Senior Frontend Engineer

Who We Are

Venatus is an award-winning, global ad-tech platform that connects advertisers to the exclusive audiences of 500+, world renowned gaming and entertainment publishers. We are tech-first. We are gamers. We are the difference makers. Because when it comes to helping the world’s most recognisable brands such as EA, Nintendo and Rovio produce outstanding advertising campaigns, our in-house creative team alongside our direct and programmatic ad-sales have an unrivaled track-record.

Our game-changing investment from leading private equity firm, LivingBridge makes this an exceptionally exciting time to join the company. Venatus has ambitious growth and expansion plans, launching new products and opening even more international offices. London is our HQ with regional offices in Amsterdam, New York, LA, Toronto, Sydney, Seoul and Manila.

Why you should work with us

Venatus is an extremely ambitious company and we pride ourselves on our open and supportive culture. Our talented employees stay loyal to our business due to the regular learning opportunities and experience of working directly with industry experts. We empower people to succeed, welcoming innovative ideas and ways of working that will ultimately help the business grow. We offer a fluid approach to hybrid working, giving employees the freedom to produce their best work, wherever they are. Joining Venatus is a play for the top. You’ll be challenged in positive ways, learn rapidly and develop a career in one of the most captivating industries in the world. You will be able to develop both professionally and as an individual, carving a career path that engages and excites you.

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer to join our team to work on our industry-leading advertising technology platform which enables advanced advertising capabilities on hundreds of top-tier websites globally to tens of millions of users daily.

The successful candidate will be joining a welcoming and dynamic team located around the world as they take a leading role in defining, building and iterating on our client-facing code, the primary engine of our business.

They will work closely with a mix of other Frontend engineers, as well as the other engineering teams, product, and data.

Responsibilities

• Once you are onboarded, owning the long-term strategy of technological growth in one or more front end system components
• Researching and documenting potential new technologies that can move the stack forward
• Taking ownership of the front end code base, working to ensure our platform is up to date and delivering value to our clients
• Improving our applications and maintaining a high standard of our technologies across multiple devices, locales and disciplines
• Providing technical guidance and mentorship to junior members of the team as needed
• Performing peer reviews on source code to ensure reuse, scalability, and the use of best practices
• Participating in collaborative technical discussions that focus on software user experience, design, architecture, and development
  
  

Requirements

• A high degree of fluency in JavaScript, with knowledge of modern techniques as well as core JS concepts
• A high degree of experience using Typescript, Javascript, Next.js, React.js , UI/UX at an enterprise level.
• Strong experience in responsive and cross-browser web application development
• Experience using field data from tools like Lighthouse and Google Core Web Vitals to drive improvements to code performance
• Ability to analyze and refactor legacy code
• Ability to identify and fix technical debt
• Good knowledge of CSS and its pre-processors
• Experience in writing high-quality, robust code involving approaches such as unit testing, code coverage, and static code analysis.
• Experience in modern front end build tooling (Webpack, ESlint, NPM)
• Enthusiasm, pragmatism, and humility. You’re good with people, communicating clearly and respectfully in a way that’s appropriate to your audience. You ask the right questions and avoid making assumptions.
• Experience with GitHub, code reviews, pull requests and agile methodologies
  
  

Experience in these areas would also be a bonus:

• A solid understanding of TypeScript
• Experience integrating with cloud services, and RESTful APIs
  
  

Benefits:

• A competitive salary
• Medical Insurance (HMO)
• SSS, PhilHealth, and Pag-IBIG
• 30 days holiday per year plus your birthday off
• Option to buy and sell annual leave allowance
• Excellent career opportunities in a growing, international company
• Team building and training sessions
  
  

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We understand that the best ideas are born from the collaboration of diverse minds, spanning all races, religions, ethnicities, genders and orientations. We are dedicated to making Venatus a safe, happy place to be, allowing everyone to feel comfortable and confident in order to produce their best work. We employ a range of talent that represents the diverse creativity of our industry and we are proud of our growing teams of employees who share these values.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during the application process, please let us know by emailing [email protected]