Enthusiast Gaming (NASDAQ:EGLX)(TSX: EGLX)(FSE: 2AV) is building the world’s largest platform of communities for gamers and esports fans. As a leading global destination for the gaming community, Enthusiast Gaming’s business consists of four main pillars: Media, Talent, Esports and Events. Enthusiast Gaming’s digital media platform includes approximately 100 gaming related websites and 1,000 YouTube channels which collectively generate 4.2 billion views monthly. Enthusiast Gaming’s esports division, Luminosity Gaming, is a leading global esports franchise that consists of 7 professional esports teams under ownership and management, including the Vancouver Titans Overwatch team and the Seattle Surge Call of Duty team. Collectively, the integrated ecosystem reaches over 300 million gaming enthusiasts on a monthly basis.
Enthusiast Gaming is looking for a Full Stack Engineer to join our team! Reporting to the VP of Engineering, the Full Stack Engineer will be responsible for a set of EG owned and operated websites. An immediate action item will be building out a CMS for icy-veins.com, and overall improvement of the site.
This role is remote, we are open to candidates in the Eastern United States or Europe.
Responsibilities:
- Full ownership of technical deliverables for Icy-veins.com, and several partner sites
- Work within a larger team with the responsibility to build out an industry standard CMS in Laravel/PHP, Vue, and JavaScript
- Develop new features and infrastructure development in support project requirements
- Assume leadership of new projects working closely with the product group, from conceptualization to deployment
- Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughtful application design
- Work with agile development methodologies, adhering to best practices and pursuing continued learning opportunities
- Participate in all aspects of agile web development including design, implementation, and deployment
- Maintain legacy code base where necessary, Ruby/SVN based system
Education & Experience:
- 3+ years experience with Laravel / PHP developer including Vue experience
- 2+ years experience with Native JavaScript experience is considered an asset
- 2+ years experience utilizing RDBMS including SQL (using mysql) and scale out architecture options
- Experience with SVN and GIT
- Experience working in agile / scrum environment and use of git and gitflow
- Ruby experience an asset
- Understanding of ecommerce and subscription systems such as Braintree is an asset
- Experience with Xenforo, Invision Power Board or other forum software is a big plus
Skill & Abilities:
- Strong attention to detail, organized and deadline-oriented
- Self-starter and leader, capable of being a resource problem solver
- Pro-active thinker who anticipates needs and plans according
- Ability to effectively communicate ideas within the team and to multiple stakeholders across the business
- Love for gaming (WoW enthusiast) or desire to work with a bunch of really cool, humble people who love gaming
What We Offer:
We offer you the opportunity to join our highly collaborative team! We anticipate continued growth over the coming years, which will provide tremendous opportunity for you to grow with us.
For more information about us, please visit www.enthusiastgaming.com.
Enthusiast Gaming is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes and encourages applications from all interested and qualified candidates. Enthusiast Gaming will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please inform Enthusiast Gaming staff of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.