About the role
As a Front-End Engineer, you will help us build the web experience on the world’s biggest platform for fans, with over 2.5 billion page views and 300 million users a month!
Our Community Platform underlies some of the biggest fan knowledge bases in the world, including communities built around pop culture phenomena like Star Wars, Minecraft, Marvel Comics, and thousands of others.
As a developer, you'll work on one of our goal-oriented and autonomous teams focused on delivering features to and improving the experience of our various users (casual users, content creators, moderators, administrators).
We are looking for people who are driven by solving business problems on a very big scale. You are the perfect match for us if you’re specialized in front-end but you also enjoy spending some time on the back-end side of the HTTP protocol - if you’re good at solving problems and you enjoy the pop culture, there is a big chance you’ll find yourself at home at Fandom!
You will

Help build one of the biggest community platforms on the Internet
Take part in (and eventually lead) an end-to-end app and feature design process
Improve web apps to perform best at a very big scale
Help your team find the best processes to solve our various business challenges
Share knowledge with others
Provide mentorship to the less experienced engineers on your team

You have

Proficiency in PHP
Good grasp of JavaScript / TypeScript
Good understanding of web presentation layout (HTML / CSS / Sass)
Good grasp of Design systems creations/maintenance
Courage for learning new technologies and stepping out of your comfort zone
A drive to solve business problems
A strong eye for web/code performance and scalability
An ability to resolve technical and operational issues
Passion for delivering well-structured, tested, maintainable and useful software
Ability to communicate in English

Bonus points if you have

Previous experience and/or passion for contributing to open-source projects
Passion for pop culture (Movies, Games, TV Shows, Anime, etc.)
Experience working with highly-scaled web apps
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes

Benefits & Perks

MacBook Pro and all the gear you need for work
Free access to a multitude of popular online courses and books sponsored by our company
Training (unlimited Udemy + more)
Company stock options
Company swag packages
Cafeteria Benefit Program (including private medical care, gym membership, shopping/wellness bonus, etc.)
VTO (Voluntary Time Off) - a day off every quarter for volunteering non-profit
Frequent team bonding events
Flexible work hours & time-off
Employee Interest and Hobby Groups supported by our company
Open, energetic and fan-focused, international work environment

About Fandom
Fandom is the world’s largest fan platform where fans immerse themselves in imagined worlds across entertainment and gaming. Reaching more than 350 million unique visitors per month and hosting more than 250,000 wikis, Fandom is the #1 source for in-depth information on pop culture, gaming, TV and film, where fans learn about and celebrate their favorite fandoms. Fandom’s Gaming division manages the online video game retailer Fanatical. Fandom Productions, the content arm of Fandom, enhances the fan experience through curated editorial coverage and branded content from trusted and established publishing brands Gamespot, TV Guide and Metacritic, along with its Emmy-nominated Honest Trailers and the weekly video news program The Loop. For more information follow @getfandom or visit: www.fandom.com.
Fandom is an equal opportunity employer. Fandom values diversity, and all employment decisions are made on the basis of job requirements and individual qualifications.

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