Frontend Web Engineer

Carry1st is Africa’s leading publisher of mobile games and digital content. Operating at the intersection of games, publishing, and fintech, we scale awesome content in frontier markets by solving hard problems. Across our publishing and Pay1st business lines, we are partnered with top global game companies like Riot Games, Activision, and Stillfront. We are backed by top investors like: a16z, Bitkraft, Google, Konvoy, Riot Games, Sony and Nas.

As a Frontend Web Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and implementing the features required in our Platform’s web applications. Your feature will reach millions of users within a single day, part of your responsibility will be to implement features in a scalable and observable manner.

You will...

• Build the next generation of consumer products on the web platform
• Develop new user-facing features for Carry1st Platform’s web applications
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Optimize our web applications for maximum speed and scalability, resolving any performance issues
• Optimize our web applications for web browsers on low powered devices

Requirements

What makes you a great candidate?

• +5 years experience building and shipping web applications (bonus if you’ve built mobile apps and games)
• Experience with JavaScript (Next.js and React), Redux, Sagas, HTML5, and CSS
• Experience with UI prototyping and Storyboards
• Experience with server-side rendering
• Experience with developing for low powered Android web browsers and web views
• Experience in producing of proof of concepts for new web APIs

Benefits

What will it be like to work at Carry1st?

Carry1st is a fast-paced and dynamic place to work. Our team is diverse and global as we operate fully-remotely across 25+ countries. At Carry1st, you will have the opportunity to…

• Build awesome, industry-changing products, every day
• Grow with a VC-backed startup at the intersection of gaming and fintech
• Work from anywhere in the world with international teammates
• Own shares in the Company - enabling you to benefit from the value you create

Some additional perks…

• Co-working excursions: Travel to meet your colleagues in cities around the world
• Awesome equipment: Get everything you need to work effectively
• Remote working allowance: Put an additional $600 / year to optimise your WFH experience
• Learning and development: Attend courses, conferences and training events
• Social events: Participate in regular company events to relax and connect with teammates
• Birthday leave: Enjoy a paid day off on your special day

We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. Join us!

Learn more about Carry1st…

• Andreessen Horowitz shared why they invested in Carry1st
• VentureBeat announced that Carry1st has raised $27 million to develop and publish mobile games in Africa
• Remerge hosted Cordel on a podcast to discuss Carry1st and the African gaming market