Senior Software Engineer - Frontend

Everything we do — from global esports tournaments and community-driven leagues to next-generation platforms and live events — is rooted in our passion, craftsmanship, and culture. With millions of players and fans around the world, we aim to shape the future of esports and gaming by building ecosystems that are inclusive, innovative, and enduring. 

About FACEIT
As one of the core pillars of EFG, FACEIT is the beating heart of competitive online gaming. With over 26 million registered users playing 30 million matches each month, we are the industry leader in competitive play. Our platform is where gamers of all levels come together to test their skills, climb the ranks, and forge communities. At FACEIT, we’re relentless in our pursuit of excellence. We push the limits of technology, deliver cutting-edge features, and provide an unparalleled competitive gaming experience. Our vision is simple: to
empower every player to reach their full potential, while keeping competition fair, engaging, and thrilling.

The Role
The purpose of this role is to take full ownership of the front-end platform as well as initiatives across various platform offerings. In this role, you will utilize cutting-edge technical platforms, environments and technologies (React, Redux, TypeScript, Next.js) to constantly evolve and improve the product ensuring the roadmap is defined, understood, planned and delivered. Furthermore, the role involves proactive contribution to the improvement of best practices and the technical foundation of the entire Frontend Guild, in collaboration with the Frontend Platform team. Additionally, while we are currently developing ambitious new features, we maintain an open-door policy for innovation. We highly value colleagues who bring fresh perspectives and exciting ideas to the table to help shape the future of our product.

Responsibilities
● Building large-scale applications with React, Redux and Next.js;
● Good demonstrable ability with recognised open-source languages;
● Knowledge of relevant testing frameworks.
● Experience with WebSockets and real-time messaging;
● Continue to learn new technologies and frameworks;
● Work with large complex applications.

Requirements

Core Technical Expertise
● Indepth working and hands on knowledge of frontend platform technologies and systems;
● Possesses an excellent understanding of system and solution architectures;
● Exhibits an R&D forward-thinking mindset for exploring future state solutions;
● Extensive experience designing and building high-quality, large-scale, and performant web applications;
● Deep proficiency with our core frontend frameworks and libraries technologies: React, Redux, and Next.js;
● Proven ability to implement robust features and ensure excellent type safety and code maintainability;
● Leverage the ability to architect AI-assisted interfaces, including streaming LLM responses while working with backend api, agent solutions.

Development & Testing
● Hands-on experience integrating and managing real-time functionality using technologies and real-time messaging protocols;
● Commitment to quality assurance, demonstrated by experience writing comprehensive unit and integration tests using a recognised testing framework.

Architecture & Growth
● Contribute to architectural and scaling decisions for complex, high-traffic applications;
● Security & compliance awareness with the implementation of Content Security Policies (CSP), OAuth/OIDC flows and other security standards;
● Push forward with technical roadmaps, working with engineering and product leaders to align the 1–3 year technical vision