Skillz

Principal Software Engineer - FE

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2 months ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and evolution of frontend architecture for Native Android and iOS, Web, and React Native products.
  • Develop and continuously improve native components and the React Native SDK for third-party game developers.
  • Mentor lead, senior, and mid-level engineers and raise frontend engineering standards.
  • Improve performance, accessibility, responsiveness, rendering, state management, bundle size, and real-time user interfaces.
  • Evaluate technologies, frameworks, and tools while balancing risk, cost, and engineering velocity.
  • Establish reusable patterns, common frameworks, component architecture, design systems, and cross-platform consistency.

Requirements

  • At least 12 years of professional frontend engineering experience.
  • Modern JavaScript or TypeScript experience and expertise with at least one major framework such as React, Vue, or Angular; React depth is preferred.
  • Experience building and shipping consumer-facing mobile experiences through React Native, native iOS or Android, or web clients embedded in mobile game flows.
  • Expertise in client-side performance engineering, rendering optimization, state management at scale, bundle size discipline, and low-latency real-time interfaces using WebSockets or event-driven updates.
  • Experience with component architecture, design systems, cross-platform consistency, and distributed multi-tier backend services.
  • Gaming industry experience and familiarity with game clients, engines such as Unity, or SDK integration are preferred.
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a technical field, or equivalent industry experience.

Benefits

  • Professional growth and development opportunities in a startup-like environment.
  • Equal opportunity workplace committed to diversity and non-discrimination.
  • Work in-office three days per week in Bangalore, India.

Tech Stack

AngulariOSJavaScriptReactReact NativeTypeScriptUnityVue.js

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About Skillz

201-500 employees

Skillz builds a mobile esports platform that lets developers add real-money, skill-based tournaments to their games. Its SDK provides matchmaking, payments, identity, and fraud controls, and the company monetizes through entry fees and revenue sharing from hosted competitions. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Las Vegas, Skillz is a public company listed on the NYSE and BMV.

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