Loaded Looking for Frontend Engineer at Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Full Time

Loaded and Open World are market leaders in gaming talent management and strategic brand consultancy – in any of our business endeavors we aim to provide high-value services to support the development, marketing, and growth of the video gaming industry and community.

Over the past 7 years, we have facilitated partnerships with world-leading brands such as Netflix, Universal Music Group, Pepsi, Activision, Amazon, Spotify, Gillette, Google, Journey’s, and Adidas to either build or deepen their connection to gamers.

We believe that gaming is one of the great connectors, and the communities that grow here change lives, move the culture forward, and bring tremendous value to the brands, creators, and fans that participate in it.

It’s time for our team to grow, and we’re looking for creative minds, committed hearts, and forward-thinking humans to join us and make the work we do the most impactful it can be.

If that ignites or intrigues you, keep reading…

The Loaded Product team is looking for a talented Frontend Engineer who is able to develop client-side web apps that support our data product offerings and can assist in defining and building out a lean & mean development process, team, and stack.

Reporting to an engineer turned SVP of Product, the ideal candidate must be very pragmatic, productive, open-minded, and passionate about the space and the innovations they are making to it.

On any given day you might…

• Build custom frontends and components for our in-house analytics platforms and tools
• Spend time incorporating and maintaining scalable UI based on established style guides
• Collaborate with coworkers and stakeholders to design and scope new features and roadmap – acting as a gatekeeper for frontend feasibility and a resource for determining efficient pathing
• Assist in efforts to hire and build out our engineering team and process
• Research, evaluate, and make long-lasting architectural and design decisions for company-wide tech offerings

Ideally, you have…

• A pragmatic, productive, and creative development and design philosophy
• A passion and pride for the work you do and the problems that you solve
• An open-minded disposition in addition to informed opinions, and established views about development solutions/processes/architecture/patterns, and the ability to express them productively
• Expertise in building full-scale solutions with modern frontend frameworks such as Vue (preferred), React, or Angular (and ideally in a Typescript environment)
• Experience contributing to data-heavy products
• Comfort and experience working on a very lean and high-impact team. There are no NPCs at Loaded, only main characters!
• The ability and desire to identify and ultimately resolve UX issues, poor feeling interactions etc., without needing direct and exhaustive guidance

You earn bonus points if you…

• Are able to meaningfully contribute to Laravel + Python backend services
• Have experience building applications and tools in the Discord/live streaming/gaming ecosystem
• Are an avid Discord user
• Have a strong understanding of live streaming content and/or consume it often
• You have worked in or around marketing/management/gaming and understand the nuances of the industries
• Build side projects in your spare time
• Are a LIRIK sub (joking, kind of)

The most important qualities that a candidate can have are passion, enthusiasm, and most importantly, curiosity. If you feel like you would do a great job, do not let self-doubt or imposter syndrome deter you from applying.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Company-paid life insurance, short term and long term disability insurance
• 401k plan with 4% company matching
• Flexible work schedule
• Unlimited PTO
• Dog-Friendly Office
• Cell Phone, and Internet Service coverage
• Team Events, expensable Lunches & Coffee

Loaded Holdings, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status

Base salary offer based upon applicable experience, does not contemplate available merit based bonuses, equity grants, or other incentives that may be available to employee.