Job Description

About Lucra 

What We Do: Lucra provides real-money, gamification software to consumer platforms. We enable users to compete with each other on the sports they watch & games they play, inside products they know & love.

Lucra is the leading technology provider of real-money gamification services. Our B2B and Direct-To-Consumer technologies facilitate real money contests on partner platforms or within their own app, available on iOS and Android. Lucra's white-label, Software Development Kit (SDK) provides partners with a comprehensive, turnkey solution to embed gamification technology directly into their platforms. This innovation offers features previously unavailable to enterprise clients, including real-money, peer-to-peer contests within their platforms. Lucra is changing the way fans engage with their friends by introducing a new, digital, social-first gaming experience.

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Why We Are So Excited

Space : Social, real-money gamification combines several attractive and under-penetrated markets. We are first movers in this market and have an opportunity to create an industry-leading technology that can service millions of customers worldwide. 

Stage : We recently closed our third successful fundraising round, backed by high-profile, individual and institutional investors across consumer, sports, and enterprise. We need to ramp up the team and take advantage of the early lead we have in our space.

Team : We are a team composed of repeat founders from Stanford Business School, with employees from Microsoft, NASA, Goldman Sachs, AQR, Athena Health, Atlassian, and more!

Investor Base : We are backed by some of the biggest names in consumer technology and sports, including NFL/NBA/MLB/MLS/MLP team owners, professional athletes, and top-tier venture funds.

About the Role

This role is a foundational one within our organization to join a new Frontend Engineering team, with lots of opportunity for growth. We are looking for a full-time employee with a start date of ASAP. We are fully remote and open to all US locations. We are building for the future!

Non-Technical Requirements

• Total development experience of 6+ years

• Experience leading multi-month projects and breaking Epics into user stories

• Experience leading code reviews and providing constructive feedback

• Ability to coordinate with US based part time contractors

• Team-first mentality, works well with others

• Passion for sports and competition 

• Not afraid to jump in when you see something you can add value to

• Experience participating in remote pair programming sessions

• Fluent written and verbal English (native speaker level)

Technical Requirements

• 4+ years of experience with vanilla JavaScript and React 

• Experience with GraphQL (Hasura skills is a plus)

• Experience building JavaScript libraries (SDK building experience is a plus)

• Frontend build tool automation (Webpack, Vite, ESBuild)

• Experience writing unit and integration tests with a focus on adding tests that provide value over writing tests for the sake of coverage

Our Ideal Candidate

• Has experience working in a fast-paced early-stage start-up environment or is incredibly enthusiastic about learning quickly in a new space.

• Is able to synthesize information quickly, distill the most relevant insights, and communicate those insights to relevant stakeholders.

• Is familiar with instrumenting and using analytics to support data analysis.

• Is proactive, bold, and resourceful ("If not me, then who?").

• Is not afraid to work 10-12 hour days, if necessary.

• Is curious about the social gaming space.

• Shares our vision of connecting people through friendly competition.

• Thrives in our collaborative culture and is a great team player.

Looking for candidates for an immediate start-date.

Compensation

$180K – $200K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus • Up to 10% discretionary bonus

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