ABOUT CLIENT A cloud-based platform for creating, editing, testing, and collaborating on micro-animations for web and mobile applications. The product is widely adopted by companies worldwide, integrates seamlessly with popular design and development tools, and serves a large global community of designers and developers. PROJECT STAGE live product, fully established TECH STACK JavaScript, React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL REQUIREMENTS * 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant full-stack work * Expert-level React and TypeScript with a deep understanding of modern patterns and performance optimization * Strong backend development experience with direct database integration and API design * Experience designing centralized business logic layers reusable across multiple platforms (SSR, APIs) * Database expertise: Schema design, query optimization, PostgreSQL * Production experience with real-time web technologies (WebSockets, SSE, WebRTC) * Deep understanding of web performance (Core Web Vitals, bundle optimization, lazy loading, code splitting) * Experience with state management at scale (Redux, Zustand, Jotai, Recoil, or similar) * Strong experience in systems-level programming for performance-critical applications, with proficiency in low-level optimization techniques including parallel processing, memory management, profiling, and benchmarking. * Experience building robust file processing systems including upload/download handling, media compression and format conversion, file validation, and quality checks. * Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and monitoring/observability practices.
RESPONSIBILITIES Technical Leadership & Architecture * Participate in shaping the technical vision for rebuilding our asset management platform from scratch * Design a centralized data architecture with direct database integration and shared business logic reusable across SSR and future GraphQL. * Make critical architectural decisions, including tech stack selection, state management patterns, data layer design, and performance optimization strategies. * Ensure future-proof architecture compatible with GraphQL migration while optimizing for immediate SSR performance * Define coding standards and best practices for the team, ensuring maintainable, scalable code * Collaborate with product and design teams to translate requirements into technical specifications
Full-stack Development
Frontend * Build modern React-based apps with real-time capabilities using technologies like TanStack ecosystem, Server-Sent Events, and BroadcastChannel API * Build performant UI components with smooth data loading patterns, virtualization, and responsive user interactions * Optimize bundle size, lazy loading, and code splitting for <1s Time to Interactive
Backend Integration * Build a shared business logic layer reusable across multiple service boundaries and rendering contexts * Design database schema and ORM integration * Develop background job processing systems for asynchronous workflows
Performance-Critical Systems (Rust/Zig) * Design and optimize performance-critical operations using systems-level programming and worker-based architectures to keep heavy processing off the main thread * Implement WASM modules for browser-based file processing with near-native performance * Build batch processing systems capable of handling large-scale concurrent operations efficiently * Profile and eliminate performance bottlenecks across critical data processing and transformation pipelines
