Software Engineer II, Web

ABOUT THIS POSITION

The Software Engineer II, Web will have a passion for creating innovative and engaging web products, day-dream about exciting ways to extend gaming experiences and communities to the web. As a Full Stack Engineer, you will own the end-to-end player journey—equally comfortable building responsive, modern user interfaces as you are architecting high-performance PHP/Laravel APIs and optimizing complex data pipelines, modeling and storage layers.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Front-end and player facing experiences

Build innovative web products to extend our game experiences and communities

Bridge the gap between design and engineering by translating Figma mockups into accessible web interfaces.

Create interactive, dynamic pages with impactful web animations and micro-interactions to elevate user engagement.

Optimize client-side rendering, asset delivery, and Core Web Vitals for speed across mobile and desktop.

Backend, API & Performance

Design, build, and optimize RESTful APIs and backend services in PHP (Laravel) to connect web experiences with game systems.

Profile, refactor, and optimize backend code for low latency and high throughput.

Comfortable with interacting with APIs, web client concepts like CORS, accessibility, cookies, local storage.

Follow the team lead’s architectural guidance and write quality code

Writes clean, performant code in one or more relevant languages (PHP, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, SQL).

Understands common design patterns, refactoring.

Participate in team-wide code reviews.

Collaborate with product managers and designers to deliver world-class, player-first web experiences.

Other responsibilities as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field

4+ years of relevant experience

Experience with front-end and back-end web technologies, CMS, data modeling/design, working with API layers, and open source technologies (NodeJS, Apache, Redis, MySQL, MongoDB)

Ability to adapt visual designs and layouts into web UIs using modern TypeScript and CSS frameworks.

Fluency in one or more web programming languages (PHP, Javascript, Python, etc.)

Can optimize page and image load time/bandwidth, adapt pages to multiple devices (desktop, mobile)

Experience with source control tools and management (Git or similar)

Demonstrated capability turning Figma/Design System specifications into production-ready UI code.

Laravel, Livewire experience is an asset.

Experience with web projects that complement or extend Software as a Service or Games as a Service products - e-commerce, community, publishing, etc. and/or marketing department experience building high converting landing pages, modules and components.

Experience in an agile environment with CI/CD

Please note that the salary range mentioned in this job description should serve simply as a guide. The final compensation offered may vary based on a variety of factors, including bonuses and/or incentives, or a candidate’s experience, skills, budget and location. Digital Extremes is committed to providing a fair, equitable, and competitive package that reflects the value a candidate brings.

Salary Range: $80,000 -$95,000 CAD

Existing Vacancy: Yes – we’re currently hiring candidates for an existing vacancy in this position

We believe in the power of human connection. At Digital Extremes, we do not use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen, assess, or select candidates. All applications are reviewed by human, qualified recruiters.

During your interview, our recruitment team will leverage  Gemini as a note-taker only. At Digital Extremes, a core value of our studio is that we do not leverage AI in any of our development processes; this is a strict company policy.

Please note that we permit the use of AI tools exclusively for administrative support, it is not used for candidate selection, screening, or any part of the decision-making process. All evaluations are conducted solely by our team to ensure our hiring remains a human-led process, just as our development remains the work of our artists and creators.