The role involves building features across the stack, collaborating with teams, writing clean code, resolving production issues, and continuously learning to improve work.
Founded in 2018, PlayVS was created to make esports accessible to everyone, no matter their skill level. We power amateur competitive gaming by providing the infrastructure behind it all, including the most popular titles, real-time stats, coaching tools, and on-demand support. Simply put, we make esports easy. Our mission is to create transformative opportunities for personal growth and skill development through gaming.
We are looking for a full-stack engineer who is hungry to learn, quick to adapt, and eager to take ownership. This is a role for someone who thrives in fast-moving environments, loves problem solving, and is excited to grow their career by working across the stack. If you are a proactive self-starter who wants to make an impact, we’d love to meet you.
What You’ll Get To Do
- Contribute to building features across the stack, from front-end interfaces with React to back-end services with Node.js
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver high-quality, user-facing experiences
- Write clean, maintainable, and testable code that improves reliability and performance
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues in production, ensuring a seamless experience for our users
- Continuously learn and improve by experimenting, analyzing results, and iterating on your work
What We’re Looking For
- 1–3 years of professional software development experience (internships may count)
- Working knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript and comfort with frameworks like React and Node.js
- Familiarity with GraphQL and Apollo, or willingness to learn quickly
- A proactive self-starter mindset: you don’t wait for tasks to come to you, you seek out opportunities to add value
- Grit and perseverance: you are motivated to tackle challenging problems and keep going when things get tough
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to work well in a team
- Growth mindset: you are excited to receive feedback, experiment, and improve every day
- Passion for what we’re building and a genuine interest in understanding our customers
Top Skills
Apollo
GraphQL
JavaScript
Node.js
React
Typescript
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