Software Engineer – Frontend Tech Lead

About the Company 

AfiOps drives growth and revenue for gaming companies through a collaborative GenAI platform that enables teams to create and scale content from a single prompt. We are a fast-growing, VC-backed startup building core infrastructure for AI-powered creative workflows at scale. 

The Role 

We are looking for a Senior Frontend Tech Lead (Romania Only) to own and evolve the architecture of our core product. 

This is a frontend-heavy architect role with meaningful backend integration responsibility. You will act as the “CEO of the frontend architecture” — owning technical direction, long-term scalability, performance, and maintainability of the system. 

You will lead by doing. This is a high-ownership Individual Contributor role that blends fast-paced hands-on coding with high-level architectural design. A major responsibility will be re-architecting and rebuilding an existing system to support extreme scale and performance. 

What You’ll Do 

• Architect and rebuild our frontend platform with a focus on scalability, performance, and maintainability 
• Own frontend technical decisions end-to-end, from system design to implementation 
• Design and implement high-performance Canvas-based rendering systems 
• Build advanced UI patterns and reusable component systems 
• Collaborate closely with backend engineers to design type-safe, performant APIs 
• Lead architectural discussions and mentor other engineers through example 
• Monitor, debug, and optimize production systems used by real customers 
• Handle production issues, incidents, and performance bottlenecks with confidence 

Core Requirements_Frontend (Primary Focus — Non-Negotiable)_ 

• React + TypeScript (expert-level) 
• Vite, pnpm 
• Canvas Rendering (Critical Requirement)Proven production experience with one or more: 

• Fabric.js 
• Konva.js 
• PixiJS 
• Raw HTML5 Canvas / WebGL 

This is the #1 make-or-break skill for the role. 

• State & Data Management 
• TanStack Query (React Query) — advanced usage of queries & mutations 
• Routing: TanStack Router (preferred) or React Router 
• UI & Design Systems 
• Headless UI approach (Base-UI, shadcn/ui, or similar) 
• Storybook for component documentation 
• Figma → code workflows 
• Experience implementing advanced UI patterns (e.g., infinite grids, large virtualized layouts) 

Backend & Integration 

• Languages: Strong Python knowledge (required for BE-FE integration) 
• API Design & Communication 
• OpenAPI + TypeScript (type-safe requests) 
• WebSockets 
• Short & long polling 
• Queue-based systems 
• Databases: RDBMS / SQL 

Testing & Observability 

• Testing: Vitest, React Testing Library 
• Monitoring & Observability:Experience with Sentry, Coralogix, Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, or similar toolsSeniority & Experience 

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience 
• Proven experience building or significantly evolving production systems from scratch 
• Deep frontend expertise with modern React + TypeScript ecosystems 
• Strong architectural judgment and ability to evaluate trade-offs between: 
• Performance 
• Scalability 
• Cost 
• Maintainability 
• Prior experience in high-velocity startup environments (required) 
• Comfortable owning systems used by real users at scale 

Culture & Soft Skills 

• Strong communicator with high English proficiency 
• Natural technical leader with strong ownership mentality 
• Comfortable working closely with PMs, Team Leads, and engineers 
• Experience working in Agile environments (Jira-based workflows) 
• Collaborative, pragmatic, and delivery-focused 

Bonus Points 

• Experience with GenAI-powered products 
• Gaming industry or creative tooling background 
• Prior ownership of frontend platforms at scale 
• Proficiency with Cursor or similar AI-integrated IDEs 
• Experience integrating AI / LLM-powered systems is a strong plus