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Team Liquid is a world-renowned professional gaming organization and a multifaceted global company with unparalleled reach within the industry. Our collective teams have won the most prize money in the history of esports while amassing trophies across different titles and different countries, including winning The International 2017 and Supermajor 2018, claiming NALCS Spring and Summer titles and being counted among the best of all teams in CS:GO, Rainbow 6: Siege, Melee, Street Fighter, Fortnite, and PUBG.

More than just an esports team, Team Liquid is also a media enterprise. Starting with our community sites, we have expanded into other areas within the gaming ecosystem. 1UP Studios, our video content production arm, is a full-service production company renowned for its high-quality documentary-style filmmaking and creative commercial content. Our wiki network, Liquipedia, is the most widely used resource in all of esports.

Our Team is growing and we are looking for one (1) Front End Developer to join us in our Utrecht, Netherlands office OR on a remote basis, to contribute to the development of future website projects.

A successful candidate is:

  • Organized. Implementing systematic workflows and proper documentation are essential skills for our ideal candidate.
  • Flexible. Our developer must be able to accommodate different time zones and work on simultaneous projects.
  • Meticulous. The debugging and testing phases are crucial in web development, and our ideal candidate must be able to review as well as they write code.
  • Able to adjust. Feedback is an important part of the development process, and our ideal candidate must be able to incorporate requests and suggestions from departments heads and qualified colleagues.
  • A team player. As a global organization across many different continents, cultures, and games, our developers must be able to work with all staff who require their expertise.

What You’ll Be Doing:

  • Assisting with the front-end development of our website initiatives.
  • Maintain front end usability and functionality for Team Liquid website and other technology properties.
  • Suggest improvements to the website’s user experience by implementing user interface changes and collaborating with all Technology teams to conceptualize and develop new features.
  • Coordinating with back end developers to ensure compatibility and usability between front end system and back end system.

Requirement/Qualifications:

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
  • Proficient in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
  • Fluent in development using React.
  • Excellent understanding of best practices (maintainability, performance, security) for each coding language.
  • Knowledge of website accessibility standards (WCAG).
  • Experience with the principles of interaction design, user-centered concepts, UX research and design, human-computer interaction, or interface design.
  • Familiarity with at least one CSS preprocessor and git version control.

Bonus

  • PHP development experience, visual design (typography, gestaly, semiotics) knowledge, and familiarity with NPM are pluses but not required.

Applications should be emailed to the email address linked below and include the following:

  • CV
  • Cover letter; should address your background in esports.
  • Portfolio of work
  • Code samples; the code need not be complete (i.e. it doesn’t need to run independently) but it should be accurate.