Frontend Engineer - Graphics & Rendering

About the Position

Frontend Engineer - Graphics & Rendering / Frontend izstrādātājs - grafika un renderēšana

• Full-time

Company Description

Evolution ir daudznacionāls uzņēmums tiešsaistes spēļu industrijas priekšgalā. Mums ir plaša pieredze pirmajā vietā un vienmēr meklējam lieliskus cilvēkus, kas palīdzētu mums izveidot nākamo lielo produktu hitu. Mūsu komanda, kurā ir vairāk nekā 1000 inženieru, darbojas no 8 inženiertehniskajiem centriem, kas darbojas 24/7/365, lai apkalpotu lietotājus visā pasaulē. Tas tiek palaists, izmantojot modernu programmatūras steku, kas atbalsta vairāk nekā 250 pilnīgi automatizētus izlaidumus mēnesī mūsu galvenajai tiešraides videi. Mēs ticam iekšējai kompetencei un veikliem darba procesiem, lai mēs varētu īstenot savu inženierijas misiju: nevainojama spēlētāja pieredze.

Evolution is a multinational business at the forefront of the online gaming industry. We have an extensive track record of number 1s and are always looking for great people to help us create the next big product hit. Our team of 1,000+ engineers operates out of 8 engineering hubs running code 24/7/365 to serve users around the world. This is run through a modern software stack supporting over 250 fully automated releases per month to our main live environment. We believe in building in-house competence and agile work processes so that we can deliver on our Engineering mission: A flawless player experience.

Job Description

At Evolution, our frontend engineers build graphics-rich real-time casino games for hundreds of thousands of concurrent players on the web - across mobile and desktop browsers. They own these games, working closely with motion designers and product. The technical bar is real: games have to run smoothly across the full hardware spread - from low-end Android phones four-plus years out of date to the latest foldables - with our UI layered over the video stream and no room to drop frames. That constraint shapes every decision we make.

This is not a React CRUD job. We use React where it fits, Pixi for 2D, Babylon for 3D, and we drop into GLSL when a signature effect calls for it. Several of our engineers have built their own engines and frameworks on the side, and that mindset shows up in our game library - layered abstractions with common UI components, an abstract game layer, per-genre cores for roulette, blackjack, baccarat, craps, and game shows, with multiple variations built on top by parallel teams. If you enjoy designing the framework as much as shipping in it, you'll fit here.

Every engineer gets AI coding tools and the freedom to use them. We treat them as a force multiplier on the hard problems, not a substitute for understanding them - which matches how this team works in general.

What You'd Be Doing

Some of the games Evolution is now known for - Crazy Time, Immersive 3D roulette, Ice Fishing - were pioneered here in Riga. You'd join one of the teams shipping the next ones - building games that play at scale, and pushing on the architecture that lets us keep shipping them.

We're especially interested in engineers who want to work closely with our motion designers and product design team on the visual effects that make a game feel alive. Most of that work happens in Pixi with WebGL filters under a tight frame budget; occasionally - a few times per project - it calls for a custom shader, and when it does, it's the most visible thing a player sees.

Requirements

• Exceptional command of frontend fundamentals. You understand what happens below the framework - the browser's rendering pipeline, memory, the event loop, where time actually goes.
• Deep experience in at least one modern framework. React, Vue, Svelte, Angular - we don't mind which. Framework is a tool; we're hiring for the thinking behind it.
• Genuine interest in graphics, animation, or real-time rendering. You don't need professional Canvas or WebGL experience on day one. You do need to be the kind of person who gets excited by a frame-budget problem rather than dreading it.
• Architectural sensibility. You think about abstractions and APIs, not just implementations. You've designed systems that other engineers then built on, and you're willing to challenge the status quo when the status quo has drifted.
• Fluent English, written and spoken. Daily collaboration with international colleagues.

Bonus Points

• Shipped production work with Pixi, Babylon, Three.js, or raw WebGL/Canvas.
• Written your own engine, renderer, or framework - side projects count.
• Comfortable with performance profiling under real constraints: Chrome DevTools, flame graphs, finding what's actually eating frame time on a mid-range device.
• Experience in large codebases or framework design - monorepos, design systems, SDKs, platform teams.

We Offer

• €4500–€8000 gross monthly, with room to go higher for exceptional candidates.
• Hybrid schedule: 3 days in the Riga office, 2 days remote.
• Health insurance after the probation period.
• A culture that rewards exploring new approaches, including hackathons.
• International team, modern delivery processes (Agile, GitLab, CI), and your choice of IDE and hardware.

How to Apply

Send us your CV along with a short note - a paragraph or two - about a frontend project you're proud of, especially if it involved graphics, performance, or architecture work. Tell us what was hard about it and what you'd do differently now.

We read every application.