.
- Be learning and building every day with one of the first and most anticipated teams in the on-chain gaming space.
- Full health, dental, and vision insurance for US-based employees.
Even if the above qualifications aren't an exact match, passionate and enthusiastic people who love to quickly learn are always welcome! Feel free to reach out or apply regardless and we would love to chat.