Fullstack Developer

As a member of the Account team you will have the opportunity to define how millions of players access, manage, and explore the digital universe; your work will truly shape the backbone of our platform experience.

Your mission? To lend your development prowess to the next phase of the Star Citizen platform. From login journeys to profile management and site-wide navigation, you’ll transform complexity into clarity, building experiences that are secure, frictionless, and delightfully simple.

• Work with other team members on the development and approval of technical design documentation
• Estimate the workload required for the various features to be developed
• Support other team members in their daily tasks and coordinate actions with quality assurance and operations teams
• Participate in code reviews and provide appropriate, constructive feedback. You enjoy sharing your knowledge to help colleagues progress in technical areas
• Take ownership of build and application deployment systems for the projects assigned to you
• Work within a modern monorepo with high quality standards (linting, testing, code review)

• 3+ years of experience in front-end development with React and TypeScript
• Strong experience with modern build tools (ViteJS) and efficient front-end development practices
• Excellent mastery of complex state management (Redux, Zustand) in large-scale React applications
• 3+ years of experience in backend development with PHP (7 or 8) and Node.js
• Experience in designing and implementing APIs, with an understanding of both legacy and modern backend architectures
• Familiarity with gRPC, WebSocket, and real-time browser communications
• Experience with automated testing tools (Jest, Vitest, PHPUnit) and code quality practices
• Good knowledge of MySQL and Redis databases, particularly for performance optimization and caching
• Experience in microservices architecture
• Ability to deploy code while ensuring stability and availability of high-traffic applications
• Strong understanding of technical constraints and ability to collaborate closely with development and product teams
• Ability to maintain and evolve legacy code while progressively introducing architectural improvements

Founded in 2012 by renowned game developer Chris Roberts, Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) is one of the largest global independent studios, 1,000+ employees, dedicated to delivering next-generation AAA games. CIG prides itself in thinking outside the box, encouraging creativity and developing ground-breaking technology. CIG believes in raising the bar for the gaming industry and the community as a whole.