Front End Web UX - Tech Lead, IKEA Kreativ
Geomagical Labs builds and operates the pioneering IKEA Kreativ 3D+AI app, used by tens of millions of people, in partnership with IKEA. About The Role We have an opening for an ambitious, hands-on, front-end web technical lead, with strong Computer Science foundations, and expert Javascript, Typescript & React Web Engineering skills, to build magical UX features, and lead our flagship web application team. As our Web Engineering Tech Lead, you will design & engineer compelling experiences and smart architectures --- linking the UI, 3D engine, AI pipelines, and cloud microservices. In this role you will be expected to: • Be the ambitious tech leader of a 5 person global web tech team • Design, build, and innovate magical UX features for our IKEA Kreativ 3D web apps --- making them successful and loved by customers • Be the go-to expert for challenging front-end tech issues • Make awesome software, and make your team more awesome • Promote wise practices, leading to stability & velocity • Reliably coordinate roadmaps with distributed tech teams • Work closely with IKEA for an integrated IKEA experience • Drive Geomagical's cultural values & leadership principles Requirements • Strong foundations in Computer Science - degree from competitive university a bonus • Expert skills with modern Javascript/Typescript languages in React framework • Mastery of Internet technologies & modern web stacks • Experience with tracking, debugging & performance optimization • 5+ years engineering full-stack codebases live in production • Success guiding 3+ person tech teams for important projects • Proven success solving complex systems engineering problems • Familiar with best practices of web devops, CI/CD and QA • USA resident + can adjust calendar for meetings with Europe • BONUS: Experience building consumer internet apps desired • BONUS: Experience programming 3D graphics technologies • BONUS: Startup experience preferred Benefits • Big role --- Highly-visible product used by tens of millions • Interesting technology --- Convergence of mass-scale product usage, lovable UI, hybrid client-cloud architecture, modern 3D graphics, and breakthrough visual AI • Noteworthy team --- Opportunity to work in a dynamic team of successful serial entrepreneurs, engineers, computer vision & AI researchers, and graphics engineers • Flexible location --- Our team is distributed globally, any nearby timezone is great as long as you are a USA resident, and can overlap with both US Pacific and Europe CET work hours for meetings as needed. Eastern Time is preferred • Good benefits --- USA salary ranges from $180,000 to $220,000 (determined by location, skill, and experience), plus annual performance bonus, based on team & company OKRs. Excellent health and retirement benefits Apply tot his job