Senior Frontend Engineer, Gametime
Web-first, Cross-Platform
$170.9-201.1k
Last-minute ticket platform
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Last-minute ticket platform
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$170.9-201.1k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To connect people trough incredible shared experiences.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years building production web applications in React and TypeScript
- Strong understanding of rendering models (CSR, SSR, SSG, hydration)
- Experience working on performance-sensitive surfaces
- Working knowledge of Core Web Vitals and frontend performance fundamentals
- Familiarity with technical SEO concepts (indexability, structured data, crawl behavior)
- Comfort navigating existing codebases and shipping independently
- Experience directing AI agents for frontend-specific work (rendering strategies, SEO patterns, Core Web Vitals optimization) is a strong signal
- Willingness to work across web and mobile surfaces when needed
Desirable
- Experience with Astro or other mixed-rendering frameworks (Next.js, Remix, etc.)
- Experience with React Native
- Exposure to native iOS or Android development
- Marketplace, e-commerce, or high-traffic consumer product experience
- Experience working in experimentation-heavy environments
What the job involves
- We are looking for a web-first Frontend Engineer who cares deeply about performance, rendering strategy, and building fast, discoverable user experiences
- This role is primarily focused on React web development within a mixed-rendering environment (React SPA + Astro)
- You'll contribute to improving Core Web Vitals, search performance, and feature velocity — while operating in an AI-augmented development environment (L3+/AI-first) where agents are part of daily workflows
- Web (Primary Focus):
- Build and ship production features in React (legacy SPA) with TypeScript
- Contribute to our Astro-based static and mixed-rendering architecture
- Implement performance optimizations that improve Core Web Vitals (LCP, CLS, INP)
- Apply technical SEO best practices within features (rendering behavior, metadata, structured data, crawl-safe patterns)
- Work within SSR, SSG, and hydration constraints — understanding tradeoffs and execution details
- Cross-Platform Contribution:
- Contribute to shared features in React Native when functionality overlaps with web
- Move features cross-platform when appropriate rather than relying on handoffs
- Collaborate with mobile engineers on platform-specific adjustments
- Contribute to performance-sensitive areas, including occasional native integrations as our tooling evolves
- Engineering Culture:
- Use AI agents for component generation, test writing, and performance optimization — our mixed-rendering architecture involves a lot of SSR/SSG scaffolding and rendering validation that benefits from agentic coding
- Participate in code reviews and architectural discussions
- Ship iteratively with a strong bias toward measurable performance impact
Our take
Gamtime is a last-minute event ticketing platform that aims to stand out from the myriad of other similar apps by allowing customers to buy a ticket after the event has started. The reason for this is that ticket prices for sports often fall dramatically after the game has started, making the most of the easy-to-use, quick-buy app's features.
Though this may only cater to a small percentage of its customers, it exemplifies a certain boundary pushing from the company. This is clearly something that the market supports, given its substantial fundraising from the likes of Bolt Ventures and Maven Ventures. In addition, Gametime’s position as both a seller and buyer marketplace has placed it in a great position as a commentator on live events, collecting valuable data.
With the demand for great-value event tickets likely to continue to grow, Gametime is in a prime position to capitalize on this trend. Although the company only sells tickets for the North American continent, it is seeing huge revenue across the sports, theatre, and music concert markets - and aims to use its funds to further enhance its products and market its app to younger eventgoers.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
38% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
May 2022
$30m
EARLY VC
Sep 2017
$8.2m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $71.5m
Company benefits
- Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
- Equity: An ownership stake in the company you'll be helping to build
- Flexible PTO: 'Take what you need' vacation policy (we actually mean it)
- Remote First: Fully remote company
- Remote Work stipend: Monthly stipend to offset the cost of internet and any home office updates
- Paid Parental Leave: Peace of mind for parents to dedicate their time to the care of their new child
- Gametime Credit: Monthly Gametime credit to experience the product for yourself
- Team Celebrations: Company meetups and events in different cities across the US
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Brad Griffith
(Founder & CEO)Currently Visiting Lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Previously worked in Growth, iOS Development and Interactive Marketing at Zappedy, and was a Quantitative Researcher at LOLapps.
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