Frontend Developer for a Gaming startup

About the Role

We are seeking a creative and technically strong Frontend Developer with expertise in 3D animations to join our team. You will play a key role in building interactive, visually engaging, and high-performance web applications using modern frameworks and 3D libraries. This role involves close collaboration with designers, product managers, and backend engineers to deliver immersive digital experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain responsive, user-friendly web applications.
• Implement 3D models, animations, and interactions using Three.js, WebGL, or Babylon.js.
• Collaborate with UI/UX designers to transform creative concepts into smooth, interactive experiences.
• Optimize performance for real-time rendering and animations across devices and browsers.
• Integrate backend APIs for data-driven 3D visualizations and dynamic content.
• Stay updated with the latest trends in frontend development, 3D frameworks, and animation tools.
• Ensure cross-browser compatibility, scalability, and maintainability of code.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience as a Frontend Developer.
• Strong proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES6+).
• Experience with React.js / Next.js (or other modern frontend frameworks).
• Hands-on expertise in 3D libraries: Three.js, WebGL, Babylon.js (or similar).
• Knowledge of animation frameworks: GSAP, Framer Motion, Anime.js.
• Strong understanding of rendering performance optimization (shaders, textures, lighting).
• Familiarity with design tools: Figma, Adobe XD, Blender, or similar.
• Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills.

We are seeking a highly motivated Software Development Engineer with expertise in building scalable, extensible and user-friendly web applications. You will work with a fast paced Product Engineering team to build efficient and reusable web applications for mobile and fixed devices. 

What you’ll do:

• Architect, Design, Code reviews and build scalable applications.
• You will be engaged in identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks, and collaborate with other team members to innovate current/new products. 
• Identify, communicate and implement best practices for application engineering. 
• Ensure high scalability and performance

• You will advocate for good, clean, well-documented and performing code; define and follow standards and best practices for front-end development.

We’d love for you to have:

• Experience: 1-3 yrs recent experience of working in a scalable web product firm
• Education: B.Tech/M.Tech  in Computer Science from Top ranked colleges in India
• Excellent software development skills in developing web applications over client-side frameworks - Backbone, React (preferred) and/or angular frameworks (preferred); and server-side frameworks like node.js
• Excellent programming skills in object-oriented, modularised JavaScript, Typescript (preferred)
• Strong knowledge and working experience in server-side Event-driven programming using Node.js
• Excellent programming skills in Javascript,  jQuery, AJAX, YUI.
• Passion for writing optimized code using JS best practices  and design patterns
• Experience with JS or Java-based Unit/Integration Testing using Selenium, Appium, Selendroid
• Hands-on experience in building scalable web applications
• Excellent problem solving and debugging skills
• Good Knowledge of version control - GIT (preferred)
• Experience with the full software development lifecycle, design, develop, debug, document, and deliver (especially in a multiple site organization)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to deliver great results in an agile development
• Good to have: Working knowledge of web standards (i.e., REST) and OOPS
• Good to have: Experience in Data Structures, Algorithms and their optimization

Even if you don’t meet all of these qualifications above, we’d still love to hear from you. Tell us about your unique qualifications in your cover letter.

CaaStle is committed to equality of opportunity in employment. It has been and will continue to be the policy of CaaStle to provide full and equal employment opportunities to all employees and candidates for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or physical or mental disability. This policy applies to all terms, conditions and privileges of employment, such as those pertaining to training, transfer, promotion, compensation and recreational programs.

Key Responsibilities:

² Develop and maintain responsive web applications using React.

² Collaborate with UX/UI designers to translate wireframes and mockups into functional code.

² Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.

² Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following best practices.

² Participate in code reviews and contribute to team knowledge sharing.

² Troubleshoot and debug applications to enhance performance.

² Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies to ensure our tech stack remains cutting-edge.

Qualifications:

² Current SDE 3 designation or equivalent experience in a senior development role.

² 5+ years of experience in software development, with a strong focus on frontend technologies, particularly React.

² Proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+), HTML, and CSS, with a deep understanding of modern web development practices.

² Experience with state management libraries (e.g., Redux, MobX) and routing solutions.

² Strong knowledge of RESTful APIs and experience with modern build tools (Webpack, Babel).

² Experience with testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, React Testing Library) and test-driven development (TDD).

² Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

What are we looking for:

1. We are looking for someone that has an eye for design, solid experience in ReactJS, are value-driven and product-oriented. You will own all phases of user interface development.
2. From architecture and design to implementation and customer engagement. This role isn’t just about coding; it's about owning features end-to-end, translating them from concepts to user-centric products
3. Each engineer owns the feature they are building and is responsible for turning it into reality, and we will need your front-end expertise to find solutions to problems and challenges and deliver on roadmap objectives.
4. 4+ years of experience in web frontend technology, including React, TypeScript, and CSS-in-JS.
5. Significant experience with JavaScript frameworks and client-side state management, particularly React.js and Redux.
6. Knowledge of 2D visualization libraries like D3 and 3D visualization tools such as Three.js and WebGL is a plus.
7. Expertise in developing solutions for complex problems and integrations, with a strong product sense to balance technical and product requirements.
8. Skilled in working collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including design, product, tech, learning experience & marketing.
9. Independent and capable of producing 'production ready' code with minimal guidance.
10. Proficient in performance optimization and CDN caching strategies.
11. Nice to have: Full stack experience working in backend.

• ·       3+ Yrs Solid knowledge of frontend development with a minimum of 2 years of work on ReactJS,/ React native 
• ·       Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• ·       Strong & thorough understanding of Reactjs and its core principles
• ·       Experience with popular Reactjs workflows such as Redux
• ·       Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus
• ·       Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• ·       Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• ·       High coding standards - understanding of test coverage best practices & test pyramid concept
• ·       Familiar with Continuous Delivery approach
• ·       Experience with Distributed and Concurrent Systems, knowing the tradeoffs between stateful/stateless and synchronous/asynchronous architectures
• ·       Passion about technology and its relationship with product and user experience
• ·       Ability to work independently - identify problems, create plans and implement solutions to them

We are looking for a kickass JavaScript developer who is proficient with React.js. Your primary focus will be on developing user interface components and implementing them following well-known React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux). You will have to ensure that these components and the overall application are robust and easy to maintain. You will coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and quality products are important.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in HTML, CSS and JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
• Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
• Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)
• Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical implementations
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Familiarity with code versioning tools (Git)

Responsibilities:

• Developing new user-facing features using React.js
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
• Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers

• 4.5+ years Experience with AngularJS
• Available for immediate joining 
• Strong expertise with HTML, CSS, and writing cross-browser compatible code.
• Good understanding of AJAX and JavaScript Dom manipulation Techniques
• Experience with RESTful services
• Experience in JavaScript build tools like grunt or gulp
• Expert in any one of the modern JavaScript MV-VM/MVC frameworks (AngularJS, JQuery, NodeJS, GruntJS)
• Hand on and implements complex AngularJS applications, directives, controllers, services
• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
• Team player

JD:
Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model

Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles

Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)

Familiarity with newer specifications of EcmaScript

Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus

Familiarity with RESTful APIs

Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token

Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.

Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

A knack for benchmarking and optimization

Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git