Senior Frontend Architect (phase.com)

Introduction

We are https://phase.com

We're building a collaborative, web-based product for UI/UX designers.

• Today our product is an easy-to-use alternative to Adobe After Effects for UI Animation.
• In the coming years our product will expand to cover full WYSIWYG of complete UI/UX design, with production UI code export.

We're an extremely ambitious team building one of the hardest products we can think of. We're looking for irrationally ambitious people to take this on with us.

Job Summary

We're looking for a Senior Frontend Architect.

Our frontend code is primarily about high performance data modeling and manipulation. Our design files are big, heavy files. The frame-by-frame computation of animation results, or editing results, are even more complex. For us, this is all frontend code.

We're looking for an architect well-versed in low-level computer science, and high performance data modeling, who has deep experience in browser performance.

Experience in game engine development and WebGL is a bonus. Our non-frontend engineers are working in WebGL, generally in WASM compiled from ZIG, and our frontend architect will work extremely closely with these graphics engineers.

Our frontend is primarily vanilla JS and Typescript. Most of what we've done is custom architecture and custom code. It's a large app.

Our frontend architect will need to have some design sense (so as to understand our users). In the base case scenario, our Frontend Architect is a part-time designer for fun.

The architect should be a hands-on coder. This role isn't simply about drawing diagrams (though, it's this as well). This role is about building POC's, solving some of the hardest coding challenges yourself in a hands-on way, documenting solutions, and coaching the rest of the engineering team.

Though most of our team is physically based in Taiwan the architect role is one exception where we will consider hiring someone located elsewhere to work remotely.

Location: Remote (Candidates must reside in GMT +7, +8, +9, or +10 timezones). Please do not apply if you live outside these timezones.

Languages Required: English mandatory; Chinese a bonus.

About the Company

• 35-person team based in Taiwan, with members from all over the world
• Working language is English, with many Chinese-speaking team members
• Building UI/UX design tools to help people enjoy being creative
• Recently launched our product (5 weeks ago) - and users love it!
• Fast-paced environment, expectation of independent, proactive work
• Well-funded by top VCs, ambitious and perfectionist team

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional experience in frontend development, with a strong background in vanilla JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Proficient in designing scalable and high-performance web applications.
• Basic experience with WebGL, WebAssembly, and familiarity with backend technologies on AWS. These aren't directly part of the role, but the role works closely with other teams who are responsible for these topics.
• Practical knowledge of software architecture patterns and best practices in a hands-on coding environment.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and ability to work on complex data models in performance-critical applications.
• Effective communication skills with proficiency in English; Chinese language skills are a plus.

How to Apply

Interested candidates who meet the above requirements and are located within the specified timezones are encouraged to apply.

Please apply here.