Mojang Studios is best known as the creators of Minecraft, but we’re also on a mission – to build a better world through the power of play.
Why play? Well, play is at the heart of everything we do. It’s the blocky backbone of our games, the core of our development philosophy, and even the origin of our name. From the relentless experimentation of our endlessly inspiring community to the classrooms where Minecraft has become an essential teaching tool, play is the bedrock of our existence.
As a senior frontend developer in Vanilla UI, you will have the unique challenge of working with the UI in the world’s most sold game! The work you will be doing revolves around UI that supports player’s journey to find the fun in the game. You'll join a cross-functional team and work closely with the other developers, designers, producers, all working together on a game enjoyed by over 100,000,000 players worldwide. We have big dreams for the future of Minecraft and need your help make them happen.
As a senior frontend developer you will work with modern web technology to develop the UI. The end user experience is central, and a big aspect of the role is to implement the designer’s and UX’s visions in a performant way. This in turn means that communication with other developers, design and UX is an important day-to-day cornerstone. By joining the Vanilla-UI team, you will find an environment that enables you to leverage your knowledge and values to maintain and evolve a healthy and collaborative culture as we grow.
Some of your tasks will be:
- Work with the Ore UI Design System and implement it in the Minecraft UI.
- Collaborating with C++ developers on building new UI and making API decisions.
- Work with designers and producers to solve user needs.
- Support our existing UI and help evolve it.
- Collaborate with other teams to create a consistent player experience in the game
- Improve ways of working and technical best practices within the team.
- Coach members within and outside of the team on best practices in software development.
- Balance performance, user experience and developer experience in every decision.
- Be quality driven, with experience in test automation and good API design.
What you will bring to the team:
- Proficiency with JavaScript, TypeScript and React.
- Proven experience building large scale React applications.
- Experience of working in product teams that build experiences using modern web development towards a large customer base.
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills, as well as a natural collaborator and team player.
- A value for the end user experience, having the user in mind when you develop new features; if you identify potential issues, you bring them to the team.
- Passion about test automation and quality.
For this role, we will consider team and company fit holistically. This means we will put emphasis on your interpersonal skills
This position is a Stockholm based roll which enquires you to be onsite in 2- 3 days a week.
Mojang Studios
Mojang Studios is a Microsoft-owned game developer. The company was founded in Stockholm, Sweden and has offices around the world, including Stockholm, Redmond, Tokyo, London, and Shanghai. We’re always working on new and exciting ways to expand the Minecraft universe.
Our community is global and incredibly diverse. We keep this in mind when developing anything, as we want people to feel included in Minecraft. And in recruiting, our goal is to make Mojang Studios as diverse as our community.
We got started as a tiny indie developer, and part of our culture still reflects that heritage. But we’re also proud to belong to Xbox Game Studios, which creates unique opportunities to grow and develop.
To help us achieve amazing things, we have built an equally amazing studio space. Situated right on the water by Söder Mälarstrand, it’s filled to the brim with all the tools, toys and caffeine required to create world-class entertainment.
But in the end, it’s the people of Mojang Studios that make this place truly special. When you join, you’ll find yourself in the company of incredibly bright, warm, and creative individuals – all united and working toward a single goal. Come help us reach it!
Important note on resumes
Please make sure that all the information in your resume is accurate because we will conduct a thorough background check. Any discrepancies will lower your chances of getting to the next interview stage and we’d hate to miss out on an awesome candidate! Double check that any gap years are reflected in your history, and that your education and work experience are completely accurate. Good luck!
