Full Stack Engineer
JavaScript
Full Stack Engineer
San Francisco
Type of work
Undetermined
Experience
Senior
Employment Type
Permanent
Operating mode
Remote
Tech stack
TypeScript
React
Redux
Job description
We are building a virtual universe which fundamentally improves how people interact online.
Today, that means a powerful remote-social platform. We already have people working out of our office spaces, attending our virtual conferences, or going to school on our campus spaces. We have folks hosting everything from magic conventions to artist EP launches to thanksgiving dinners, and even a few weddings.
The mission of Gather is to remove physical constraints on peoples' lives, and provide a virtual world which surpasses the real one in interconnectedness, personal touch, and expressiveness.
Where you will make an impact:
Full Stack Engineers at Gather work across the entire technical stack and are especially valuable as someone who can build entirely new features themselves and also be a load balancer for whichever part of the stack currently needs the most attention.
Full Stack Engineers have done everything from setting up proxies around the Great Firewall, to building new mapmaking tools, to improving the deploy process, to adding GCal/iCal integration, to prototyping new game engines, and more. It's an opportunity to span the entire range between our hundreds of servers and our millions of users.
Help us create a marketplace for virtual worlds, free Gather from the browser, and create an on-demand virtual Corgi service!
- Collaborate with designers, product managers, and engineers to scope out features and product directions
- Level up the avatar system with customizable avatars, hats, props, etc.
- Create a community catalogue of awesome maps that anyone can submit to, upvote, and copy
- Enable more powerful tools and games to be used within Gather
- Create a system for adding bots/NPCs (e.g. dogs, DJs, etc) to spaces
- Write maintainable, clear, well-architected code, tests, and documentation
- Participate in code reviews and design reviews to ensure quality and good architecture
What you bring:
- Experience working with Typescript, React, and Redux
- Intrinsic motivation and the drive to solve difficult problems without guidance
- A keen intuition for well designed software and beautiful, usable interfaces
- Ability to ruthlessly prioritize in a chaotic and ambiguous environment
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
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