Senior Frontend Web Engineer, Sleeper
$150-235k
Fantasy sports app
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Fantasy sports app
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$150-235k
101-200 employees
Company mission
To connect people over sports.
Role
Who you are
- A degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of web development with an emphasis on frontend
- Desire to take on and own a large scale product with freedom to design and develop a best in class product
- Proven ability to develop and implement algorithms or systems in a professional setting, with strong coding skills in Javascript and strong a web technologies skillset
- Highly proactive, with a track record of building processes from scratch and a willingness to challenge traditional risk management paradigms
- Comfortable in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, thriving on innovation and the challenge of creating something new
What the job involves
- We are searching for a highly intelligent and innovative Frontend Web Engineer to join our team
- At Sleeper, we believe in the power of smart, creative individuals to drive change and build incredible things, regardless of their background in specific technologies
- You will play a crucial role in developing our web products to ensure scalability, reliability, and quality, impacting millions of dedicated users every day
- Sleeper is a rapidly growing platform for sports fans with social at its core
- Our web platform consists primarily of React, typescript, and webpack and shares much of its core with our mobile product
- We’re looking for an experienced web developer who can bring their knowledge and skills to help refine our web product; bringing feature, quality, and technology parity to our mobile experience
- Collaborate with designers to understand user requirements and translate them into technical specifications for the React web application
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code using React, JS, and related libraries (Tailwind, React Query, NextJS, etc.)
- Develop reusable UI components and implement a well-structured component hierarchy for the React application
- Implement user interface (UI) functionality and logic using React features like state management, hooks, and server-side rendering
- Integrate front-end components with back-end services using APIs (RESTful or GraphQL)
- Troubleshoot and debug complex web application issues
- Stay up-to-date on the latest advancements in React, web development best practices, Core Web Vitals, and accessibility guidelines
Our take
The popularity of being able to create fantasy teams and enjoy watching sports virtually has taken socialising around sports to a virtual level. In fact, the fantasy sports market size is expected to reach $48.6 billion by 2027. Sleeper was initially an app on which users discussed fantasy sports, but in 2017, it began hosting free fantasy football leagues, competing with sites like Yahoo. Integrating social media and sports, the company is now known to be one of the best DFS communities to hang out on.
Through substantial funding, Sleeper is expanding the game offerings on its platform and in 2022, release a new feature called Wallet that enables users to sync their preferred payment methods to the platform.
There has been consistent growth for the platform since its founding and it has successfully attracted a loyal user base.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2021
$40m
SERIES C
May 2020
$20m
SERIES B
Total funding: $67.3m
Company benefits
- 401k and health insurance
- Unlimited Vacations
- Regular virtual game-time with the team with company-sponsored snacks
- Company-sponsored fantasy leagues with real prizes
- Team outing every quarter and company retreat once a year
Company HQ
Paradise, NV
Leadership
Nan Wang
(CEO & Co-Founder)After studying went on to become a Senior Analyst at Fidelity Investments, Representative for China Investment Corporation and Private Equity Investor at Neuberger Berman.
Henry Leung
(Co-Founder)Worked as an Android Developer at Vevo, Senior iOS Developer at Dwell Media and Lead Mobile Engineer at Whil Concepts.
Ken Wang
(Co-Founder)Previously worked as a NET Web Engineer at Genex/O’Grady Meyers, Senior C# Engineer at Decore-ative Specialties and UI Engineering Tech Lead (TV/Console Platform) at Vevo.
Weixi Yen
(Co-Founder)Worked as a Software Engineer at Kabam and then went on to work through several roles at Storm8, most recently as an Engineering Manager.
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