Lead Frontend Engineer (React Native Mobile SDK)

About the job

If you want to build, develop, and see your impact, join Skillz and level up your Career!

Skillz, the first publicly-traded mobile eSports platform that hosts billions of casual mobile gaming tournaments for millions of players worldwide, is revolutionizing the gaming industry. By fostering social competition within games, the Skillz platform helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling real-money activity in their games and providing operational support while connecting players through fair, enjoyable, and meaningful competition.

At Skillz, we understand the thrill of achievement and the satisfaction of overcoming challenges. Want to join a team made up of alums from Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, Twitter (X), Roblox, Zynga, Samsung, Lyft, EA, Riot, Nexon, Gameskraft, PlayStation, Unity, Scopely, Tinder, Intel, Deloitte, EY, Twitch, DraftKings, Wynn Resorts and more? Learn more to see if Skillz is the right fit for your next career move!

Why Skillz

• Culture of Impact: Join a united team of builders, creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs driven by the desire to win. At Skillz, we create value, obsess over our product, and make a difference in the world.

• Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with our comprehensive benefits package, which includes 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision expenses for both you and your dependents. Additionally, take advantage of our 401K matching, equity incentives, pre-tax benefit options, and more.

• Wellness Support: Enhance your well-being with our array of wellness initiatives, including meditation and mental health resources, physical fitness coaching and classes, family planning assistance, health and parenting guidance, virtual therapy sessions, and more.

• Time off: We offer competitive paid time off (PTO) & company holidays, including a company-wide shutdown between Christmas and New Years, to help you recharge and pursue your passions.

• Las Vegas Headquarters: Skillz strongly believes in a five-day a week, collaborative office environment at our 36,000+ square foot headquarters. Enjoy free daily breakfast and catered lunch, snacks,a full-size gym with showers, commuter benefits, insurance, team bonding events and many more. 

• Recognized Success: Skillz has earned recognition as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, CNBC's Disruptor 50, San Francisco Business Times' Best Places to Work, Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000 list, and many more.

• Development Opportunities: We hold our employees to high standards while providing them with professional growth opportunities. We operate like a startup, and encourage all of our employees to collaborate and voice feedback about our product and ways we can improve as a business. We believe in never settling, and that also pertains to your growth. 

Job Description

As a Lead Frontend Engineer, you will take ownership of consumer feature development across our React Native-based SDK, which powers 100+ games on the Skillz platform. You’ll be responsible for setting the technical direction, guiding the team through planning and delivery, and ensuring our mobile SDK delivers seamless, high-impact user experiences across iOS, Android, and Web.

Responsibilities 

• Develop and maintain cross-platform mobile features using React Native, with direct impact across the entire Skillz game catalog.

• Lead technical execution of consumer product initiatives from conception to release.

• Translate product requirements into technical tasks and implementation plans for the team.

• Collaborate with QA to design robust test plans and deliver stable, bug-free releases.

• Own architectural decisions for the frontend SDK and help shape long-term technical strategy.

• Improve developer velocity by enhancing tooling, CI/CD workflows, and team processes.

• Work onsite 5 days/week at our Las Vegas, Nevada headquarters.

Experience 

• 6+ years of professional experience in mobile or cross-platform development.

• 5+ years specifically using React Native, with a strong grasp of JavaScript/TypeScript.

• Proficiency in native mobile development (Kotlin, Java, Swift, or Objective-C).

• Proven track record of delivering consumer-facing mobile products end to end.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.

Nice to Have

• Experience working with Unity or other game engines.

• Deeper familiarity with native iOS or Android ecosystems, SDK integration, or game development workflows.

Total Starting Compensation including Base + Bonus + Equity:  $288,000 - $461,750

Location: Las Vegas HQ - Onsite for 5 days per week 

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Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status, and we operate in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.